03 May 2022

FIRST LOOK

Opening credits for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is giving us all the feels

It's a visually stunning tribute to iconic opening credits of The Original Series.

The opening credits for <em>Star Trek: Strange New Worlds</em> feature the USS <em>Enterprise</em> voyaging through the universe. 

"Paramount+ debuted the official opening credits for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds on Twitter this morning, and the sequence leans heavily into fan nostalgia. The credits are a visually stunning tribute to the iconic opening credits sequence for Star Trek: The Original Series, showing the USS Enterprise soaring through space, past asteroid belts and clouds of interstellar dust as it searches for the titular new worlds. Even the voiceover dialogue remains the same (except "no man" is now "no one").

As we've previously reported, showrunner Akiva Goldsman has confirmed that Strange New Worlds will return to the episodic structure of classic Star Trekmaking it a rare beast in this era of serialized storytelling and streaming platforms—and will respect existing canon. It will feature Capt. Christopher Pike (Anson Mount), Number One (Rebecca Romijn), and Ethan Peck's Spock, who first appeared in Star Trek: Discovery's second season. . .

Paramount+ released a brief teaser in March and a full-length trailer just a few weeks ago. The latter opened with Pike beaming into the middle of what appears to be a bitter dispute between two alien factions. There were crew members beaming down to the surface of a comet and encountering a large, glowing, golden egg-shaped structure. Pike and the Enterprise found themselves under fire by aliens who considered their presence to be "blasphemy." And romance bloomed for both Pike and Spock (separately, not with each other—sorry, slashfic shippers).

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds debuts on Paramount+ on May 5, 2022, so we'll soon learn much more about the crew's adventures in this first season.

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