According to our man on the Star Trek XI lot, look for John “Sulu” Cho to cross rapiers with Harold and Kumar co-star Kal Penn, who has an extended cameo as a pugnacious Klingon bandito.

Production executives declined to comment, but a source close to the production said “Kal and John have been practicing for weeks to get their swordplay just right. It’s like a couple of Jedi in there. How much more Star Trek can you get?”

To hew closer to Gene Roddenberry’s original vision for Star Trek, the Klingons featured in the new movie will actually be a spacefaring race of Mexicans. While they will not feature in the film’s main plot, there will be a group of them touring the Academy training grounds under tight security during the opening sequence.

Our source says: “After Enterprise established that there had been contact between Klingons and the nascent Federation, it seemed odd to exclude them entirely from the film. Getting the chance to re-imagine them according to Roddenberry’s (admittedly surprising) initial notes was something we couldn’t afford to miss.”

There is no word if the featured Klingons will be “nobbly headed” or not.

Simon Pegg’s interpretation of Montgomery Scott, better known as “Scotty” to millions of fans worldwide, will not feature the accent championed by James Doohan over his tenure during the original Star Trek series. Instead, according to reports from the set, Pegg will be using an Irish accent.

“Abrams is well aware of the fact that this completely undermines what the fans have come to expect from the character, and believes this is just one of the many kicks to the pants that the Star Trek franchise needs,” said a source close to the project.