Within the “Star Trek: Picard” sequence finale “The Final Era” (April 20, 2023), the villain was exploded and many of the heroes have been rescued. Tragically, the cantankerous-but-resolute Captain Liam Shaw (Todd Stashwick) was killed on board his ship, the Titan-A, inspiring a wave of ambivalence from his first officer, Commander Seven of 9 (Jeri Ryan). Seven was by no means revered by Captain Shaw; he felt her Borg implants made her an enemy and he would all the time deadname her, calling her the identify she had earlier than she was assimilated.
After Captain Shaw’s loss of life, nonetheless. Seven was put answerable for the Titan-A on his posthumous suggestion (he left a recording). The ship was re-christened the Enterprise-G and “Picard” ended with a tease of a derivative sequence starring Ryan. “Star Trek: Picard” showrunner Terry Matalas made no secrets and techniques that he was intentionally utilizing the ultimate episode to tease an extra “Star Trek” spinoff he supposed to name “Star Trek: Legacy.” Certainly, after “Picard” ended, many followers cried out to Paramount to greenlight “Legacy,” setting it on board the Enterprise-G, and the followers have been joined by a number of “Picard” actors who would have been blissful to be concerned.
“Legacy” won’t ever come to be, however many discovered the concept to be tantalizing. Ryan actually needed to be a part of “Legacy.”
Talking at a 2024 “Star Trek” conference in Texas (handily coated by TrekMovie), Ryan revealed that she was as soon as approached about reprising Captain Seven of 9 on a totally completely different “Star Trek” spinoff aside from “Legacy.” Sadly, nonetheless, she did not have every other particulars past the truth that she had been requested.
Jeri Ryan was requested to look as Captain Seven of 9 in a present that wasn’t Star Trek: Legacy
Sadly, due to the secrecy surrounding fashionable studio productions, Ryan possible wasn’t allowed to speak concerning the nature of the mysterious “Star Trek” venture that she was supplied. All that she was in a position to say is that she had been requested, however was seemingly ambivalent about it. Here is Ryan precise quote on the subject of a possible Captain Seven present:
“There was speak. And there was an concept that was truly pitched to me after ‘Picard’ ended — which was not the ‘Legacy’ present that I do know the followers are asking for — that I wish to do. However it simply wasn’t me […] It did not really feel like the proper of factor […] However there was speak. And if there’s one factor I’ve discovered with this franchise it’s: by no means say by no means. You by no means know.”
From 2017 to 2023, Trekkies skilled an enormous glut of recent “Star Trek” exhibits due to the launch of the Paramount+ streaming service. There was even a quick interval the place six “Star Trek” sequence have been going on the identical time. Manufacturing has since scaled again, with most of these “Star Trek” exhibits having been canceled (solely “Star Trek: Unusual New Worlds” and the upcoming “Starfleet Academy” have a particular future). That does not imply that Paramount is not engaged on new “Star Trek” initiatives on a regular basis, nonetheless, and possibly the muckety-mucks had an concept they favored higher than “Star Trek: Legacy.” Ryan, for her half, seems to be torn between the resurrection of “Legacy” and taking part in regardless of the aforementioned thriller venture is.
Curiously, even government producer Alex Kurtzman has mentioned he would like to greelight “Legacy,” but additionally that it wasn’t his resolution to make. As of this writing, Trekkies are ready for the tip of “Star Trek: Decrease Decks” and the airing of “Part 31” to see what the way forward for “Star Trek” could be (if something).
