Star Trek Just Made Ferengi History In 1 Surprising Way

Warning: This Article Contains SPOILERS for Star Trek: Lower Decks Season 4, Episode 6 - "Parth Ferengi's Heart Place"
Summary

• Star Trek: Lower Decks has made Ferengi history by showing the exterior of Ferenginar, the Ferengi homeworld, from space for the first time in the series.
• Despite previously seeing the surface of Ferenginar in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, this is the first time the planet is depicted from the perspective of a starship in orbit.
• The long-awaited reveal of Ferenginar from space comes after a wait of over 30 years since the introduction of the Ferengi in Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Star Trek: Lower Decks just made Ferengi history in an unexpected and surprising way. Lower Decks season 4, episode 6, "Parth Ferengi's Heart Place," brought back beloved Star Trek: Deep Space Nine characters Grand Nagus Rom (Max Grodénchik) and his Bajoran wife, First Clerk Leeta (Chase Masterson). In addition, USS Cerritos Lieutenants Beckett Mariner (Tawny Newsome), Brad Boimler (Jack Quaid), D'Vana Tendi (Noël Wells), and Sam Rutherford (Eugene Cordero) tour the Ferengi homeworld of Ferenginar.
Twitter/X user Jörg Hillebrand (@gaghyogi49), who was a researcher on Star Trek: Picard season 3, pointed out that the Ferengi-centric Star Trek: Lower Decks season 4, episode 6 was the first time the planet Ferenginar was seen from a starship in orbit. Check out his post below:
As Jörg Hillebrand notes, the rainy and muddy Ferengi homeworld has been seen several times on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, but Star Trek: Lower Decks was the first time the exterior of Ferenginar was depicted. Considering the Ferengi were introduced in season 1 of Star Trek: The Next Generation, that meant Star Trek waited 36 years to show Ferenginar from space.