Star Trek: Strange New Worlds EP reveals the main reason that makes Captain Pike great

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has been a rejuvenating force for the Star Trek canon, and apart from exceptional storytelling and brilliant actors on the show, one of the biggest reasons for this is that the entire crew works as a brilliant unit under Captain Pike's leadership. He understands the importance of leading his crew in a way that makes all of them feel individually valued and earns their respect and loyalty in return.

Season 3 of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds is all set to premiere on July 17 on Paramount+, and in a recent screening of the third season, a panel consisting of the cast and crew of the show discussed the reasons why Captain Pike is so popular as the crew leader and how the third season will be exploring this idea even more deeply.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds EP reveals exactly why Captain Pike is so popular

The Tribeca Film Festival in New York featured a special Star Trek: Strange New Worlds screening of the season 3 premiere, followed by a panel discussion where actors Anson Mount, Celia Rose, Ethan Peck, Babs Olusanmokun, Roose Gooding, and Carol Kane were joined by showrunners Henry Alonso Myers and Akiva Goldsman.

The panel revealed exactly why Pike's crew in Starfleet is so popular and Pike himself as a captain is so respected. According to them, this has much to do with how much importance Pike gives to all the members of his crew individually, and his understanding that there's no ego in front of his crew helps them respect him not just for the sake of his title, but for his persona. To him, his crew is the most important thing; they are his family, and he takes care of them.

Akiva Goldsman expressed these sentiments by saying:

"[Pike] knows when his career in Starfleet as an active captain is going to come to a close, but that’s less important to him than his crew. Fundamentally, there are a bunch of great captains. And of all of them and all that we’ve seen, weirdly Pike has the least ego. He has built a crew which is, in lieu of family, and to lose any one of them, all of whose fates he has no idea about, would be worse than death for him."

Anson Mount, who plays Captain Pike on Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, added to this discourse, saying:

"I know that when a crew member comes to Pike’s office, everything stops, everything that’s he’s been reading it gets put in a drawer. The most important thing in his world is the person in front of him right now. Because he’s smart enough to know that his greatest resource is his crew, because they’re a bigger brain together. That’s why he leads by best idea wins, you saw in [the season 3 premiere]. They took that and really ran with it."

Pike's leadership style is exactly why he is one of the greatest captains in the Star Trek canon.

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