Did you catch these Star Trek: Discovery Easter eggs in "New Eden"?
Because Star Trek: Discovery is a prequel to the original series, it also serves as a prequel to pretty much all of Star Trek, excluding the earlier prequel series, Enterprise. Because of that fact, it makes sense to expect an Easter egg or two in every single episode of Discovery.
We dug "New Eden," the second episode of Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, and there were plenty of Easter eggs that even hardcore Trekkies might have missed. Let's dive in...
World War III - 600 million dead
Early in the episode, when Discovery realizes the people on the planet are from 2053, Burnham talks about World War III, and mentions 600 million dead. The time period for World War III and the number dead come from various sources, but most notably, from Star Trek: First Contact.
In that film, the Enterprise travels...
Because Star Trek: Discovery is a prequel to the original series, it also serves as a prequel to pretty much all of Star Trek, excluding the earlier prequel series, Enterprise. Because of that fact, it makes sense to expect an Easter egg or two in every single episode of Discovery.
We dug "New Eden," the second episode of Star Trek: Discovery Season 2, and there were plenty of Easter eggs that even hardcore Trekkies might have missed. Let's dive in...
World War III - 600 million dead
Early in the episode, when Discovery realizes the people on the planet are from 2053, Burnham talks about World War III, and mentions 600 million dead. The time period for World War III and the number dead come from various sources, but most notably, from Star Trek: First Contact.
In that film, the Enterprise travels...
- 1/25/2019
- Den of Geek
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