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? Probably not, however hey, at the least it’d get us some extra Star Trek.
A latest 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 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 effectively, 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 stick with it the work of their dad and mom and colleagues in exploring the galaxy. Hell, even Jonathan Frakes needs in, telling Emmy Magazine he’d even need Riker and Troi’s daughter Kestra on board. “I could possibly be like Charlie in Charlie’s Angels, the admiral they verify in with,” Frakes prompt.
With each LeVar and Mica Burton working 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 assist behind the thought:
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With petitions shared on social media supporting a by-product by Burton himself and Jeri Ryan, whilst Matalas has confused that no work is actively being finished on a continuation of Picard, it appears a great chunk of persons are attempting 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 acquired Strange New Worlds within the first place off the again of fan and demanding approval of Anson Mount and Ethan Peck’s appearances in Discovery as Captain Pike and a youthful Spock.
However issues are completely 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 will likely 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 companies tighten their belts and start to wind down their method of blanketing audiences with as a lot content material as doable, the times of Paramount’s plans for “All Star Trek, all the time” may now not be so fascinating. And that’s earlier than we get into the initiatives that we do know are on the backburner exterior 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 mission primarily based round Part 31.
Even with the surprisingly intense demand for Star Trek: Legacy from the fandom and inventive workforce alike, it’d be simply as shocking for Paramount to instantly greenlight the mission earlier than Picard season three is completed airing. If something occurs, it’s not going to be for some time—nevertheless it’s not laborious to see that there’s an viewers there, if Paramount needs it.
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