From the Strange New Worlds season finale "Yesterday's Enterprise"...(I am going to be honest, for M'Ress I would have preferred an actor in make-up...the version looks a little *too* cartoonish.)

Of course we have seen species from The Animated Series in "Lower Decks" and "Prodigy", and then we have seen characters and species from those shows in "Strange New Worlds" and "Starfleet Academy"...but we have never seen these species in live action...EXCEPT *maybe* M'Ress' species, as there were cat aliens in "The Voyage Home" on the Federation Council and one jumped Kirk in "The Final Frontier", but I dunno if their species were ever confirmed - the cat guy in TVH looked almost like a K'Zinti!

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something one would see at the annual Bishopville lizard man festival.

I understood that reference.

Looking at the images…. All expenses spared in the creature creation

They look horrible

"Yesterday's Enterprise"

Check that title again.

I’d say why does it matter? Canon or not, I still watch TAS. I don’t need some corporate rubber stamp on it.

i like the lizard guy. mress looks like they glued cartoon eyes on top of a more detailed model or mask

From the Strange New Worlds season finale "Yesterday's Enterprise"...(I am going to be honest, for M'Ress I would have preferred an actor in make-up...the version looks a little *too* cartoonish.)

Of course we have seen species from The Animated Series in "Lower Decks" and "Prodigy", and then we have seen characters and species from those shows in "Strange New Worlds" and "Starfleet Academy"...but we have never seen these species in live action...EXCEPT *maybe* M'Ress' species, as there were cat aliens in "The Voyage Home" on the Federation Council and one jumped Kirk in "The Final Frontier", but I dunno if their species were ever confirmed - the cat guy in TVH looked almost like a K'Zinti!

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TAS was officially re-canonized by Paramount in 2006, but that said various writers have been canonizing parts of it for nearly 40 years here and there.

also, dammit, Nomad, yer missing it

I’d say why does it matter? Canon or not, I still watch TAS. I don’t need some corporate rubber stamp on it.

Same. TAS is fun so I don't exclude it.

So, why exactly is she on this show?

So, why exactly is she on this show?

is "background reference/continuity gag" not enough?

I just figure elements of it are canon. It was cool to see those characters.

So, why exactly is she on this show?

Easter Egg.

So, why exactly is she on this show?

Nostalgia.

So, why exactly is she on this show?

Why not?

Sweet Jesus of course it's "canon." It's owned by CBS/Paramount. It's all "canon." Some of it is in a different continuity (the Bad Robot movies for example). And any changes mentioned in "Tomorrow, etc" effects the timeline going forward from that point, but didn't erase anything before. That's a fact be cause my Blu Rays are unchanged.

It all exists in one big soup called Star Trek.

Nope, same continuity, different timeline (or alternate reality, if you prefer). That's our Spock Prime.

P.S. Transfers also flowed the other way. See Yor.

I stand corrected. I didn't account for it being a branch of the shared continuity.

Well either way, it's all in the soup. If Paramount made it, it's all part of it.

Well either way, it's all in the soup. If Paramount made it, it's all part of it.

Indeed. There's no need to exclude aspects just because we don't like a part of it..