Would Star Trek: Strange New Worlds be bold enough to bring in Khan Noonien Singh?

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds may be setting up the debut of Khan Noonien Singh.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds has already taken it upon itself to punch up the reputations of the Gorn, as well as Christopher Pike and Una Chin-Riley, aka Number One. In season two, it’s all but a guarantee that Sybok, Spock’s brother, will get a plot that actually does him justice. Sybok only appeared in one other official Star Trek work, his debut in Star Trek V.

His appearance in the film was promising, as he was a Vulcan who embraced the concept of emotions, unlike Spock, and led a cult that embraced the same ideals. That’s about it though for his relevancy in the film. Strange New Worlds seeks to give the character a more fitting legacy.

But will Sybok be the only former movie villain to get some much-needed screen time? According to Screen Rant, there appear to be seeds for a Khan Noonien Singh appearance in the second season.

Screen Rant suggests that the time traveling that James Kirk and La’an Noonien Singh do may be back to a point in time when Khan was still on Earth. Due to the constant muckery of the timeline by every new series, it’s now unclear when the Eugenics War actually took place, so it’s possible that Kirk and La’an landed back in time at the start, or right before the start of it.

We don’t need any more Khan Noonien Singh unless it’s young Khan Noonien Singh

Usually, I’m on the side of not abusing Nostalgia and legacy characters. We’ve done them to death and it’s time to move on. That said, Khan was only ever seen as a man well into the prime of his life. A complete Khan, one who already succeeded in life and created his own makeshift family.

But what would a Khan look like at the beginning? What would he say? Would he be well-liked? Would others flock to him? There’s certainly something there for the writers to play with, so if he were depicted as a younger man, on the cusp of his tyrannical rule, then that would be something I’d like to see.

Would you want to see a young Khan portrayed in a time-travel scene during the events of Strange New Worlds’ second season?