Emperor Georgiou has history with the USS Discovery, but what happened to Michael Burnham and her starship is still redacted in Star Trek: Section 31.

Makeup department head Shauna Llewellyn tells IndieWire about getting the 'Star Trek: Discovery' family back together to explain Georgiou's origins.

After she first played starship Capt. Philippa Georgiou and her evil Mirror Universe doppelganger on Star Trek: Discovery, Michelle Yeoh was supposed to reprise the role for Section 31, a spinoff series that would continue to follow her fan favourite character.

Section 31? For our answer, we’ll have to dig into decades of behind-the-scenes intrigue and centuries of Star Trek continuity.

Michelle Yeoh as Georgiou and Joe Pingue as Dada Noe in Star Trek: Section 31, streaming on Paramount+, 2024. Photo Credit: Jan Thijs/Paramount+ At the end of her run in Star Trek: Discovery, Georgiou (Yeoh) was sent to a different time from the crew in order to survive.

Michelle Yeoh’s antiheroine from 'Discovery' returns in a streaming feature that’s lively enough, but lacks the character and heart Trekkies expect.

Section 31 tries something ambitious, but it ultimately fails because of the iconic sci-fi saga's rich history and detailed lore.