Michelle Yeoh’s character in Star Trek: Discovery will be entrusted with the guardianship of Sonequa Martin-Green’s First Officer Michael Burnham, according to Yeoh herself.
Discovery is somewhat unique in this regard as for the first time, the lead character is a First Officer – though there are also two Captain characters featured in the series: Michelle Yeoh’s Captain Georgiou of the U.S.S. Shenzou and Jason Isaacs’ Gabriel Lorca, Captain of the titular ship Discovery.
Star Trek: Discovery premieres September 24th on CBS and subsequent episodes will be released on CBS All Access.
The confirmation that Burnham is placed under the stewardship of Captain Georgiou by her adopted father is also of particular interest.