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Star Trek: Legacy
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Created byTerry Matalas
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
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NetworkParamount+
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Star Trek: Legacy is a planned American science fiction television series created by Terry Matalas for the streaming service Paramount+. It is intended to be the 13th Star Trek series and part of executive producer Alex Kurtzman's expanded Star Trek Universe. A continuation of Star Trek: Picard, it follows Captain Seven of Nine and the crew of the starship Enterprise in the 25th century as they explore new worlds and carry out missions throughout the galaxy.

A spin-off or continuation of Picard was first mentioned in January 2022, and was discussed by cast and crew members over the next year. Matalas—the showrunner of Picard's third and final season—confirmed his interest in the idea and suggested the title Star Trek: Legacy in February 2023, but the series was not in development at that time.

Star Trek: Legacy is expected to be released on the streaming service Paramount+.

Premise[edit]

Star Trek: Legacy follows Captain Seven of Nine and the crew of the starship Enterprise in the 25th century as they explore new worlds and carry out missions throughout the galaxy.[1]

Production[edit]

Background[edit]

In August 2018, Patrick Stewart announced that he would be reprising his role of Jean-Luc Picard from the series Star Trek: The Next Generation and other Star Trek media for a new series,[2] titled Star Trek: Picard.[3] Michael Chabon was the showrunner for the first season,[4] which premiered on CBS All Access in January 2019.[5] The creative team discussed not bringing back any other characters from The Next Generation to allow Picard to stand alone, but they wanted to be respectful to longtime Star Trek fans and felt they were missing opportunities by not including certain characters, so they decided to add some returning guests.[6] Terry Matalas joined the series as an executive producer in January 2020 to fill the void that would be created by Chabon's planned departure later that year.[7] Matalas and Akiva Goldsman took over as co-showrunners for the second season,[8] which was released on the expanded and rebranded streaming service Paramount+.[9] Matalas was sole showrunner for the third and final season,[10] which he designed to be a "send off" for Picard and the rest of The Next Generation's main cast who all returned for the season: LeVar Burton as Geordi La Forge, Michael Dorn as Worf, Jonathan Frakes as William Riker, Gates McFadden as Beverly Crusher, Marina Sirtis as Deanna Troi, and Brent Spiner as Data.[10][11]

Development[edit]

Plans and speculation[edit]

Goldsman stated in January 2022, during production on the second and third seasons of Picard, that elements of the series could be explored more in a potential spin-off series. Matalas also expressed interest in continuing to explore Picard's 25th century setting beyond its three seasons, opining that this time period was the "present day of Star Trek... what's going on in that particular world is very important to me".[12] By that May, some fans had begun championing the idea of a spin-off series featuring Picard co-stars Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine and Michelle Hurd as Raffi Musiker. Matalas said he was "not just supporting, [but] spearheading" the idea, which both actresses also expressed interest in.[13] Matalas got his start as a production assistant on Star Trek: Voyager when Ryan debuted as Seven in that series, and he was excited to be shepherding her character's future in the third season of Picard. He said there were so-called "legacy characters" from The Next Generation, Voyager, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine that he did not have time for in Picard's third season who he would love to explore in a potential continuation, in addition to the next generation of characters.[11] In October, Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut and Burton's daughter Mica were revealed to be portraying La Forge's daughters Sidney and Alandra in the third season of Picard.[14]

Frakes stated in November that the series was "ripe for a continuation of some version of what we've established in the show. Not more Picard, but certainly, Next Gen is alive and well."[15] After his positive experience working with Matalas on Picard, he was interested in having a recurring role in the potential spin-off series and also in being an executive producer and the producing director if it was made in Los Angeles.[16] McFadden said the Next Generation cast were excited to continue in their roles after the third season,[15] and Stewart suggested the idea of making another Star Trek film with the cast.[17] In contrast, Burton said he would be happy if he did not return to his role after the third season because he felt it "put a period at the end of this sentence and close[d] the book" on the character.[18] In January 2023, Star Trek franchise producer Alex Kurtzman said it was possible for the series to continue beyond the third season,[19] and Frakes stated his opinion that a new Star Trek film was unlikely to be made and television was the future of the franchise. He said the third season had clear setup for a new series that continued the Next Generation story.[20] Matalas reiterated in February that the third season of Picard would feel like "the final voyage" of the Next Generation's main cast, but a "Next, Next Generation" series could continue with the season's new young cast interacting with legacy characters from The Next Generation, Voyager, and Deep Space Nine. He suggested the possible title Star Trek: Legacy,[21] which he previously said would be a more apt title for the third season of Picard due to the number of Next Generation cast members in it.[15] Matalas added that such a spin-off series was not in development at that time, but he would love to be involved if it ever was.[21]

