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“The Brightest Star”

Episode Number3 (1.03)
Production Number103
Season1
StardateUnknown (Year 2239)
Original Airdate06-Dec-2018
TeleplayBo Yeon Kim & Erika Lippoldt
DirectorDouglas Aarniokoski
Saru and his sister Siranna on Kaminar
Synopsis

Before he was the first Kelpien to join Starfleet, Saru lived a simple life on his home planet of Kaminar with his father and sister. Young Saru, full of ingenuity and a level of curiosity uncommon among his people, yearns to find out what lies beyond his village, leading him on an unexpected path.

Starring

Doug Jones (Saru)

Guest Cast

Hannah Spear (Siranna)
Robert Verlaque (Aradar)
Michelle Yeoh (Lt. Philippa Georgiou)
Lisa Auguste (Female Villager #5)
Krista Deady (Female Villager #4)
Clayton Scott (Male Villager #3)
David Benjamin Tomlinson (Male Villager #1)
Adam Winlove-Smith (Male Villager #2)

Notes
  • This short takes place 18 years before Discovery's season 2.
  • Siranna will appear in the Discovery episode "The Sound of Thunder".