Star Trek: Discovery: The Official Collector’s Edition

100 Pages·2017·16.68 MB·English

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Set ten years prior to the U.S.S. Enterprise embarking on her
historic i ve-year mission, Star Trek: Discovery takes place
during a period of galactic turmoil.
At the edge of known space, the U.S.S. Shenzhou encounters an ancient
Klingon object, and her i rst oi cer, Michael Burnham, crosses a line.
As conl ict erupts between the United Federation of Planets and the Klingon
Empire, and chaos sweeps across the Galaxy, can the Federation’s ideals
of equality and peaceful co-existence survive?
And can Burnham, with the new crew of the U.S.S. Discovery,
help end this war that she started?
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STARFLEET PROFILE
SILVIA TILLY
CONTENTS
06 Voyage of Discovery
10 The Writer’s Room
12 Introducing Starfleet
14 Profile - First Officer Michael Burnham
18 Profile - Captain Gabriel Lorca
20 Profile – Lieutenant Saru
22 Profile – Captain Philippa Georgiou
26 Profile – Lieutenant Paul Stamets
27 Profile – Doctor Hugh Culber
28 Profile – Cadet Sylvia Tilly
29 Profile – Lieutenant Ash Tyler
30 A Galaxy United – The Federation
34 Profile – Sar ek
38 Profile – Harry Mudd
42 An Empire Divided – The Klingons
44 Profile – Kor
46 Profile – L’Rell
48 We Are Klingons
52 Prepared for Battle – The Klingon Armory
60 To Boldly Go – The Star Trek Timeline
68 Starfleet Issue
78 Starfleet Uniforms
86 The Art of Discovery
4 STAR TREK DISCOVERY
STARFLEET PROFILE
SILVIA TILLY
STAR TREK DISCOVERY 5
VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY
IT’S BEEN A LONG ROAD
VOYAGE OF
DISCOVERY
I T ’ S B E E N A L O N G R O A D
Star Trek: Discovery’s two-year journey from concept to
screen has not been without its dramas, twists, and
revelations, but the end result is a new vision of
Star Trek that respects the original while reaching
towards dramatic new frontiers.

Words: Ian Spelling
O
n May 13, 2005, as the “On November 2, 2015, trio of movies played well across the
end credits rolled on the globe, revitalizing the franchise, and
i nal episode of Star Trek: CBS Television Studios increasing the public’s demand for a
Enterprise, it looked as if we’d fresh Star Trek TV series.
reached the outer limits of the announced that it was Still, it was a big surprise, even
i nal frontier. to those in-the-know, when on
Despite a late burst of developing a totally November 2, 2015, CBS Television
creative energy, the series had suf ered in Studios announced that it was
the ratings, and barely secured a fourth new Star Trek developing a totally new Star Trek
season before network UPN pulled the television series – only, not
plug. h e series i nale, “h ese Are the television series.” for television.
Voyages…,” was intended as a love letter
NEW FRONTIERS
to a remarkable 18-year Trek television
renaissance that encompassed each of the Star Trek remained in stasis until Since Star Trek last graced TV screens,
sequels to the original Star Trek series: 2009, when producer-director J.J. the media landscape has changed
h e Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Abrams and his Bad Robot team incredibly. Traditional network
Voyager, and Enterprise. Sadly, it did so in scored a box oi ce hit with their television has seen a huge slice of
underwhelming fashion, and with Star big-screen reboot. Star Trek (2009) the broadcasting pie taken by on-
Trek Nemesis having already ended Trek’s wowed audiences, and was followed by demand, streaming content providers
run of cinematic outings, the franchise two sequels – Star Trek Into Darkness, like Netl ix, Hulu, and Amazon,
seemed to have reached the end of and Star Trek Beyond – with talk of and CBS decided to move with the
the road. a fourth outing in the pipeline. h e times. Launching their own streaming
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VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY 01
IT’S BEEN A LONG ROAD
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY 7
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IT’S BEEN A LONG ROAD
02
01 Discovery cast grab a platform, CBS All Access, this would “I COULDN’T THINK OF startrek.com about choosing the name.
selfie at San Diego Comic- be the home of the new Star Trek, “But the chief one amongst them
Con: Jason Isaacs, Mary A MORE STAR TRE K-
with the as-yet-untitled show being was that I couldn’t think of a more
Wiseman, Anthony Rapp,
James Frain, Doug Jones, distributed around the world by CBS Star Trek-themed name for a ship
THEMED NAME FOR A
Shazad Latif, and Sonequa Studios International. than Discovery.”
