The 3rd and final season of Star Trek: Picard will be the sci-fi event of the year. Because for the first time since Star Trek – Nemesis 21 years ago, the main cast of the series milestone The Next Generation will embark on an adventure together.
Starting February 17th, the 10 final Picard episodes will be released weekly on Amazon Prime Video and Paramount+. Trekkies can look forward to seeing many characters known from the Star Trek cosmos and lots of surprises. In addition to 7 confirmed returnees, it is already known that 5 Star Trek legends definitely not included will be.
At least 7 TNG stars are returning in Star Trek: Picard Season 3
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The Enterprise crew from The Next Generation
In Season 3, Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) finds out that he is in deep space Member of his former Enterprise crew in mortal danger located. The Starfleet admiral then starts a rescue mission, which not only lets him meet a new perfidious opponent, but also some old acquaintances:
In addition, Raffi Musicians (Michelle Hurd), Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) and Laris (Orla Brady) will also be seen from the past two seasons.
These won’t be the only returnees from the Star Trek universe, as revealed by showrunner Terry Matalas on the Inglorious Treksperts podcast (via TrekCore):
There are some people coming back from Star Trek this season that not only from Next Gen come. There’s one character from Next Gen that made me think, ‘I really want that character to come back.’ And when she did, oddly enough, it was more exciting than anything else.
Of course, there are dozens of potential contestants from The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine that fans would love to see again. But we know five names already crossed off the list.
Star Trek: Picard: 4 TNG stars and a Captain are definitely not returning for the finale
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These TNG characters are not included
“We’ll see Tasha Yar, but I won’t say how.” With these words, Denise Crosby caused a lot of confusion at a Star Trek convention in the summer of 2022. Her character Tasha Yar already died in the first season of The Next Generation, but returned several times thanks to some sci-fi tricks. Crosby also played Tasha’s daughter Sela. In SFX Magazine (via CBR), however, Terry Matalas clarifies: “There’s definitely a nod to Tasha Yar. But it doesn’t go beyond that“. It will not be more than a photo or an archive recording.
A return of performers Colm Meaney and Diana Muldaur has also been ruled out. Meaney impersonated the character in The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine Miles O’Brien. Muldaur was only in TNG Season 2 as the ship’s doctor Catherine Pulaski to be seen as a stand-in for Beverly Crusher.
Watch the German trailer for Star Trek: Picard Season 3 here:
Star Trek: Picard – S03 Trailer (German) HD
Wil Wheaton will not be featured in Season 3 Wesley Crusher to return. And this despite the fact that his mother Beverly plays a major role in the new episodes. This doesn’t come as a complete surprise to fans, as the Crusher offspring already had a return in Season 2 in the form of a small cameo.
The Picard showrunner also rejected the return of those known from Voyager Captain Janeway (Kate Mulgrew), who is currently appearing in the animated series Star Trek: Prodigy. Taking to Twitter, Matalas dashed any hopes of a Janeway-Seven of Nine reunion.
Star Trek: Picard fans must be prepared for the fact that some of those created for the series Characters from the first two seasons also conspicuous with their absence. It has already been confirmed that Isa Briones (Soji/Kore), Alison Pill (Dr. Jurati), Santiago Cabrera (Chris Rios) and Evan Evagora (Elnor) absent from the series finale are.
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