Season 4 of Strange New Worlds finds the Enterprise lost in space

after Bumpy end To A Very variable Season 3 apparently Strange new worlds She began to realize that her next mission was to correct course.

At New York Comic Con today, Paramount revealed the first proper look at the penultimate season of the series Star Trek prequel show, after teasing some Puppet-based tricks at SDCC during the summer. The extended sequence strikes a more serious tone in stark contrast, like the U.S.S projectStarfleet’s attempts to respond to the Starfleet mayday broadcast result in the ship being trapped in a strange phenomenon that deprives the ship of all but a small portion of its power.

Even setting aside Captain Pike literally telling Number One (and the audience) that they want new, weirder worlds, choosing a more traditional clip as the introduction to Season 4 certainly feels like it’s intended to address criticism of Strange new worlds“Season three.

Although Season 4 itself won’t be a direct response to those criticisms — filming wrapped last August, before Season 3 finished airing — the casting is certainly Echoes recent comments by Strange new worlds Producers Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers say the new season aims to address some of those criticisms regardless.

“We had more time (for Season 4). We had more time, more sustained time,” Goldsman said. Trickfilm Of the mixed reactions to Season 3: “We didn’t have staff changes. We didn’t have a strike. A strike causes change. These things are real. And starting and closing and starting again is complicated.”

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds It is expected to return for its fourth season sometime next year. The show will then conclude with Truncated, season five, six episodeswhich is currently in production.

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