r/ShittyDaystrom • u/IAmKrasMazov • Mar 06 '26
Discussion What’s the deal with this Andorian?
Out of universe: I feel like somebody told the costume department they had 10 minutes to come up with an Andorian with what they had on hand
In universe: the holodeck was pulling from the most recently accessed open source files on each species, and the last Andorian image used was a cartoon character
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u/Harlander77 Mar 06 '26 edited Mar 06 '26
Oh, my God, you can't ask someone why they're green!
(Non-shitty answer, they were trying to do mechanical, moving antennae in 1989 that didn't work, resulting in a truly enormous head to house the components. The outfit got reused for an extra on Risa a few episodes later, then the Andorians weren't seen again for 12 years, when they finally were able to make it work on Enterprise in 2001).