John Orquiola is the head of Screen Rant's Star Trek Movies & TV coverage, a Senior Features staff writer, and Interviewer.
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's Nana Visitor explains how Star Trek: Strange New Worlds giving Uhura an"Obi-Wan Kenobi" improves Nichelle Nichols' Uhura in Star Trek: The Original Series.Releasing October 1st, Visitor penned Star Trek: Open a Channel: A Woman's Trek, her new book looking at the numerous influential women in Star Trek.
Star Trek: DS9’s Nana Visitor Explains How Strange New Worlds Changes Nichelle Nichols' Uhura Hemmer became Uhura's "Obi-Wan Kenobi" Close In an excerpt from Star Trek: Open a Channel: A Woman's Trek shared exclusively with Screen Rant, Nana Visitor explains how Lt. Hemmer becoming Uhura's "Obi-Wan Kenobi" parallels how the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a mentor to Nichelle Nichols in real life.
It’s interesting to watch Uhura in the original series with this in mind. That a male Aernar was, as Horak himself put it, a kind of Obi-Wan Kenobi to Uhura adds a dimension and a bittersweet history when you see Nichelle on the bridge. It’s also a lovely nod to the fact that the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. was himself a mentor to Nichelle Nichols when she wanted to leave the show… Hemmer encourages the young Uhura to go on in Starfleet, too.
As Nana Visitor points out, Lt. Uhura was fully formed on Star Trek: The Original Series and her character was never given a backstory or fleshed out beyond what was required for a particular episode or movie. Strange New Worlds has given Uhura the character depth Nichols never got, and the lessons and growth Celia Rose Gooding's young Nyota experiences ripple into Nichelle's Uhura. Combined, they form a complete picture of who Lt. Uhura is.
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