Warning: SPOILERS for Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2, Episode 9 - “The Devourer of All Things, Part I”
Summary
Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton) has been to the alternate reality of J.J. Abrams’Star Trekmovies, andStar Trek: Prodigyseason 2 reveals Wesley even gaveStar Trek’s Kelvin Timeline a new name. Written by Jennifer Muro and directed by Sung Shin,Star Trek: ProdigySeason 2, Episode 9 - “The Devourer of All Things, Part I” introducesWesley Crusher and his cosmic abilities as the Traveler. Wesley mentors the heroic young crew of the USS Protostar as part of his expansive plan to save everyStar Trektimeline from the reality-eating threat of the Loom.
InStar Trek: ProdigySeason 2, Episode 9 - “The Devourer of All Things, Part I”, Dal R’El (Brett Gray), Gwyndala (Ella Purnell), Zero (Angus Imrie), Murf (Dee Bradley Baker), Jankom Pog (Jason Mantzoukas), and Maj’el (Michaela Dietz) expect to find the USS Protostar in a hidden world, but inside an ancient ziggurat, the Starfleet hopefuls instead find Wesley Crusher. Manic, scatterbrained, and talking a mile-a-minute, Wesley gives the kids a quick info download about who he is, what the Travelers are, and the concept ofStar Trek’s Multiverse, which is under an existential threat from the Loom. Wesley reveals the existenceof Star Trek’s myriad alternate timelines, butwhat the Traveler says about J.J. Abrams' Kelvin Timeline is shocking.
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Wesley Crusher Has Been To J.J. Abrams’ Star Trek Kelvin Timeline & Gave It A New Name
Of course, no one in the Star Trek universe calls it the “Kelvin timeline”
Star Trek: Prodigy’s young Starfleet Academy hopefuls initially didn’t know who Wesley Crusher was, nor had they heard of the Travelers, but Wesley gave the kids a helpful rundown. Wesley explained his mission of protecting everyStar Trektimelinefrom the Loom. As a Traveler, Wesley has jumped across time, space, and realities, and he not only revealed thathe has visited J.J. Abrams’Star TrekKelvin Timeline, but Crusher calls it by a different name. Wesley tellsStar Trek: Prodigy’s heroes:
“Quantum timelines, alternate realities, planes of existence, take your pick,I’ve been to all of them. There’s the Prime Universe we’re in right now, there’s the Mirror Universe,the Narada Incursion, Fluidic Space, the Mycelial Plane… Ooh, you’re not supposed to know about that.”
J.J. Abrams' alternate reality was dubbed the"Kelvin timeline"because inStar Trek(2009), the Romulan villain Nero (Eric Bana) and his starship, the Narada, time-traveled from 2387 inStar Trek’s Prime Universe to 2233. The Narada’s destruction of the USS Kelvin, and the death of acting captain Lt. George Kirk (Chris Hemsworth), thefather of James T. Kirk(Chris Pine), created an entirely new alternate reality.
J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot production team internally referred to the newStar Trekmovie universe they created as the Kelvin Timeline, but, of course, no one in-universe inStar Trekwould call it that.Thanks to Wesley andStar Trek: Prodigy, viewers now know that the Travelers call Nero’s time travel the"Narada Incursion".
Every Time Star Trek’s Prime Universe Connected WIth J.J. Abrams’ Kelvin Timeline
The Temporal Wars opened up more contact with J.J. Abrams' alternate reality
InStar Trek: Prodigy’s late-24th century time frame, Starfleet is aware of alternate realities like the Mirror Universe, buttravel to and from different timelines is still relatively uncommon and usually happens by accident. This changed duringStar Trek’s Temporal Warswhen the different realities were breached and warring factions weaponized time. Wesley Crusher referenced the Temporal Wars inStar Trek: Prodigyseason 2, indicating that the Travelers also engaged in the conflict, which did cross over into J.J. Abrams’Star TrekKelvin Timeline.
In J.J. Abrams’Star Trek(2009), the creation of the Kelvin Timeline was a one-sided event, and only Nero in 2233 and Ambassador Spock (Leonard Nimoy) in 2258 crossed over fromStar Trek’s Prime Timeline.
Obviously, the Travelers were aware of the ‘Narada Incident’, and Wesley Crusher says he visited J.J. Abrams’Star Trekmovies' alternate reality. InStar Trek: Discovery’s 32nd century, Dr. Kovich (David Cronenberg) revealed that Yor, a time soldier from the 24th century, crossed over from the Kelvin Timeline and died inStar Trek’s Prime Timeline. It’s unclear whenStar Trek’s Prime Universe Starfleet becomes fully aware of the Kelvin Timeline’s existence, butperhaps it’s because Wesley Crusher told the young Protostar crew about the ‘Narada Incident’ inStar Trek: Prodigyseason 2.
