Paramount+ beamed down to San Diego Comic-Con with all of theirStar Trekseries, delivering exciting news about the future ofStar Trek: Discovery,Star Trek: Lower Decks,Star Trek: Prodigy,Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, and most importantly the final season ofStar Trek: Picard. Season 2 wrapped up the storylines of several fan-favorite newcomers, including Cristóbal Rios (Santiago Cabrera), the newly minted Borg Queen Agnes (Alison Pill), Elnor (Evan Evagora), and Soji Asha (Isa Briones), as well as a fitting send off to the meddlesome legacy character Q (John de Lancie), who plagued bothStar Trek: The Next GenerationandStar Trek: Voyagerwith his wry humor and devious actions. With so many characters departing the series,Star Trekfans have been left to wonder: “What’s next forStar Trek: Picard?”
Season 3 will see the titular Jean Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) reunite withTheNext Generation’s Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden), Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton), and Worf (Michael Dorn). William Riker (Jonathan Frakes) and Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) are also set to return, though they appeared in the series during Season 1, along withBrent Spinerwho appeared consistently throughout Season 2 as the treacherous Dr. Soong, who was the blueprint for Data. While most of theStar Trek: Picardcast departed after Season 2, Raffi (Michelle Hurd) and Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) are set to appear in Season 3, though it’s unclear just how much they’ll appear in the final season.
Production onStar Trek: Picardwrapped up earlier this year and during the San Diego Comic-Con panel today they finally gave Trekkies a glimpse of what they can expect to see in the final season in the former of brand-new posters which feature the remaining cast ofPicard, alongsideThe Next Generation.These posters tie in with the teaser trailer shown as well, which highlighted a few crucial quotes from the crew.
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The Season 2 finale ofStar Trek: Picardalso reunited audiences with a love-to-hate character, Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton), who unexpectedly appeared mid-episode to whisk Kore (Isa Briones) to join the Travelers. Briones is not set to return for Season 3 ofStar Trek: Picard, so it’s currently unclear when the franchise will follow up on this curious plot point.
The third and final season ofStar Trek: Picardwill premiere on Paramount+ in 2023. Watch the new teaser and check out the new posters below:
