Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Wild Puppet Episode took 6 months to do

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds He has never avoided becoming a little strange, but the next episode of puppet could simply take the cake.

Captain Pike, the number one and the rest of the crew of the companies are transforming into full -blown puppets into a wild and ambitious episode that is already making waves before it is aired.

And this is not just a fast expedient. According to the co-showrunner Henry Alonso MyersThis episode full of puppets took more than six months to give life. He said to EW, “I mean that there were easily more than six months of work.”

Fellowrunner Akiva GoldsmanAdded: “Next to all other preparation meetings for each episode, there has always been a separated puppet meeting”.

Every week, while planning space battles and alien diplomacy, the team was even sitting for those that can only be described as the most deliciously bizarre production meetings in the history of Trek.

Myers dived deeper into the process, revealing how much this episode has proved to be complex and fun.

“In production, we would have had long conversations thinking about our director, in particular on how to manage the puppets … We had to have many conversations on how to make puppets. We had to have many conversations on how to manage our crew, because we must also have an entire crew of Buraottinai.

This was a new territory for all the subjects involved.

While we will have to wait until season 4 descends in 2026 to experiment with the whole episode, the fans obtained their first look during SDCC with a short teaser clip with the Pike puppet captain, dubbed by Anson MountFreddally sitting on the bridge of the USS Enterprise. It is bizarre. It is fascinating. It is exactly the type of unexpected turning point that makes strange new worlds so fun.

The reactions of the cast to the script say everything. Christina ChongWhich plays La’an Noonien-Singh, he defined the experience of reading it “crazy”. For Jess Bush (Nurse chapel), was “pure joy”. AND Rebecca RomijnWhich sounds the number one, he clearly praised him: “It is an extraordinary script”.

Even with all the technical and creative challenges, Myers said that the pure joy of seeing the last puppets earned it:

“There are so many things that are difficult and stimulating about it, but then you would watch the puppets and everything was fine.”

So if you’ve ever wanted yours Star Trek with one side of Muppet’s showThis is for you. It’s strange, it’s crazy and I’m sure it will be fantastic.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 is currently broadcast on Paramount Plus, with new episodes every Thursday. Season 4 rich in puppets is destined to launch itself in 2026 and the fans can also expect a fifth and last season that has already been illuminated.

Source: Entertainment Weekly