![]() The show’s star, Michael Burnham (played by Sonequa Martin-Green), given the most transformative four-season arc for any “Trek” series lead in the franchise’s history - from war-igniting traitor to a beloved captain, from a logic-obsessed Vulcan wannabe to someone embracing her full humanity - is finally in the captain’s chair. Nothing but a blank slate was before them, but what better way to write on it than with the structure and discipline and meaning that comes from wearing a Starfleet uniform? All their loved ones? Dead for over eight centuries. That’s the situation the entire Discovery crew found themselves in when they jumped to the 32nd century. When Saru left Kaminar to join Starfleet he thought he’d never be able to return again. Home, where we find it and what happens when we lose it, is a major theme of the new season. But, of course, his heart remains with Starfleet. Saru (Doug Jones), the Spock-like character of the show who always found himself between worlds, has settled on his home planet once again. The location? Kaminar, aquatic home of the Kelpiens and Ba’ul, now united after centuries earlier having been locked in a prey-and-predator relationship. In Season 4, the visual palette gets yet another new addition: the Toronto-based production featured an AR wall (from the VFX and virtual production company Pixomondo) for the first time, as “Trek” franchise guru Alex Kurtzman previously told IndieWire, and it’s responsible for that underwater city set. Suddenly, though, the show featured location photography in Iceland! A new time period as its setting meant the need for a new aesthetic. If “Star Wars” always featured planets defined by one climate, “Star Trek” all too often featured planets defined by one very set-looking set. And it proved an opportunity to shake up the look of the whole franchise. “Discovery” went from being a prequel to “The Original Series” to a show suddenly set 900 years later, with the title ship traveling through time to the far-flung 32nd century in its third season. The season premiere, titled “Kobayashi Maru,” actually has a couple scenes set in a transparent underwater city that’s gorgeous to behold. But here’s the thing: “Star Trek: Discovery” Season 4 has reached that level of eye-tickling worldbuilding and has done so seamlessly.
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