

RELATED: EXCLUSIVE: Star Trek Discovery's Sonequa Martin-Green Explains The Challenges of Michael Burnhamįuture Guy himself was located in the 28th century, far in the future from the perspective of Archer and his crew. Well, as it turns out, Braga revealed the truth in a 2012 tweet: the silhouetted villain was actually Jonathan Archer himself. That gave them options as the series moved forward that could potentially allow them to adjust to future concepts, and tie them more elegantly into the eventual reveal. Of course, this never came to pass and the Temporal Cold War was swiftly wrapped up, but the mystery led to multiple theories about who or what Future Guy might actually be.

He was intended to be one of the series’ primary antagonists, but Enterprise’s cancellation left him and key parts of the Temporal Cold War up in the air, and his ultimate identity was unconfirmed when the series ended.Īccording to the notes in the novelization of Season 1, Episode 1, “ Broken Bow,” showrunners Rick Berman and Brannon Braga created the character without knowing who lay behind his silhouetted form. Among the questions left hanging at the end of its run was the identity of “Future Guy," a mysterious figure aiding the sinister Cabal during the Temporal Cold War. Enterprise became one of the franchise’s great unfinished projects in the Star Trek franchise after turmoil in the Paramount corporate offices truncated its run at four seasons.
