Star Trek: Picard’s final season felt as very like a howdy because it did a farewell, as Picard and his pals handed the torch to a brand new technology of Starfleet heroes. It’s felt a lot the identical off display screen too, as showrunner Terry Matalas and his solid have informed anybody who will hearken to them that they really really really want a derivative to occur—and now the sequence is over, it seems like these calls have gotten even louder.
We’ve been listening to loads on and off about Matalas’ hopes for Star Trek: Legacy, a continuation of plot threads left open by Picard that may observe the crew of the newly re-christened Enterprise-G—Captain Seven of 9, First Officer Raffi Musiker, particular counsel Ensign Jack Crusher, and the remainder of the remaining crew of the previous U.S.S. Titan. And by loads we imply loads, as everybody from stars of the sequence to Matalas himself has spent what’s felt like months now telling press simply how and why they’d need to make Legacy occur.
Though in newer interviews Matalas has dialed himself again, reminding those who Paramount has no plans at the moment so as to add one other Trek present to its present roster, now it’s really franchise overseer Alex Kurtzman who’s starting to tease an opportunity, telling Fox LA, “Something is feasible. We’ve heard the followers loud and clear. There’s clearly extra story to inform. So, we’ll see.”
“[Kurtzman] and I discuss on a regular basis. If it’s one thing that’s going to be finished, we need to ensure we don’t rush into it,” Matalas lately informed Variety. “We need to ensure we do it proper. That’s the place we’re at with it, I say coyly. In the mean time, there’s nothing developed on it. However we discuss on a regular basis.”
As soon as once more, whereas none of that is significantly definitive, as we’ve stated earlier than, what is unprecedented is the sheer quantity of debate about the potential for Legacy, not simply in whether or not or not it is going to occur, however its tales, who can be in it, who may return, the place it could begin, and so forth. There’s a lot of discuss for a present named for a fan marketing campaign that may not ever occur.
“[Legacy would be] about Seven of 9. It’s about Jack Crusher. It’s concerning the La Forge sisters. It’s about what else is happening within the galaxy with the Deep Area 9 characters and the remainder of the Voyager characters…” Matalas added in the identical Fox LA report. “Actually, a few of these [TNG characters], I’m not able to say goodbye to. I believe in lots of methods, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Gates McFadden, they’ve by no means been higher. They’re on the high of their sport and I need to see extra.”
However one factor is as clear as the need to make this present occur—even when it does, it’s going to be a whereas off. Star Trek is an costly franchise to make, and with Strange New Worlds getting not less than two extra seasons, Discovery making ready to air its final one early subsequent 12 months, and additional continuations of Lower Decks and Prodigy to return, there’s not a lot wiggle room to fit Legacy into simply but. And that’s even earlier than you get into the entirely new show Starfleet Academy, after which this revitalized period of Star Trek getting again into the film area, with plans for the previous sequence Part 31, lead by Michelle Yeoh, now being transformed into a movie for Paramount+.
At the same time as all good issues should come to an finish, generally it’s extra about how good issues come to those that wait.
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