Summary
Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3’s Vulcan episode could be the perfect comeback for Spock’s brother, Sybok. AtSan Diego Comic-Con,Star Trek: Strange New Worldsrevealed a 5-minute first-look clip from a season 3 episode directed by Jordan Canning where members of the USS Enterprise are turned into Vulcans. To Lieutenant Spock’s (Ethan Peck) dismay, Captain Christopher Pike (Anson Mount), Ensign Nyota Uhura (Celia Rose Gooding), Nurse Christine Chapel (Jess Bush), and Lt. La’an Noonien-Singh (Christina Chong) are not onlymore Vulcan than Spock, who is half-human, but their pointed ears and logical minds appear to be permanent.
Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 1 shocked audiences by introducing the younger version ofSybok, Spock’s half-brother. A Vulcan heretic and revolutionary, Sybok (Lawrence Luckinbill) debuted inStar Trek V: The Final Frontier, which takes place over 25 years afterStrange New Worlds.Sybok embraced emotion over Vulcan logic, and he was driven by a mad quest to find God in the fabled world of Sha Ka Ree. Sybok ultimately sacrificed himself to save Spock from the malevolent God pretender (George Murdock), but inStar Trek: Strange New Worlds, Spock and Sybok are estranged, andSybok is imprisoned in the Ankeshtan K’Til Vulcan Criminal Rehabilitation Center.
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Sybok Has A Perfect Way To Return To Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3
Spock might need his brother more than ever
Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3’s Vulcan episode is obviously comedic, and the latest in a line of humorous tales exploring howSpock feels about his Vulcan heritage. InStrange New Worldsseason 3, Spock is alarmed by four of his USS Enterprise crew mates becoming full Vulcans, as it surfaces his deep insecurities about not being ‘Vulcan enough.’ Indeed, Captain Pike and the others referring to themselves and Spock as"four and a half Vulcans"is an obvious dig at Spock that cuts him deep. But,this is something about Spock that Sybok would understand.
Spock can no longer speak to his adopted sister, Star Trek: Discovery’s Michael Burnham.
It’s posssible that Spock could seek out Sybok inStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3’s Vulcan episode, and this would bean ideal way to bring Sybok into the prequel without disruptingStar Trekcanon. Sybok was raised with the young Spock for a time, and he would be all-too-aware of his half-human brother’s inferiority complex. Since Sybok turned his back on Vulcan logic, he is in a unique position to counsel Spock that clinging to his Vulcan heritage, and his fears of rejection, is actually illogical. It also makes sense Spock would turn to Sybok for help; after all, Spock can no longer speak to his adopted sister,Star Trek: Discovery’s Michael Burnham(Sonequa Martin-Green), who vanished into the 32nd century.
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Will Sybok return to Strange New Worlds?
Sybok, disappointingly, did not appear inStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 2 after his shocking unveiling at the end ofStrange New Worldsseason 1, episode 7, “The Serene Squall.“Strange New Worldssurprisingly updated what little audiences knew aboutSybok fromStar Trek V,revealing thatSybok goes by the psudonum Xaverius. Sybok married a space pirate named Captain Angel (Jesse James Keitel) before he was held in a Vulcan prison, which is ironically overseen by T’Pring (Gia Sandhu), Spock’s fiancée. Captain Angel hijacked the Starship Enterprise in a failed attempt to free Sybok.
Captain Angel remains at large and is also awaiting their return toStar Trek: Strange New Worlds.
In aninterview withScreen Rantat San Diego Comic-Con,Star Trek: Strange New Worldsco-showrunners Akiva Goldsman and Henry Alonso Myers stated that they would like Sybok to return. It’s possible that return could happen inStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3, with Jordan Canning’s Vulcan comedy as a prime opportunity to also bring back Sybok. After all, Spock has a unique problem to solve inStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3’s Vulcan episode. With Spockestranged from his Vulcan father, Ambassador Sarek(James Frain), Sybok is the one person who can understand and help Spock through his Vulcan insecurities.
