Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's Nana Visitor explains how Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Give Uhura an "Obi-Wan Kenobi" Improves Nichelle Nichols' Uhura in Star Trek: The Original Series. Releasing October 1, guest wrote Star Trek: Open a Channel: A Woman's Trek, Her new book looks at the many influential women in Star Trek. Nana interviewed many female Star Trek Actors and creatives, as well as real-world astronauts, scientists and soldiers who were inspired by the diverse women of Star Trek.
in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Celia Rose Gooding plays a younger incarnation of Nyota Uhura, who will become the communications officer embodied by Nichelle Nichols in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Start Strange New Worlds As a reluctant Starfleet cadet, Uhura gains a mentor in Lut. Hammer (Bruce Horak)That instills confidence in the young Nyota. Hemer's tragic death at the end of Strange New Worlds Season 1 devastates Uhura, but Nyota persists. Strange New Worlds Gives Uhura a backstory and deep that Star Trek In the 1960s and 1980s never afforded nickel nickels.
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Hammer became Uhura's "Obi-Wan Kenobi"
In an excerpt from Star Trek: Open a Channel: A Woman's Trek Shared exclusively with Screen RantNene visitors explain how Lt. Hammer becomes Uhura "Obi-Wan Kenobi" Parallels like these Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a mentor to Nichelle Nichols In real life. Dissatisfied with her limited role on Star TrekNichols initially intended to leave, but a chance meeting with Dr. King convinced Nichelle to stay because Uhura on the bridge of the Starship Enterprise was an inspiration to Black people. Read Visit's excerpt below:
I noticed something in the first season of [Strange New Worlds] What I have not seen before on TV... Chief Engineer Lt. Hammer, played by Bruce Horak, was created to be a mentor (!) to Uhura. She's a new cadet who isn't sure that Starfleet is her life's path, and Celia Rose Gooding's performance makes seeing Uhura enter the bridge for the first time in uniform a powerful moment... Uhura finally gets the attention And care she always deserves, and Gooding plays her with a sweet open manner; a sharp mind; And, like Nishele, a beautiful singing voice.
It is interesting to watch Uhura in the original series with this in mind. That a male Aernar was, as Horak himself expressed it, a kind of Obi-Wan Kenobi to Uhura, adds a dimension and a bitter story when Nichel is seen on the bridge. There's also a nice nod to the fact that the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was a mentor to Nichelle Nichols when she wanted to leave the show... Hammer encourages the young Uhura to go on in Starfleet too. He shows you the importance of keeping your heart open, even when there is bound to be pain when you do so.
Now, the original series' Uhura seems like a person who has the difficult task of evolving when she faces down the dangers of life in space, not just someone who has the correct emotional makeup for the job. This is such an important lesson: there is not always a clear and easy path to commitment, and there is always a steep learning curve at the beginning of any career. Evolution is a personal process as well as a societal one, and it is not always a breeze.
As Nana Visitor points out, Lt. Uhura is completely established Star Trek: The Original Series And her character is never given a backstory or fleshed out beyond what is required for a particular episode or movie. Strange New Worlds gave Uhura the character depth Nichols never got, and the Lessons and growth Celia Rose Gooding's young Nyota experiences ripple into Nichelle's Uhura. Together, they create a complete picture of who Lt. Uhura is.
Uhura continues to develop in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3
Ensign Uhura will keep the Enterprise connected
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 3 will continue the growth of Ensign Nyota Uhura. The young communications officer Saddened by her loss of Lt. Hamer in Strange New Worlds Season 2. However, Uhura had a crucial breakthrough Star TrekThe first musical episode, "Subspace Rhapsody." With her song, "Keep Us Connected," Uhura realizes how important she truly is to the crew of the Starship Enterprise, and it instills a newfound confidence in Nyota that will carry on into Strange New Worlds Season 3.
Uhura also formed a friendship with Lt. James T. Kirk (Paul Wesley) in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Season 2, and it's a bond that won't last for decades. Next, it was Uhura who introduced Kirk to Lt. Spock (Ethan Peck). in Strange New Worlds In season 3, Uhura is temporarily transformed into a volcano, and this could be another step in Nyota's growth. Perhaps Uhura retains the poise and mental clarity of her time as a logical volcano forward. As Uhura continues to evolve as she gradually becomes Nichelle Nichols' lieutenantT is one of the most fascinating aspects of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds.
Source: Star Trek: Open a Channel: A Woman's Trek by Nana Visitor