So for those unaware, René Auberjonois filmed scenes as a Starfleet officer named West (who had an odd rank of Colonel). At the end of the movie it is revealed that West, disguised as a Klingon, had attempted to assassinate the Federation president. If you have no memory of this, then no worry. You’ve only seen the theatrical version. All the scenes which René appears were not included.

According to Memory Alpha, prior to 2009, the home media releases included the West scenes but did not list Colonel West or René Auberjonois in the credits. 2009 is when the first DVD release came out, being the theatrical cut. The page for West indicates the 4K remaster, released in 2022, includes West scenes but omitting the reveal of the assassin’s identity.

With multiple edits of The Undiscovered Country existing, what is considered the canonical version?

Not sure if this is permitted on this sub but I couldn't resist.

The fact that it says 5 pack and 4 bulbs is the cherry on the cake.

• The episode opens with flashback featuring a chyron informing us the stardate is 61914.3, setting the scene sometime between “Last Flight of the Protostar, Part II”, and “Ascension, Part I”, assuming stardates increase with the passage of time, as they show.

    • We get to see Wesley captured by Ascencia and the Vau N’Akat, which was revealed to be his status in “Ascension, Part I”.

• Gwyn records the current stardate as 62083.5 in her personal log.

• ”Sounds like they’re…playing poker.” We’ve seen that the senior staff of both the USS Enterprise D and the USS Cerritos enjoy playing poker in their off hours.

• With the expedition of Zero, the Protogies all return to wearing their civilian clothes from season one.

• The Protogies have an emergency site to site transporter with power for one beam-out. The appearance looks to be based on a similar device used by the Tom Paris of an alternate universe in "Non Sequitur".

    • Data used a similar device in “Star Trek Nemesis” to save Captain Picard, but that prototype emergency transport unit could only transport one person, whereas this one should be able to move the entire group.

• ”Wesley Crusher told us we must stay together.” Maj’el is referring to events depicted in “The Devourer of All Things, Part II”.

    • Later this episode, Wesley clarifies that he meant they needed to maintain physical proximity at all times. The Protogies have split up in: "Last Flight of the Protostar, Part II", "A Tribble Called Quest", "Cracked Mirror", and "Ascension, Part I".

• The other Vau N’Akat imprisoned with the Diviner are the Elders who were depicted in “Into the Breach, Part II” as being Solumn’s heads of state.

• To avoid detection by some guards, Zero puppets an unconscious Vau N’Akat while Gwyn provides a voice. In “The Magnificent Ferengi’ Rom and Nog come up with a way to remotely puppet the corpse of a Vorta and temporarily fool some Jem’Hadar and Iggy Pop.

As previously announced, the Paramount+ release date is July 17.

3x01 "Hegemony, Part II"

3x02 "Wedding Bell Blues"

3x03 "Shuttle to Kenfori"

3x04 "A Space Adventure Hour"

3x05 "Through the Lens of Time"

3x06 "The Sehlat Who Ate Its Tail"

3x07 "What Is Starfleet?"

3x08 "Four-and-a-Half Vulcans"

3x09 "Terrarium"

3x10 "New Life and New Civilizations"

The third season of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds returns this summer on Thursday, July 17, premiering with two episodes, exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S.

The series will also stream on Paramount+ in international markets where the service is available. Following the premiere, new episodes will drop weekly on Thursdays, with the season finale on Thursday, September 11.

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds streams exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S., the U.K., Latin America, Australia, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and Japan. The series is also available on Paramount+ in Canada. It streams on SkyShowtime in the Nordics, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal and Central and Eastern Europe. The series is distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution.

• ”Pew, pew, pew, pew, pew.” The middle of the battle against the Rev-1 seems like an odd time for Murf to imitate someone complaining about “Star Trek: Discovery”, but he does seem to have things handled.

• ”You talk too much, Mr. Crusher.” Ascensia echoes Captain Picard’s sentiments from “Datalore”.

• We see the incurser weapon embedded in the hull of the USS Voyager A, not dissimilar from the Jem’Hadar torpedo that struck the USS Defiant in “Starship Down”, or the photon torpedo that took a bite of the USS Enterprise in “Such Sweet Sorrow, Part 2”

• Tysess invokes an Andorian deity named Uzaveh, that has nor previously been mentioned on screen, but did originate in the DS9 novel, Paradigm.

• The incurser releases a wave of temporal radiation, which rapidly ages Tysess. Captain Picard’s hand experienced the same fate in “Timescape” when he reaches out to examine a bowl of rapidly rotting fruit.

    • Despite his rapid aging, Tysess’ hair remains the same.

    • Other characters been prematurely aged include Kirk, Spock, Doctor McCoy, Scotty, and Arlene Galway in “The Deadly Years”; Doctor Pulaski in “Unnatural Selection”; and the half-a-rascal from “Much Ado About Boimler”, but only the right half of him.

• Admiral Jellico calls to inform Admiral Janeway that no help is coming to save the USS Voyager A, because ”The fleet is stretched too far.” This reinforces what has previously been established in “Chain of Command, Part I”, “Chain of Command, Part II”, and “Masquerade”, that Jellico is the absolute worst.

• Though this is the first mention of Starfleet attack omega, or the phoenix triad maneuverers, the Yeager loop was the Nova Squadron cadets in “The First Duty” claimed they were attempting instead of the banned Koolovord starburst.

• As their body degrades, Zero recalls their words to Ion in “Is There in Beauty No Truth?”

• We finally see Dal and Nova Squadron perform the Boothby starburst, which appears to be three ships flying straight ahead, detaching the cockpit sections from the rest of the Nova Flyer, and crashing the rest of the shuttle into whatever object they're pointed towards.

    • The starburst is named after Boothby because he was actually a colony creature similar to a Pandorian, who would detach his head and then send the rest of his body to go run into people.

Finally, RockLove have gotten the Picard d’ja pagh restocked! I won’t spoil Picard season 3, but this earring was featured in an episode. Not only was it featured but the actual prop was designed by the CEO of RockLove. The one they sell is made from the same molds.

I had this before but the chain on it broke. So happy I can buy another.

EDIT: If anyone was wondering if they had a Kira Nerys d’ja pagh, yes. It is currently in stock. I wear mine a lot. All my earrings are Star Trek related. https://www.rocklove.com/products/star-trek-x-rocklove-kira-nerys-bajoran-cuff-earring