Anything But A No-Rayner For 'Star Trek: Discovery' In Final Season Trailer

This is the last dance, as Captain Michael Burnham and Saru lament in the trailer for the final season of Star Trek: Discovery, premiering April 4 on Paramount+. The streamer released the trailer Friday afternoon, and it’s full of feels.

The trailer starts with voiceover from several members of the Discovery crew calling their crewmates their family as they so should after all that they’ve been through. Burnham even gets a little weepy on the “last dance” line. Focus shifts to what this final mission is, “uncovering a mystery that will send them on an epic adventure across the galaxy to find an ancient power whose very existence has been deliberately hidden for centuries.” Said ancient power is subsequently described by Burnham as “one of the greatest powers ever known” while David Cronenberg’s Kovich calls it “the greatest treasure in the known galaxy.” We get another look at Moll, played by The Expanse‘s Eve Harlow, and L’ak, played by The Night Agent's Elias Toufexis the mercenary scavengers in pursuit of the power that would very much turn into a danger in their hands, and thus makes for a rather action-packed segment of the trailer. There’s a nice yell from Captain Rayner, played by Callum Keith Rennie too. And apparently they get a part that needs securing. There’s a chase through dunes on hover vehicles and all sorts of different biomes visited. And then it all ends on hugging. Awwwww.

Star Anthony Rapp, who plays Paul Stamets, described to IGN during their Fan Fest that this fifth and final season goes to new places in terms of storytelling but also honors the things that made Star Trek such a global phenomenon, saying "In terms of the tone of the season, the sense of the quest and adventure vibe is probably a little different than some of the other seasons we’ve had," Rapp continued "The nooks and crannies of this adventure take us into some very interesting questions and territories which are very Star Trek. It’s able to bridge the gap of the fun adventure without sacrificing the moral complexity of what Star Trek has always been about as well." He’s also a great believer that a huge part of Discovery’s legacy will be the huge strides it allowed the franchise to take in representation. "Star Trek has always been about representation in a big way, but I think we took it to another level. I think that really mattered and has mattered to a lot of people. It was a long time coming. It was too long. They really did try to break down these barriers of queer representation back in Star Trek: The Next Generation, but the powers that be said no. There was a lot more fear dictating these sorts of choices, so we were very fortunate in the late teens and early 2020s that we had forces behind us saying yes and recognizing that representation matters, that it makes a difference, and that it's important that the future reflects the way our world looks." 

Sonequa Martin-Green, who plays Captain Michael Burnham, is a major part of that representation, as the franchise’s first starring Black female captain, and she considers such a great honor. "It means so many things on so many levels," she said. "It means so much to me artistically, culturally, relationally, and spiritually. And being able to be Captain Burnham as the first Black woman captain and to be part of Discovery as a whole, which had a lot of firsts in this franchise, means a lot. It means more than I can say, literally."

The main cast for Star Trek: Discovery’s final season in addition to Martin-Green, Rennie, and Rapp also included Doug Jones as Saru and Wilson Cruz as Dr. Hugh Culber, who were both in the interviewed group at FanFest, Mary Wiseman as Sylvia Tilly, and Blu del Barrio as Adira. The April 4 season premiere on Paramount+ will unleash two episodes, “Red Directive” and “Under the Twin Moons”, with the series finale, “Life, Itself” releasing on May 30, capping a ten-episode season and a 65-episode overall run.

Source: IGN