The premiere of Picard's third season revealed that Ed Speleers had been cast as Jack Crusher, the son of Picard and Beverly Crusher.[22] Around that time, Frakes suggested that a continuation of the series could star Ryan's Seven of Nine as captain, Hurd's Raffi as first officer, and Chestnut's Sydney La Forge as helm officer, with Jack Crusher and Kestra Troi-Riker joining them;[23] Kestra, the daughter of Riker and Troi, was portrayed by Lulu Wilson in the first season of Picard and had joined Starfleet Academy by the start of the third season.[24] Frakes imagined his own role as being akin to Charlie from the series Charlie's Angels, saying Riker could be "the admiral they check in with".[23] Levar and Mica Burton promoted the series on the talk show The View with The Next Generation and Picard guest star Whoopi Goldberg at the end of March 2023, and Levar said a continuation of Picard with the younger characters "makes a whole lot of sense". Ryan shared a fan petition calling for a Star Trek: Legacy series to be made, similar to an earlier fan petition that had led to the development of the series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. However, the spin-off series was considered unlikely to be ordered in the near future due to Paramount+'s recent cost-cutting measures and the fact that multiple Star Trek series were already in development.[25] Matalas confirmed in April that this was the situation, but he had still been discussing his ideas for the spin-off with Kurtzman who added, "We've heard the fans loud and clear. There's obviously more story to tell. So, we'll see."[26]

After Picard ended, Matalas confirmed that he envisioned Star Trek: Legacy as following the crew of the USS Titan-A which is re-christened the USS Enterprise-G in Picard's finale. The crew would be led by Captain Seven of Nine and include Raffi, Jack Crusher, and the La Forge sisters. Matalas highlighted a line of dialogue from Jack in the finale that made him excited about the spin-off's potential: "I can't believe Starfleet saw fit to give a thief, a pirate, and a spy their own ship." Jack, who Matalas described as "James Bond in Starfleet",[1] is visited by John de Lancie's Star Trek villain Q in a post-credits scene at the end of Picard and told that his trial has just begun.[27] Speleers said he had discussed the potential series with Matalas and would love to continue playing Jack for as long as he could,[1] and Stewart said he was open to making guest appearances as Picard alongside Speleers.[28] Matalas said Worf's son Alexander Rozhenko from The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine would appear in the potential spin-off series,[29] and he wanted Todd Stashwick, who portrayed Captain Liam Shaw in the third season of Picard, to return despite his character's death. He said Stashwick's return would be as "a Shaw character",[30] which he compared to the resurrected Star Trek character Spock when discussing the potential role with Stashwick.[31]

Goldsman stated in June 2023 that fan appetite for Star Trek: Legacy was undeniable and he had signed the petition asking Paramount to make the series;[32] the petition was approaching 60,000 signatures at that point, nearly doubling the amount received by the Strange New Worlds petition.[33] By October, fans had started a letter-writing campaign, "Letters 4 Legacy", that called for the spin-off to be made.[34] Picard composer Stephen Barton and production designer Dave Blass both expressed interest in returning for the spin-off series,[35][36] and Blass said it was "insane" that Paramount had not already signed a deal with Matalas to develop the potential series, fearing that the showrunner would soon be attached to other projects and became unavailable.[36] In January 2024, Hurd expressed her hope that work could begin on the series following Section 31 and the new series Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.[31][37] The next month, Matalas said he was open to making a television film like Section 31 that could serve as a backdoor pilot for Legacy, as long as he could hire the cast and crew that he wanted.[38] Kurtzman said at the start of April that he would have green-lighted Star Trek: Legacy by then if he could, but the decision was "beyond [his] paygrade".[39]

Active work[edit]

Hopefully lol

Release[edit]

Star Trek: Legacy is expected to be released on the streaming service Paramount+.

References[edit]

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