Martin-Green. At this point, the new Trek didn’t Fans were also treated to a short
SHIP THAN DISCOVERY.”
have a premise, or even a showrunner. promo showing the full Star Trek:
02 The incredible bridge
set for the Klingon For fans, it was enough to know that Discovery logo, and what Fuller
sarcophagus ship, under their show was coming back – which BRYAN FULLER described as footage of the U.S.S.
construction at Pinewood was a good job, as they would have Discovery’s “test l ight” – an early
Studios, Toronto.
to wait another three months for any concept animation of the ship,
further news. specially prepared for the Comic-
On February 9, 2016, and much May brought fans their i rst taste Con panel.
to the delight of fans, CBS Television of the series, with a very brief teaser for More information was released
Studios announced that Bryan the show (little more than a redesigned during August, answering some big
Fuller was on board to co-create and Starl eet emblem), and the news that questions that had been causing a
co-executive produce the new Trek it would start i lming in Toronto, stir on Trek forums: When would
series (with Alex Kurtzman, co-writer Canada, in the fall of 2016. Discovery be set, and would it take
of the i rst two Bad Robot movies). While US fans already knew place in the Prime universe of its
Fuller, the writer-producer of hit shows where they would be getting their i x predecessors, or in the Kelvin timeline
including Wonderfalls, Pushing Daisies, of Star Trek, internationally the picture of the Bad Robot movies? Fuller
and Hannibal, is a lifelong Trek fan, had remained vague until CBS Studios revealed that Discovery would be 13
who’d cut his teeth on the writing staf s International revealed that the new episodes long, and take place ten
of both Deep Space Nine and Voyager. series would be broadcast exclusively years before the original Star Trek. It
As showrunner, Fuller immediately by Bell Media in Canada and Netl ix would feature a woman as the central
dived into the nitty-gritty of creating in the rest of the world. character, although she would not be
and mounting the new show, dei ning the ship’s captain, and the crew would
NAMING THE SHIP
its central theme and overseeing the include a gay character as a series
design and casting process. As Star Trek began a year-long regular for the i rst time.
Another link to the past was celebration of its 50th anniversary, h en came the i rst bump in the
revealed a few weeks later, when it Bryan Fuller hosted a special panel at road. On September 24, CBS All
was announced that Nicholas Meyer San Diego Comic-Con, on July 23, Access announced that it had shifted
(co-writer and director of Star Trek II: 2016. It was there that he revealed the the show’s debut to May 2017.
h e Wrath of Khan, and Star Trek VI: title of the new series, and the name of Executive producers Kurtzman
h e Undiscovered Country, as well as its lead ship: Discovery. and Fuller released a joint statement
co-writer of Star Trek IV: h e Voyage “h ere are so many reasons why that read, “Bringing Star Trek back
Home), had joined the writing staf . we settled on Discovery,” Fuller told to television carries a responsibility
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IT’S BEEN A LONG ROAD
03
and mission: to connect fans and yet no Number One – the i rst oi cer h e biggest news yet came the
newcomers alike to the series that has that would be the central player in following month – Discovery’s launch
fed our imaginations since childhood. the series. Rumors persisted that a date. h e series would debut in the US
We aim to dream big and deliver, and member of h e Walking Dead cast on September 24, 2017, and on Netl ix
that means making sure the demands would be i lling that role, but no internationally on the 25th, with eight
of physical and post-production for a oi cial news was forthcoming from episodes airing weekly through to
show that takes place entirely in space, CBS. Fans would have to wait until November 5, and the remaining seven
and the need to meet an air date, don’t later in the year for coni rmation, from from January, 2018.
