Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Delivers a Henson-Approved Puppet-Powered Episode

Variety explains how Star Trek: Strange New Worlds pulled off a madcap puppet episode (Level Five Transporter Accident) in which the Enterprise crew becomes puppets built with Jim Henson’s Creature Shop. The production involved extensive 3D puppet designs, hidden puppeteers, and complex rigging to pull off stunt work, including combat with Orion pirates. Teased at Comic-Con 2025 and directed by Jordan Canning, the episode also sticks to emotional beats for Spock and culminates as a dream sequence, with Ethan Peck and the team detailing the challenges and creative solutions behind the puppeteer-heavy shoot.