46 Years Later, Star Trek Has Reawakened Its Oldest Canon Debate

Ever since the opening moments of “Lower Decks ends up becoming the Rosetta Stone of all the different Star Trek properties, including the Kelvin movies and everything can be unified through Lower Decks.”

Discovery-style T-shirts with the abbreviation “RITOS” have been seen on Cerritos crewmembers for a while now. In all likelihood, the appearance of the Discovery Klingons was the last chance Lower Decks had to tip its hat to that show. Discovery kicked off the era of Trek that resulted in Lower Decks existing, and in 2024, both shows aired their final episodes. Not to mention, Lower Decks Season 5 had already mad a Discovery connection by Amazon –