Voice actor Dee Bradley Baker revealed how he figured out the non-verbal sound effects for his Star Trek: Prodigy character, Murf, and what they say about him.

During Prodigy's New York Comic-Con panel, Baker, when asked to explain Murf to the attendees, responded with a squishy, slime-like noise that translates into, "Murf is a blob, a spineless blob." On why Nickelodeon cast him as Murf, he continued, "I don't know why they called me when they thought of a spineless blob, but he's sort of an enigmatic, but seemingly friendly little fellow, and you can't really quite tell if what he's doing is by chance or by design, but it seems to help out with whatever it is they're trying to do."

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Baker went on to say, "So yeah, we started not really knowing what he was gonna sound like, probably something squishy, but also something that's kind of friendly, and that can move around a lot and morph around a lot. And so there's a lot of latitude in terms of making the sounds of Murf, but ultimately you want to project a sunny, helpful, friendly little personality to to this creature, and we'll see where that where that goes."

After Baker's costar Kate Mulgrew, who plays a holographic version of Starfleet captain Kathryn Janeway, wondered how he came up with Murf's audio, he revealed that Nickelodeon's concept art played a large role. "Well, we played around with it a little bit, but we got that pretty quickly," Baker replied. "It really helps that they know what they want, and I can see a drawing and a rendering of it, and it's got a good description of kind of how he moves and behaves. So, that helps a lot in figuring that out."

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Previously, Baker's most notable sci-fi role was as the voice of Star Wars: The Clone Wars' entire Clone army, including clone leader Captain Rex, who has since appeared on other shows like Star Wars Rebels. He also voices the main cast of Star Wars: The Bad Batch, which follows a rogue team of mutated clones on the run from the Galactic Empire. The Bad Batch's second season will release sometime next year.

Star Trek: Prodigy officially released its first episode on October 28. The episode follows Dal, a teenage resident on the prison colony Tars Lamora who, alongside the Brikar Rok-Tahk, discovers a crashed Starfleet vessel called the USS Protostar. Created by Kevin and Dan Hageman, the series streams on Paramount+, with new episodes released on Thursdays.

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Source: NYCC 2021