Star Trek: Lower Decks

Hey, welcome to the Star Trek: Lower Decks portion

of San Diego Comic-Con At Home.

Of San Diego Comic-Con At Home.

I'm Mike McMahan,

I'm the Creator and EP of Star Trek: Lower Decks

and I'm so proud to be a part of this Star Trek family

and I'm so proud to be a part of this Star Trek family

with all the stuff you guys are seeing.

What you're about to see is people talking about.

What you're about to see is people talking about

a show that takes place in 2380,

it's in the TNG era,

it's right after the events of Star Trek: Nemesis,

it's right after the events of Star Trek: Nemesis,

but it's way before the events of Star Trek: Picard.

But it's way before the events of Star Trek: Picard.

The TNG era is what I feel most comfortable in.

Today, we're gonna be joined by.

Today, we're gonna be joined by

the voice talent of Lower Decks

so that they can talk to you as well

about what it feels like to be in a Star Trek

about what it feels like to be in a Star Trek

and to tell you a little bit about the show

and to start off with,

we'll be showing you a clip of a scene

we'll be showing you a clip of a scene

from the first episode

that just gives you a little bit of a taste

of what the show feels and looks like.

We tried to fit it into canon.

We tried to fit it into canon

so that it doesn't break anything,

but we tried to do something new with it at the same time.

We tried to keep it exciting,

but we also tried to keep all of the ethical sci-fi

but we also tried to keep all of the ethical sci-fi

sort of stuff that makes Star Trek Star Trek

without breaking it

and I think we've come up with something

and I think we've come up with something

that a lot of people are gonna really enjoy.

So, just to start off, let's watch this clip.

So, just to start off, let's watch this clip

and then we will introduce

the voice talent of Star Trek: Lower Decks.

The voice talent of Star Trek: Lower Decks.

Captain's log.

Stardate 57436.2.

The Cerritos is docked at Douglas Station.

The Cerritos is docked at Douglas Station

for routine maintenance and resupply.

We will soon set course for.

We will soon set course for

the capital planet on the Gala System

where we're scheduled to make second contact

with the Galadonian High Council.

With the Galadonian High Council.

First contact is a delicate,

high-stakes operation of diplomacy.

One must be ready for anything.

One must be ready for anything

when humanity is interacting

with an alien race for the first time.

But we don't do that.

But we don't do that.

Our specialty is second contact.

Still pretty important, we get all the paperwork signed,

make sure we're spelling the name of the planet right,

make sure we're spelling the name of the planet right,

get to know all the good places to eat.

Oh my god.

- What are you doing? - Nothing, nothing, nothing.

- What are you doing? - Nothing, nothing, nothing.

Oh, no.

Oh, no, no, no, no, no.

Are you pretending to do a captain's log?

We're all supposed to keep logs.

We're all supposed to keep logs.

Okay, let me listen to it.

No, go away, leave me alone!

I can't believe you're wasting your shore leave on this!

I can't believe you're wasting your shore leave on this!

Privacy, please!

Time to go, come on,

- get out of the closet. - Privacy.

Are you drunk?

Yeah, dude, you should be too!

Yeah, dude, you should be too!

I mean, this station is amazing

and they have Romulan whisky

and I bet you thought it was gonna be green,

but it is actually blue,

it's this very beautiful color.

It's this very beautiful color.

Romulan whisky is against regulation.

Yeah, 'cause it's awesome!

Oh, man, they got all sorts of great stuff.

Oh, oh!

Oh, oh!

Come on, check this out.

Be careful with that!

Pretty sweet, right?

Yeah, it's a Klingon bat, um, bat, uh, bat,

I don't know, I'm not a scientist,

I don't know, I'm not a scientist,

it doesn't matter, shut up.

I got it from an old guy with an eye patch.

- Come spar with me, come on! - No, come on, hey!

Oh, we could be Klingons,

we could have crimped hair and wrinkled foreheads.

We could have crimped hair and wrinkled foreheads.

- War, war, war! - It's got

crusted blood on it!

I love honor, I demand honor!

I love honor, I demand honor!

Listen, I promise you, people do not

get chopped in the leg by a bat'leth every episode,

get chopped in the leg by a bat'leth every episode,

but it is always a possibility

when you're serving on a Starfleet ship.

All right, now, let's meet some of our voice talent.

All right, now, let's meet some of our voice talent

from Star Trek: Lower Decks.

Tawny Newsome, thank you so much for joining us.

Tawny Newsome, thank you so much for joining us.

Oh, thank you, I can feel the virtual throngs of people

crushing my body as I push through the crowd.

Crushing my body as I push through the crowd.

Hey, Jack Quaid!

Hey!

Thanks for joining us.

Eugene Cordero, glad we got to do this, this is cool.

Eugene Cordero, glad we got to do this, this is cool.

Me too, me too.

All right, so we have Noel Wells here.

Hi!

Hi!

Dawnn Lewis.

I wish I could see you in person,

but we will be together again soon, I'm sure.

I'm looking forward to it.

Jerry O'Connell, thank you for joining us

from what appears to be a beautiful verdant hill.

It's just, no, it's a green screen,

It's just, no, it's a green screen,

I'm actually in my basement.

Oh, that's, yeah, so am I.

Hey, Fred!

Hey, Fred!

Thank you so much for having me, Mike.

Gillian Vigman, thank you for joining us!

Oh, it is my pleasure to be here, Mike.

Oh, it is my pleasure to be here, Mike.

So, there are all kinds of officers in Starfleet.

There's engineers, there's scientists.

There's engineers, there's scientists

and there's all sorts of different commanders

and then, even in those ranks,

you never know what you're gonna get.

What kind of Starfleet officer is your character?

I've joked before that she's not very different from me

I've joked before that she's not very different from me

and that is a testament to you, Mike,

for liking my personality, I guess,

for liking my personality, I guess,

and just kind of writing it into a cool Starfleet officer.

But yeah, she's a little,

But yeah, she's a little,

I don't know, she doesn't always play by the rules,

even though she could, 'cause she's good at things.

Even though she could, 'cause she's good at things.

It's kind of like when you're the class clown

because you are ahead of the lesson in school

because you are ahead of the lesson in school

type of a thing.

A lot about Star Trek is about the humanity

in the characters that are on the ship.

In the characters that are on the ship.

They can be spouting all this technological stuff,

but you really, you wanna care about the characters

and you really make that character fun.

And you really make that character fun.

Thanks, man, it's a team effort.

Yeah, Ensign Brad Boimler is the ultimate Starfleet nerd.

Yeah, Ensign Brad Boimler is the ultimate Starfleet nerd.

He's a complete fanboy for.

He's a complete fanboy for

all the captains and the first officers,

basically anyone who works on the bridge

and he wants to be like them so bad,

and he wants to be like them so bad,

that he's obsessed with rank and ranking up

and he figures the best way to do that

and he figures the best way to do that

is to go as by the book as possible,

so he follows every Starfleet rule to a tee,

so he follows every Starfleet rule to a tee,

he has no demerits at all,

he logs even when he's really not supposed to