Michael Dorn Confirms He’s Working on a ‘Star Trek: Captain Worf’ TV Series
Possibly a GOOD Star Trek series again? Oh man, I hope so!
Possibly a GOOD Star Trek series again? Oh man, I hope so!
I read Neelix.
Not bad, that could really work. You would need to have some people for Worf to be prickly with/toward though. Half the fun is calming Worf down, or preventing Worf from creating an interplanetary incident, or explaining some incredibly complex ritual that Worf has to go through and watching the rest of the crew and/or random passersby get caught up in the ritual.I doubt this will come of anything but...I could see it working, though I find myself skeptical. You'd need a very strong supporting cast to make it work, simply because the character of Worf is inherently somewhat...prickly. I think one good way to mitigate that would be to bring back Wesley Crush -HOLD ON WAIT PLEASE STOP PUNCHING ME! Allow me to explain! Here we have a character who was written as a huge Mary Sue back in the day, to the point of quitting Starfleet Academy at 22 in order to fulfill a "higher destiny". However, we next see him again at age 31 as an apparent Lieutenant Junior Grade in Starfleet.
Now let's forget for a minute the expanded universe explanation for why that happened, let's take it at face value. Here we have this character who was one of the most promising Starfleet cadets in history, an ensign aboard the fleet's flagship before even his first day at the academy. He subsequently quit Starfleet to go fulfill some kind of higher purpose than they could offer him...only to end up back in Starfleet in less than ten years. What happened? Possibilities:
No matter how it happened, now he's back in the UFP, full of apparently squandered potential. William T. Riker was offered his first command at the age of 29 and he was no child prodigy, here's child prodigy Wesley Crusher at 31 and he's one rank higher than he was at 18. Now let's imagine him ten years later, at the age of 41. The wunderkid is gone, replaced by a well rounded adult who has dealt with not living up the promise of his youth and is a better man for it. Played by the highly likable and talented adult version of Wil Wheaton. I think that he'd be a good counterbalance to Worf, say as a first officer.
- He did whatever it was he was supposed to do, and The Traveler dropped his ass back on Earth. Having gone places no man had gone before, done things beyond your average officer's ken, he now had to get back on with a normal life.
- He couldn't cut it. After a couple of years away from everything he knew, he broke down and came back. Whatever cosmic potential he had, he left it behind.
- The Traveler lied to him, ripping Wesley away from all he knew because The Traveler was lonely.
Such is how it goes. Comics, video games, and novels are canon...until a film or TV series decides they're not.You'd be "messing" with the Star Trek Online stuff if this were to go ahead. Which I don't think many would care about much, but still. They have a whole "future backstory" from the end of Voyager onward on their site. At least they used to. Haven't looked in a while.
Almost. There's been public statements in the past that all Star Trek novels are not canon. They may jive with it, but until something is mentioned in a TV series or movie about an event, anything in a novel is not canon explicitly.Such is how it goes. Comics, video games, and novels are canon...until a film or TV series decides they're not.
No, this what happens in the original universe after Romulus gets destroyed and Spock & Nero get sent to an alternate past.And then there's the reboot. Is this what happens after Vulcan is destroyed by the Romulans?
Last I heard, Sisko is still in the Wormhole as of Star Trek Online. But as always, TV and film are the most canonical.And with a series led by Worf, we would get a chance to find out what happened to a lot of our favorite characters from past shows. Like did Sisko ever come back to visit his family once in a while? How have the crew members of Voyager settled in since returning to Federation space? Things of that nature.
I would almost think that the series would be more interesting if it was about Worf captaining a KLINGON ship. And yeah, there is NO way the Klingon Empire would ever join the Federation.Well, it would be a huge shift in the overall universe, but one of the best ways to bring Worf back into the Starfleet fold would be to have the Klingon Empire officially join The Federation. Worf gets dragged back into Starfleet to captain the first ship off the line of combined Starfleet/Klingon design. Essentially, he's forced into the role of shining example during the change over. The drawback, of course, is that you'd have to pay for a lot of rubber foreheads.
Oh, you never know... Maybe Chancellor Martok and Worf got together, had some Rokeg blood pie and a few too many pin... err, bottl... ohwhatthehell, barrels of blood wine.And yeah, there is NO way the Klingon Empire would ever join the Federation.
He has a railroad to run, Mr. Gusto.OH MY GOD[DOUBLEPOST=1346773490][/DOUBLEPOST]Put Colm Meaney back in there and we got a winner.