Saru, a Starfleet Science Officer and a new alien species to the Star Trek universe, and Anthony Rapp as Lt.
“Ultimately, with my responsibilities [elsewhere], I could not do what CBS needed to have done in the time they needed it done for Star Trek,” Fuller said.
Only three members of the series’ cast have been announced including Michelle Yeoh as Captain Georgiou, with Doug Jones as Lt.
Stamets, an astromycologist, fungus expert, and Starfleet Science Officer.