What if, in 200 years, somebody cloned Jesus or Muhammad or Buddha? That’s sort of the premise of a wild, slightly underrated episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation called “Rightful Heir.” The Season 6 episode dropped in 1993, and in it, religious Klingons clone and resurrect their ultimate unifier and messiah, Kahless the Unforgettable. Dubbed “Jurassic Worf” in early pitch meetings, the story of Clone Kahless was revisited briefly in Deep Space Nine, but lately, has become a wild story point in the various Star Trek comics from IDW.
In a brand-new, just-released issue — Star Trek #30 — Clone Kahless is sent back in time to meet the OG Kahless in ancient Klingon history. And along the way, this Trek comic is borrowing from Discovery canon, TNG Klingon history, with a touch of retcon for The Original Series.
