Game of Throneschanged television, Berg says. That shows had an influence on all TV dramas that have come after it. Adds Harberts: Death isnt treated gratuitously on this show. Credit: CBS Its not for shock value. But when it happens we want to verify that people really feel it. HBOsThrones along with AMCsThe Walking Dead are widely considered to have rewritten the informal rules for serialized dramatic storytelling. Nowadays an action drama thats free of mortal consequences doesnt feel very credible....

Paradigms realign in a game-changing episode. You think Im gonna bow to you? Charon, the imperial flagship of the Terran Empire. Credit: Mark Holzberg/CBS Lorca doesnt need to pretend to be a Terran usurper, because he is one. (The specifics arent exactly clear, yet.) Defiant, but has discovered the redaction of crucial details. When Burnham presents Lorca to Georgiou, the emperor predictably condemns him to a life of agonizing torture....

You canbuy all three here, or purchase the individual covershere,here, andhere. Theres a Federation ship under attack by Klingons, and the Discovery is rushing to join their fight. Lock on the Bird of Prey! Matthias Clamer for EW Basic pattern Beta 9. Fire at something, for Gods sakes! The Klingons blast the Discovery. Matthias Clamer for EW Lorca and his shipmates lurch hard to one side. The high-tech sets thousands of lights flicker anxiously, conveying the ships wounds....

While Isaacs was asked about how his Starfleet Captain differed from the ones who have come before. Hes probably more fed up than any of them, Isaacs said. Hes a complicated guy for a complicated age. Hes a guy whos born out of war and gives him a lot of sharp edges. Executive producer Akiva Goldsman tackled the backlash the show received from fans for its diverse casting and storylines....

Jonathan Frakes returning to theStar Trekuniverse? The major luminary from theTrekfranchise will direct an episode of the CBS All Access shows first season. Frakes, of course, played Commander William T. Riker onStar Trek: The Next Generationand in severalTrekfilms. Credit: Paramount Jonathan Frakes will rejoin theTrekworld withDiscovery, writer-producer Gretchen J. Berg told EW. Hes a fantastic guy and great director. Added fellow showrunner Aaron Harberts: Our cast is dying to work with him....

Its an exciting prospect to take the new way we make television and apply it toTrek. It will be a whole new way of looking at the series. The opening scene provocatively flips the narrative of Starfleet as peaceful explorers on its head. The captain and first officer of the U.S.S. Burnham kills Rejac in self-defense before shes retrieved by the Shenzhou. But how sure can we be that Burnhams actions were motivated solely by self-defense?...

These things have to be designed and manufactured. We flew a costume designer to Switzerland to pick up the fabric for the Starfleet uniforms. Several items on our uniforms are 3D printed. Credit: CBS Some of our sets can take over six weeks to make. CBS has given us the time and the money to make something the fans will find worthwhile. It has to be cohesive and it is....

We spoke to star Sonequa Martin-Green about her mysterious role for this weeks upcoming issue ofEntertainment Weekly. Martin-Green is ready to clear things up (alittle). She has a close relationship with Sarek (James Frain), the father of Spock. Credit: CBS For the past seven years, shes been serving on the U.S.S. Im the first officer on the U.S.S. The producers searched long and hard to find an actor who could pull of Burnhams divided nature....

Youve read our teases. But what isStar Trek: Discoveryreally about? And why are there two starships in this show, the U.S.S. Discovery and the Shenzhou? Showrunners Aaron Harberts and Gretchen J. Berg dont want to give away too much of the plot. Burnham [has] spent a lot of time on Vulcan, but shes human, Harberts says. The joy is in the journey, Berg replied. Its a fresh feeling because were not on the bridge all the time....

Showrunner: “How does nudity play on ‘Trek’? You canbuy all three here, or purchase the individual covershere,here, andhere. But then you look at things like: How does nudity play onTrek? Credit: Paramount Eh, it feels weird. How does a lot of [profanity] onTrek? Are there moments where it merits it that were trying to push here and there? Nudity andTrekare indeed a potentially perilous combo. Still, there will be more edginess onDiscoverythan on, say,The Next Generation....

The first teaser trailer forStar Trek: Picardis here. The new series will follow this iconic character into the next chapter of his life. The trailer shows Picard having presumably retired to his familys Chateau Picard vineyard in France. A voiceover meanwhile hints at Picard having left Starfleet for some unimaginable mysterious reason. What did that cost you? Your faith in us? Your faith in yourself? Tell us why did you leave Starfleet admiral....

I dont know where this rumor came from! I have no idea. It hurt my feelings. Credit: Michael Rozman/Warner Bros. So, its always, Fingers crossed! But as far as I know, Im in it. Star Wars: Episode VIIIarrives in theaters in December 2017. Its similar to howThe Empire Strikes Backhas a different tone, Driver said. For that people always go, Oooh, its dark, but I dont know that it necessarily is....

What goes up could also come down. Plagued nonetheless, he had documented his dreams in the notebook. Can I see what youve been working on, Stardust? Credit: Lucasfilm Looking up at him in surprise, she nodded. Galen motioned to himself. Its a picture of Brin trying to get home. Brin was the hero of her current favorite bedtime holo,The Octave Stairway. He had heard the story so many times he could recite the passage from memory....