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So much for this mythical younger audience that Kurtzman was shoving us aside for.

I remember watching this, I was 15 at the time.

So many conflicting emotions, having grown up with TOS. "Oh, it's not Kirk and crew etc etc", "Look at that fat-ass ship..."

36 years later, I'm crying like a baby watching the Enterprise-D fly out of a space dock in Picard Season 3 with this crew at the helm.

Wouldn't have missed it for the world.

So no one told you life was gonna be this way
Your job's a joke, you're broke, your love life's D.O.A
It's like you're always stuck in second gear
Or when it hasn't been your day, your week, your month, or even your year, but

I feel like the Larry Ellison-ing of Paramount has begun

TREKMOVIE:

"At the Broadcast+Cable Hall of Fame Awards, where Star Trek received the first-ever Franchise of the Year Award, we caught up with Strange New Worlds‘ Celia Rose Gooding, hot on the heels of the show’s season 4 finale. We asked her about playing future Uhura, fan reaction to SNW’s use of genres, and her hopes for the future. [...]"

https://trekmovie.com/2026/10/03/interview-celia-rose-gooding-on-playing-future-uhura-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-genres-and-more/

CELIA ROSE GOODING:

>"I think with something that is so heavy, like the plot of “Tomorrow’s Enterprise,” coming together to >!save Scotty, it was it was really important for me to not get too bogged down by the doom, because in order for the difference between the two to be clear, they can’t be the same person. So, Strange New Worlds Uhura still operated in that place of perfectionism, a little bit of worrying, just wanting to know everything all the time.!<

>>!And my TOS Uhura is someone who isn’t necessarily attached to that control and who isn’t so needing to know. She relies and trusts herself in a way that my Uhura, my Strange New Worlds Uhura, will be learning to do in the upcoming season.!<

TREKMOVIE: So when you made it, did you think that the Year One show was still very much on the table?

>I was hoping. I still hold that hope, but right now I’m just really excited about all we’ve done with Strange New Worlds. We still have another six episodes coming. We still have such good Trek coming. So whatever happens with Year One, I’m just really proud of the work we’ve done so far.

I’m sure you’re aware of the conversation with fans about genres this year. Is season 5 different from that? And how do you feel about that, because some people are very vocal about not being happy with all the “gimmicks.”

>"Oh goodness! How do I put this in a way my publicist will like? I think if our show tried to appeal to the opinions of everyone, we’d have really boring Trek. And so what I am so proud of is how we’ve able to how we’ve been able to maintain the true essence of Trek while being so genre-diverse. I mean, the show is called Strange New Worlds, so it only makes sense that we’re going to get into some strange activity every once in a while.

>And when I think of TOS, the episodes that jump out to me, when I think of TOS, when I think of TNG, when I think of DS9, the things that jump out to me, the things that immediately come to my memory are the more genre-diverse episodes, and so it was really important to me to stand by the show and stand by what we’ve done so far, because I’m really proud of that work.

>And we are the last of live-action Trek with SFA, and so I think what we really wanted to do with our finite time is continue to expand on what made the show, what made this franchise so beloved , and that is joyful curiosity, that is infinite diversity in infinite combinations, and not just in the species of people who work on the bridge, but also the diversity of the stories we try to tell.

[...]

Do you hope that there is a way to return to Uhura sometime?

>Oh, absolutely! I’ve loved this character. I will always love this character. I mean, I hope that Uhura’s journey continues, whether that be on screen, in novels, in any sort of continuation. I just would love to be a part of continuing her journey because her legacy is too powerful to let it just fizzle out. You know? She has a story to tell, and she will always have a place in my heart, and in the heart of Black entertainment, in the heart of sci-fi, in the heart of Star Trek. So I hope to be the one to continue Nyota Uhura’s story. But if I can’t, I’m just happy to see it continue, whether it’s me or someone else. But I hope it’s me.

Laurie Ulster (TrekMovie.com)

Full interview:

https://trekmovie.com/2026/10/03/interview-celia-rose-gooding-on-playing-future-uhura-star-trek-strange-new-worlds-genres-and-more/