Star Trek: Picard’s third and final season is shaping as much as be a fitting, nostalgic farewell to its titular hero thus far—however is the journey of boldly going ever over when there are each the vast reaches of the final frontier and the capitalist mechanism of the mega-franchise to think about? Not actually, however hey, at the very least it would get us some extra Star Trek.
A current construct up of curiosity in a brand new Trek sequence set in Picard’s early twenty fifth century time interval—initially dubbed by followers as Star Trek: Titan, as an opportunity to see Todd Stashwick’s Captain Shaw return to the helm of his ship from Picard and go on new adventures—has bubbled over this week as showrunners and forged alike have taken to social media and interviews to rally across the concept. Except now it has a little bit of a re-brand, because of Picard showrunner Terry Matalas: Star Trek: Legacy.
The concept, immediately seized upon by actors from the present as properly, already appears fairly fleshed out in all their minds—a brand new Trek present within the vein of Strange New Worlds, specializing in the Titan’s crew, together with Shaw, Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan), Sidney and Alandra La Forge (Ashleigh Sharpe Chesnutt and Mica Burton, respectively), and Jack Crusher (Ed Speelers), as they keep on the work of their mother and father and colleagues in exploring the galaxy. Hell, even Jonathan Frakes desires in, telling Emmy Magazine he’d even need Riker and Troi’s daughter Kestra on board. “I could be like Charlie in Charlie’s Angels, the admiral they check in with,” Frakes advised.
With each LeVar and Mica Burton operating the press circuit this week to advertise their debut appearances on Picard in episode six of the season, they too have weighed in positively on the concept of Legacy as a brand new present. On an look alongside fellow Picard visitor star Whoopi Goldberg for The View, Burton threw his help behind the concept:
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With petitions shared on social media supporting a by-product by Burton himself and Jeri Ryan, whilst Matalas has harassed that no work is actively being accomplished on a continuation of Picard, it appears a superb chunk of persons are making an attempt to will it into existence. It wouldn’t be the primary time it’s occurred in Trek’s up to date revival, both—in any case, we bought Strange New Worlds within the first place off the again of fan and important approval of Anson Mount and Ethan Peck’s appearances in Discovery as Captain Pike and a youthful Spock.
But issues are totally different now for Trek than when Strange New Worlds was revealed. Just because the franchise has quickly expanded within the final six years, it’s about to contract a bit: in a month, Picard will probably be over, and early subsequent yr Discovery, the sequence that began this new period off, will conclude with a fifth and final season. As streaming providers tighten their belts and start to wind down their method of blanketing audiences with as a lot content material as attainable, the times of Paramount’s plans for “All Star Trek, all the time” may not be so fascinating. And that’s earlier than we get into the initiatives that we do know are on the backburner outdoors of the continuation of reveals like Strange New Worlds, Lower Decks, and Prodigy, like a deliberate Starfleet Academy sequence, and the long-in-limbo Michelle Yeoh undertaking based mostly round Section 31.
Even with the surprisingly intense demand for Star Trek: Legacy from the fandom and inventive staff alike, it’d be simply as stunning for Paramount to right away greenlight the undertaking earlier than Picard season three is completed airing. If something occurs, it’s not going to be for some time—however it’s not exhausting to see that there’s an viewers there, if Paramount desires it.
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