There’s a lot extra to working a starship than merely making it so on the bridge. Like its namesake The Subsequent Era episode, Star Trek: Decrease Decks shifts the main target away from the Picards, Siskos, and Janeways of this world to focus on the junior officers who’re extra historically background gamers – and even phaser fodder – in different branches of the Star Trek universe.
And season 4 is ready to take that even additional, because of an episode within the animated present’s second season. “Our season 2 episode ‘wej Duj’ gave us a glimpse of the decrease decks of different [Vulcan, Klingon and even Borg] ships,” supervising director Barry J. Kelly tells SFX journal within the new subject, which options The Strolling Lifeless: Daryl Dixon on the quilt.
“This season we’re getting just a little style of different species’ decrease deckers, with new ships and enjoyable attitudes from the crews serving below their superiors. Some decrease deckers have large aspirations, and for others it’s only a day job in area. ‘wej Duj’ is certainly an inspiration for this season, ranging from the primary episode. Viewers will choose up that one thing greater is occurring within the background of the present. I can’t await viewers to see what we did – it actually modified up the season in a enjoyable manner.”
The primary two episodes of Star Trek: Decrease Decks season 4 arrive on Paramount Plus on September 7, with subsequent episodes releasing each Thursday. Within the meantime, take a look at our picks of the opposite finest new TV reveals on the way in which in 2023 and past.
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That is only a snippet of our interview, out there within the newest subject of SFX Journal, which options The Strolling Lifeless: Daryl Dixon on the quilt and is on the market on newsstands from Wednesday, September 6. For much more from SFX, signal as much as the publication, sending all the most recent exclusives straight to your inbox.