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If I said Captain Benjamin Sisko was returning to Star Trek in a new CANON adventure, you’d likely call me crazy.
Well, stick around, and you’ll want to listen to this one. Recently, Star Trek Media has gotten carried away with Sisko.
To a quick mention in the alt-timeline of Star Trek: Picard Season 2,
the Bajoran Reckoning Tablet and now a brand new comic series fronted by The Sisko himself,
it seems he’s the favourite Captain right now for creatives to play with!
Might this hint to a new series, or something else?
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Perhaps the Star Trek creatives have played the long game regarding Benjamin Sisko’s return to the Star Trek Universe.
We’ve had teases related to the character for some time now.
That includes the recently aired sixth episode of Star Trek: Lower Decks, which visits Deep Space Nine, and a direct mention of Sisko in Star Trek: Picard.
Oh, with Picard, they’ve also featured the Bajoran Reckoning Tablet. That same tablet appeared in Lower Decks Season 3 as well.
But are these the only teases of Sisko’s return into the Star Trek Universe, and how would this work with Actor Avery Brooks?
He’s been absent from the acting scene for some time now. We’ll look at that in a second and how he could return to the role of Benjamin Sisko.
Right now, we’ve got an exciting new CANON adventure for Sisko in comic-book format.
IDW Publishing, the official Star Trek comic series publisher, recently announced their new series is kicking off.
This is the new monthly series, and it’s centred around Benjamin Sisko, following his RETURN from the Bajoran Wormhole.
Yes, i highlighted both those words there, his RETURN.
It's also CANON, I'll explain in a second.
Sisko will work with characters from other areas of the Star Trek Universe for his brand new mission.
The comic series looks fantastic, as Jackson Lanzing and Colin Kelly helm it.
Kelly is the person who helmed the recently concluded Star Trek: Year Five series, which saw a focus on Captain Kirk and the USS Enterprise.
What is interesting with this comic book series is that the leader writer, Jackson Lanzing, has called the monthly series a Deep Space Nine sequel.
Lanzing also spoke in a lengthy interview with ComicBook.com about the upcoming story; interestingly, it takes place where no on-screen Star Trek show has.
Well, it’s set nicely between the year and a half time between the return of the USS Voyager at the end of Star Trek: Voyager and the start of Star Trek: Nemesis.
It seems a fair amount of things happen in this part, Including Captain Janeway being promoted to Admiral.
So perhaps we could see her again as Admiral Janeway in the series.
That could be rather fun!
Of course, the comic has no relation to what is going on in the Star Trek series. Sisko is helming the USS Enterprise, which is an interesting idea.
But this new IDW continuity will be building offshoots, spin-offs and more epic events for years to come,
according to marketing-director Keith Davidson. I’m excited! Are you excited?
Even if this means nothing to what we’re talking about today, it’s still fantastic to get this fantastic opportunity to explore more of Sisko.
If you want to read our comic book reviews on Trek Central, head to our website, where our comic book master, Jacob, is publishing new reviews on the latest comics.
Just today, we have published Star Trek: Picard Stargazer Issue #2
Go read that one, It is a fantastic comic
And we've got a few theories popping up as well
So uh, get reading!
Another detail is Davidson has compared the new series to Marvel Comic’s Star Wars series,
which respected the canon that came before it while building a new exciting universe for fans that is unique, unexpected and accessible.
How this will play with canon when you’ve got people crossing timelines and Sisko commanding the Enterprise is something we’ll have to see later down the line.
Colin Kelly provided a detail that might answer my canon question.
It seems the big bosses of the Star Trek Universe have given IDW the toybox of Star Trek, providing they put it back in the correct place for when Star Trek: Nemesis takes place in the timeline.
It makes sense and therefore respects canon. What about it being canon to the series and movies of Star Trek, though? Well, Jackson Lanzing provided details on this.
Yes, the comic-book series with Sisko IS CANON, until it is not. So hows does this work? Well, let me explain as you might be a little confused by what is going on here, and rightly so.
As Jackson Lanzing explains during their interview, they communicate with the Star Trek teams working on the shows.
This would likely be Strange New Worlds, Lower Decks and Star Trek: Prodigy.
. Perhaps Discovery, but that is removed from the Nemesis area of the timeline right now. However, what about Picard? Well, with that series ending, likely the teams are disbanded right now.
