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|release year = 2019
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|release month = December
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|writer = [[Brandon Schultz]]
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|director = [[Olatunde Osunsanmi]]
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|date = [[2230s|Early 2230s]]
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== Summary ==
 
== Summary ==
 
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== Background information ==
 
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* The release date was announced on {{d|5|October|2019}} at New York Comic-Con. {{st.com|star-trek-discovery-season-three-short-treks-nycc||news}}
 
* The release date was announced on {{d|5|October|2019}} at New York Comic-Con. {{st.com|star-trek-discovery-season-three-short-treks-nycc||news}}
 
* This is one of two animated ''Short Treks'' in the second season.
 
* This is one of two animated ''Short Treks'' in the second season.
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* To date, this is the shortest episode of ''Short Treks'', clocking in at just under eight minutes.
 
* [[Alex Kurtzman]] stated that this episode and {{e|Ephraim and Dot}} are both "tied to ''[[Star Trek: Discovery|Discovery]]'', but in interesting and surprising ways." {{trekcore|blog/exclusive-interview-star-trek-producers-alex-kurtzman-heather-kadin-picard-discovery-nickelodeon/}}
 
* [[Alex Kurtzman]] stated that this episode and {{e|Ephraim and Dot}} are both "tied to ''[[Star Trek: Discovery|Discovery]]'', but in interesting and surprising ways." {{trekcore|blog/exclusive-interview-star-trek-producers-alex-kurtzman-heather-kadin-picard-discovery-nickelodeon/}}
* This short, along with {{e|Ephraim and Dot}} (which premiered at the same time as this episode) is the first animated episode or film in the ''Star Trek'' franchise since {{TAS|The Counter-Clock Incident}} first aired in {{y|1974}}.
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* This short, along with {{e|Ephraim and Dot}} which premiered at the same time, are the first animated episodes in the ''Star Trek'' franchise since the last episode of {{s|TAS}}, {{e|The Counter-Clock Incident}}, first aired in {{y|1974}}.
 
* The official episode description describes the spatial disturbance seen around the space station as a "[[lightning storm]] in space". That exact phrase was a plot point in {{film|11}}, where the uniqueness of a phenomenon described as such tipped off {{alt|James T. Kirk}} that what he was seeing was linked to the incident in which his father was killed. Lightning-like phenomena in space were also seen in the region the {{USS|Discovery}} found itself in {{e|Calypso}}.
 
* The official episode description describes the spatial disturbance seen around the space station as a "[[lightning storm]] in space". That exact phrase was a plot point in {{film|11}}, where the uniqueness of a phenomenon described as such tipped off {{alt|James T. Kirk}} that what he was seeing was linked to the incident in which his father was killed. Lightning-like phenomena in space were also seen in the region the {{USS|Discovery}} found itself in {{e|Calypso}}.
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* Young Michael has a [[Stuffed animal|plush doll]] strongly resembling [[Ephraim]], the [[tardigrade]] from {{e|Ephraim and Dot}}.
   
== Cast ==
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== Voice Cast ==
 
* [[Kenric Green]] as [[Mike Burnham]]
 
* [[Kenric Green]] as [[Mike Burnham]]
 
* [[Kyrie McAlpin]] as Young [[Michael Burnham]]
 
* [[Kyrie McAlpin]] as Young [[Michael Burnham]]
   
 
== References==
 
== References==
[[Africa]]; [[aluminum]]; [[bow and arrow]]; {{revname|Michael|Burnham}}; {{revname|Mike|Burnham}}; :[[Constellation]]; [[elder]]; [[elephant]]; [[explorer]]; [[farming]]; [[first people]]; [[galaxy]]; [[the girl who made the stars]]; [[hunter-gatherer]]; [[lion]]; [[navigation]]; [[Night Beast|night beast]]; [[nightlight]]; {{class|NX}}; [[shadow]]; [[queen]]; [[rhinoceros]]; [[star]]s; [[stuffed animal]]; [[tardigrade]]; [[warrior]]; [[Zebra]]
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[[Africa]]; [[aluminum]]; [[The girl who made the stars characters#Alien being|Being]]; [[bow and arrow]]; [[constellation]]; [[elder]]; [[The girl who made the stars characters#The Elder|Elder, the]]; [[elephant]]; [[explorer]]; [[farming]]; [[firefly]]; [[first people]]; [[galaxy]]; [[The girl who made the stars characters#The Girl / The Queen|Girl, the]]; {{revname|the|girl who made the stars}}; [[hunter-gatherer]]; [[lion]]; [[navigation]]; [[night beast]]; [[night light]]; {{class|NX}}; [[shadow]]; [[queen]]; [[rhinoceros]]; [[star]]s; [[starbase]]; [[stuffed animal]]; [[tardigrade]]; [[warrior]]; [[zebra]]
   
 
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Revision as of 19:22, 31 March 2020

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For the story with the same name, please see the girl who made the stars.

When a lightning storm in space scares a young Michael Burnham, her father aims to ease her fears with a mythical story about a brave little girl who faced her own fears head on.

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Background information

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References

Africa; aluminum; Being; bow and arrow; constellation; elder; Elder, the; elephant; explorer; farming; firefly; first people; galaxy; Girl, the; girl who made the stars, the; hunter-gatherer; lion; navigation; night beast; night light; NX-class; shadow; queen; rhinoceros; stars; starbase; stuffed animal; tardigrade; warrior; zebra

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