Star Trek: Picard’s third and remaining season is shaping as much as be a becoming, nostalgic farewell to its titular hero thus far—however is the journey of boldly going ever over when there are each the huge reaches of the ultimate frontier and the capitalist mechanism of the mega-franchise to contemplate? Not likely, however hey, not less than it would get us some extra Star Trek.
A latest construct up of curiosity in a brand new Trek collection 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 thought. Besides now it has a little bit of a re-brand, due to Picard showrunner Terry Matalas: Star Trek: Legacy.
The concept, immediately seized upon by actors from the present as nicely, already appears fairly fleshed out in all their minds—a brand new Trek present within the vein of Unusual New Worlds, specializing in the Titan’s crew, together with Shaw, Seven of 9 (Jeri Ryan), Sidney and Alandra La Forge (Ashleigh Sharpe Chesnutt and Mica Burton, respectively), and Jack Crusher (Ed Speelers), as they keep it up the work of their mother and father and colleagues in exploring the galaxy. Hell, even Jonathan Frakes desires in, telling Emmy Journal he’d even need Riker and Troi’s daughter Kestra on board. “I might be like Charlie in Charlie’s Angels, the admiral they test 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 thought 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 thought:
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With petitions shared on social media supporting a derivative by Burton himself and Jeri Ryan, at the same time as Matalas has harassed that no work is actively being finished on a continuation of Picard, it appears a great chunk of individuals are attempting to will it into existence. It wouldn’t be the primary time it’s occurred in Trek’s modern revival, both—in any case, we acquired Unusual 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.
However issues are totally different now for Trek than when Unusual New Worlds was revealed. Simply because the franchise has quickly expanded within the final six years, it’s about to contract a bit: in a month, Picard shall be over, and early subsequent 12 months Discovery, the collection that began this new period off, will conclude with a fifth and remaining season. As streaming companies tighten their belts and start to wind down their strategy of blanketing audiences with as a lot content material as potential, the times of Paramount’s plans for “All Star Trek, on a regular basis” would possibly 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 Unusual New Worlds, Decrease Decks, and Prodigy, like a deliberate Starfleet Academy collection, and the long-in-limbo Michelle Yeoh mission based mostly round Part 31.
Even with the surprisingly intense demand for Star Trek: Legacy from the fandom and artistic crew alike, it’d be simply as shocking for Paramount to right away greenlight the mission earlier than Picard season three is finished airing. If something occurs, it’s not going to be for some time—nevertheless it’s not exhausting to see that there’s an viewers there, if Paramount desires it.
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