result in compromised quality. Before but i rst they would have to deal with While production continued
heading into production, we evaluated another blow as, in January 2017, apace in Toronto, in July members of
these realities with our partners at CBS CBS All Access announced that the cast and the Discovery showrunners
and they agreed: Star Trek deserves the Discovery would no longer premiere entertained fans at San Diego Comic-
very best, and these extra few months in May. A new launch date was not Con 2017, where much was learnt
will help us achieve a vision we can all given, although it was coni rmed that about their characters and the story arc
be proud of.” production was now fully underway. that would play out across the season’s
Come April 3rd, 2017, the 15 episodes. Along with an exhibition
CHANGE AT THE HELM
worst-kept secret in Hollywood was of Discovery costumes, production
A little over a month later, CBS let out of the bag, when Sonequa stills, concept art, and props, Comic-
Television Studios released a statement Martin-Green was i nally coni rmed Con also saw the release of a thrilling
coni rming that Fuller had stepped as Discovery’s lead. CBS had been new Discovery trailer, and there was
aside as showrunner, although he’d contractually obliged to keep her a real buzz surrounding the show.
retain an executive producer credit. casting secret until after h e Walking However, it was at the annual Las
Already committed to producing Dead aired its season 7 i nale, in Vegas Star Trek convention where the
another show, American Gods, Fuller which Martin-Green’s character in sense of anticipation for the new series
had decided to focus on that series, so the show, Sasha Williams, met her became truly palpable.
his longtime associates Gretchen Berg grizzly end. Vegas is where the hardcore
and Aaron Harberts came aboard as the Trek fanbase assembles every year, and
DISCOVERING
new showrunners, joining Kurtzman in they’ve been waiting 12 years to see
DISCOVERY
overseeing production of Discovery. Star Trek back on TV. By comparison,
Time marched on, and the series May brought another welcome the production delays that Discovery
was still very much in pre-production revelation – an additional two episodes had faced have been small fry for
as we moved into 2017. However, the had been added to Discovery’s i rst this dedicated bunch. As excitement
cast was beginning to take shape, with season run – and fans were treated to mounted over the long weekend, and
some big names securing high-ranking the series’ i rst trailer, giving them a with just under two months to go until
roles, including Michelle Yeoh as long-awaited glimpse of Martin-Green Discovery’s scheduled debut, it was clear
Captain Georgiou, and Jason Isaacs as as Michael Burnham, and the series’ that Star Trek fans were more than
Captain Lorca. Two captains, but as new-look Klingons. ready to embrace it.
STAR TREK: DISCOVERY 9
THE WRITERS ROOM
WHERE DISCOVERY BEGINS
THE WRITER’S
ROOM
W H E R E D I S C O V E R Y B E G I N S
Television doesn’t just happen. It takes an army of
crewmembers, performers, and artisans to make a success
of a show. But without a solid script as a foundation, Star
Trek: Discovery would be lost in space...
Star Trek Magazine spoke to two members of Discovery’s
Writers Room, Kirsten Beyer and Akiva Goldsman, to
uncover what the new Star Trek is all about.
Words: Ian Spelling
01 02
H
ow ready is Kirsten Beyer new Star Trek was i rst announced. universe lives very much in the time
for the world to i nally “I pitched to Heather,” Beyer that it was created, and this is such a
see Discovery? recalls. “And then it was almost a year challenging time to be alive that to
“So ready,” she says, later when she told me that, based be able to i lter it through the lens of
smiling broadly. “It is so on that meeting, I was her must-have Star Trek, I think, is just personally
past time, because for me and that I was going to be joining very helpful for me.”
it’s been almost a year-and- the staf .” For Akiva Goldsman, it’s the
a-half, which feels like forever. And So, what excites Beyer and process of self-discovery that both
it’s hard to believe, actually, that it’s fellow scribe Akiva Goldsman most the characters and the Federation
i nally almost done and here.” about Discovery? itself go through during a period
Hoping to get involved with the “h e fact that we’re creating a of great conl ict. Goldsman, who
series, Beyer reached out to executive Star Trek that is about now,” Beyer won an Oscar for the screenplay for
producer Heather Kadin when the replies. “Every iteration of this A Beautiful Mind, is on board as a
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