Jackson says something interesting here, so listen to this quote:
“[But] now we know that there will be, so we are trying to create new canon that exists inside that space. But these are the characters you know. This is the canonical Benjamin Sisko sequel story. This is the last ride of Data before Nemesis. These are those stories. This is what happened to Tom Paris after he came back from Voyager.”
The official synopsis of this comic book series reveals what Captain Sisko’s actual story is about. Oh, he is also getting a new starship, the USS Theseus. Image on-screen now.
“It’s stardate 2378, and Benjamin Sisko has finally returned from the Bajoran Wormhole omnipotent. But his godhood is failing with every minute."
"Sent by the Prophets on a mission to the deepest parts of space aboard the U.S.S. Theseus, he witnesses the unthinkable: Someone is killing the gods. "
"And only Sisko and his motley crew of Starfleet members from every era of Trek can stop them.”
Looking at Issue 2, Sisko is teaming up with an old friend from Qo’noS, the Klingon Homeworld.
Suffice it to say. This new series is championing the return of Captain Benjamin Sisko. However, does this now open up future opportunities?
In the last decade, Avery Brooks has been absent from acting and the real world it would seem. He has been teaching previously, therefore being away from the limelight of the Star Trek Universe world.
When filming for the Deep Space Nine documentary What We Left Behind, Brooks declined to appear in the special feature after being asked by former Deep Space Nine Showrunner Ira Steven Behr.
However, there might be a reason for Brook’s absence from the acting world and Star Trek, for that, we look to actor Ciroc Lofton, who played Jake Sisko, son of Benjamin Sisko on Deep Space Nine
. In 2020, he mentioned that Avery had been blacklisted by Hollywood and was currently without an agent or agency. Therefore unable to get acting work.
Going further, Lofton suggested in 2021 that Avery Brooks be willing to return to the role of Captain Sisko, if the opportunity presented itself.
This is interesting to note, as it goes against what Ira Steven Behr had previously mentioned.
Time does change, so perhaps with the newfound love of Deep Space Nine and the character of Benjamin Sisko, Brooks is motivated to seek a return to the Star Trek Universe.
Ultimately time will tell if Avery does want to return to the public spotlight of acting or appearing in Star Trek again. It’s a daunting task, something some would not want to do.
Many would want to see a new Captain Sisko series, right? Sadly I don’t think we’ll be seeing Deep Space Nine Season Eight anytime soon.
However, that does not stop Sisko from appearing somewhere else down the line.
It is possible that Avery Brooks could reprise the role for an animated series, like Star Trek: Prodigy or Lower Decks. He could also cameo in a special appearance in one of these series.
A Limited Star Trek series is also something to note.
Streaming services have had great success with these recently. Star Trek: Picard is a limited series, as it took a lot of convincing for Sir Patrick Stewart to return as Jean-Luc Picard.
A one-season storyline on Sisko, like six to eight episodes, could do well in explaining what he is doing once he returns from the Wormhole.
With many of our older Star Trek shows, like The Next Generation and Voyager getting their casts back together for new adventures,
fans rightly ask when it is time for Deep Space Nine to get in on the fun.
While it seems like it is happening, with both Nana Visitor and Armin Shimmerman appearing in Lower Decks, fans want the iconic and legendary Captain of Benjamin Sisko, and we can’t blame them!
The other option, which would be a bit of a controversial decision, is recasting the role of Benjamin Sisko.
This can be done in two ways. If you want to explore the younger years of Sisko, get a younger actor. Perfect.
However, if we want to continue the story, like how Star Trek: Picard has been done, you don’t want to re-cast the actor. It does depend on what creatives want to do with their character.
Time will tell! Hopefully they don't recast, as that would be a little weird.
So, the Star Trek Universe is beaming down to New York Comic Con this weekend.
And according to our resident leaker, the big Mr Tease himself, aka Terry Matalas
We can expect plenty of updates on Star Trek: Picard Season 3!
Which will include references to Star Trek Deep Space Nine
No, I don't think we'll see Sisko popping up in the season 3 trailer, but never say never.
Ultimately, if all of this is true and Alex Kurtzman and the executives have been playing the long game...
Could we see some sort of announcement from the up coming show?
perfect time to announce a new Star Trek series!
as it's in front of thousands of people
So, what do you think? Can Benjamin Sisko return to the Star Trek Universe and should it be something to expect coming down the pipeline?
Time will tell. Would you want Avery Brooks back, or should they re-cast the role?
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