The last Short Trek entries for 2019 are set to beam down on Thursday, and this month we’ve got a double-header of all new animated Star Trek: Discovery stories to cap off the calendar year!
This two-pack of drawn Discovery tales mark the first new animated Trek content since the original Animated Series in the 1970s, and both “The Girl Who Made the Stars” and “Ephraim and Dot” each bring with it unique animation styles and a step outside of the Season 2 storyline that wrapped up back in April
In addition to the new trailers that dropped online today, we’ve got several new images from each entry to offer a preview of what’s to come when the animated Short Treks arrive tomorrow morning.
THE GIRL WHO MADE THE STARS: When a lightning storm in space scares a young Michael Burnham, her father aims to ease her fears with a mythical story about a brave little girl who faced her own fears head on.
Written by Brandon Schultz. Directed by Olatunde Osunsanmi.
EPHRAIM AND DOT: Ephraim, a humble tardigrade, is flying through the mycelial network when an unexpected encounter takes her on a bewildering adventure through space.
Written by Chris Silvestri & Anthony Maranville. Directed by Michael Giacchino.
While “The Girl Who Made the Stars” will center on a Burnham family bedtime story — first referenced in “Brother,” the Discovery Season 2 premiere — the creature-centric “Ephraim and Dot” looks to bounce around the USS Enterprise across multiple points in that famous ship’s history, from the Discovery era up through the adventures of Kirk and company in the Original Series.
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The final Star Trek: Short Trek tale for this season, “Children of Mars,” will debut on January 9 in the weeks leading up to the launch of Star Trek: Picard.