Paramount+ has released a brand-new trailer for Star Trek Discovery season 4 during the show's panel at New York Comic Con. Discovery is the first Trek series since Star Trek: Enterprise ran for three seasons in the early 2000s. The long-running sci-fi franchise received a reboot in 2009 with J.J. Abrams' Star Trek, which introduced the Kelvin Timeline and new versions of Kirk, Spock, and the Enterprise crew. In 2017, Star Trek returned to television and to its original timeline with Discovery, beginning a new era for the franchise on Paramount+ (formerly CBS All-Access).
Star Trek Discovery was initially set just a decade prior to the events of Star Trek: The Original Series, but its season 2 finale sent the ship and her crew far into the future. In Star Trek Discovery season 3, Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green), Captain Saru (Doug Jones) and the crew were met with not only a new version of the Federation, but also a new mystery to unravel: how an event called the Burn caused nearly all the dilithium in the universe to explode? In solving the mystery and saving the remaining dilithium, Burnham proved herself to this future incarnation of the Federation and was finally made Discovery's new captain. Now, Captain Burnham and her crew have a new threat to tackle in Discovery season 4.
During Star Trek Discovery season 4's panel at NYCC, a new trailer was released. It shows Burnham assuming her duties as Discovery's captain as she meets with the Federation about a new threat. Simply called the anomaly, the trailer doesn't give too much detail about this latest threat, but it does show that it's a big problem for the Federation and its allies. Give the new Star Trek Discovery season 4 trailer a watch in the space below:
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While little there is little information given about the anomaly Discovery is going up against in season 4, this trailer does give some impression about what it might be. Multiple times in the trailer someone makes mention of "entering the anomaly", and this suggests the anomaly is perhaps a section of space. As it's threatening much of the galaxy, it may be a case where this strange anomaly is consuming planets and other parts of the galaxy as it grows. Whatever it is, the Discovery crew will surely have their work cut out for them.
Along with teasing Star Trek Discovery season 4's new threat, this latest trailer is also celebrating Burnham's new command. Having begun the series as a mutineer, Burnham has been on quite the adventure to reach the rank of captain. As this trailer also mentions, though, Burnham's tactics aren't always the most orthodox, and she's clashed with the Federation on more than one occasion. Clearly, even though she is now Captain Burnham, don't expect Burnham to be a strict rule-follower - especially when her crew's life is on the line.
Source: Paramount+