Take Captain Thadiun Okona (Billy Campbell), the franchise’s extra apparent try to deliver an area rogue into the fold (nonetheless briefly). Okona is the middle of a one-off “Subsequent Technology” episode, “The Outrageous Okona,” and he is bought every thing one would possibly count on of a swashbuckling himbo in area, right down to his billowy v-neck and shockingly excessive intercourse drive. However sadly — or possibly hilariously — Okona is extra a defanged model of the archetype and one of many greatest examples of the franchise’s failure.

Okona’s not a simple man to belief proper off the bat: the Enterprise crew encounters him drifting by means of area in a busted ship, and as soon as they bring about him aboard, he makes fast work of charming the pants off each Starfleet member he sees. Due to this, nobody is all that shocked when his previous exploits manifest some actual penalties … or plant the Enterprise crew within the crosshairs of a gnarly interplanetary battle.

Okona is accused of knocking up a younger girl from the planet Altec, and of stealing a priceless nationwide treasure from the planet Straleb. At first, these accusations appear proper consistent with the type of character Okona appears to be (or, on the very least, is attempting to be). However “Subsequent Gen” veers away from overtly acquainted characterization — and, sadly, a narrative that really may have been attention-grabbing — by absolving Okona of each crimes. It seems that he is truly only a very nice man deep down, a man that believes in real love and would by no means steal something of his personal volition. There’s an opportunity the writers wished to subvert the archetype in their very own intelligent manner — however that subversion actually demonstrates why a personality like Han Solo simply does not work on the planet of “Trek.”