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posted by cmn32480 on Saturday November 26 2016, @02:16AM   Printer-friendly
from the where-most-of-the-aliens-are-human-looking dept.

TVGuide says:

Star Trek: Discovery is an agonizing almost year away, but here's something to help hold us over until May 2017: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon star Michelle Yeoh has been cast as a Starfleet Captain, Deadline reports.

Though Discovery's main character will have a female "Number One" serving as lieutenant commander on the Federation starship Discovery -- don't look for Yeoh on that vessel. She'll reportedly play Han Bo, leader of the ship Shenzhou. That means the lead character, rumored to be another non-white female, may be second in command.

That wouldn't be the first time the main character isn't a commanding officer on Star Trek -- Benjamin Sisko, played by Avery Brooks on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, rose through the ranks after starting as commander -- but then, this iteration of the franchise is expected to explore all kinds of new dimensions, including having at least one gay character.

Do Trekkies approve?


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 26 2016, @05:10AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 26 2016, @05:10AM (#433124)

    Beyond was the Whom Gods Destroy ripoff. Krall was Garth in all but name, a former war hero who went criminally insane after gaining magical powers.