There's plenty of buzz about the upcoming Star Trek: Starfleet Academy series, which is set to drop Jan. 15, 2026, on Paramount+ with two episodes. Recently, Paul Giamatti, who plays the show's villain, visited Sao Paulo, Brazil to attend the CCXP convention, and he confirmed his character Nus Braka's connection to cadet Caleb Mir (via TrekMovie.com):
"Yes. Yes! And I think there’s some there’s some jealousy and envy I have of him. That he’s given this opportunity and that he gets to connect with these people, and he gets to connect with this woman who’s a very motherly figure [Captain Nahla Ake]. And [Braka] doesn’t have any of that kind of thing. And I think that pisses him off, makes him realize that he doesn’t have this stuff that these people have. So he wants to just destroy it."
It makes sense that a Klingon/Tellarite hybrid, Braka, would have anger and jealousy issues, even though it sounds like Giamatti's character would push these so far down that they end up at the soles of his feet!
While we've known a few Klingons who have their past baggage figured out, Braka sounds more like someone who just wants to spread his misery around, probably with all the belligerence of your average Tellarite (remember Ambassador Gav? After all, much like Khan, Nus has waited 15 years for his revenge. As someone looking forward to Starfleet Academy, I'm especially excited about Nus Braka, as sometimes, the antagonist of a series is often a key aspect of its success.
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