Legacy – and can it really happen?

Writer-director Terry Matalas has sneakily included a backdoor pilot in the final season of Star Trek: Picard. At the end of the series, after a major Borg threat is suppressed, events fast forward a year for a tearful conclusion. It appears that former villain Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers) has been rushed to Starfleet Academy and is now ready for his first mission aboard a starship. His father (Patrick Stewart) and mother (Gates McFadden) accompanied him to his first ship, the USS Titan-E, the ship on which most of the third season of “Picard” took place. However, in a fit of nostalgia, Titan-A was renamed Enterprise-G.

The Enterprise-G was commanded by Captain Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan), who had been recommended to take command by her recently deceased commanding officer. Seven’s first female officer was her ex-girlfriend Raffi (Michelle Hurd), and her crew included several of the supporting players of “Picard,” including Sydney La Forge (Ashley Sharp Chestnut), the daughter of Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton). Jack Crusher was to be her special advisor. In fact, the post-credits cookie even depicts Q (John de Lancie) coming back from the dead to tease Jack Crusher. A new organization was created with a new crew, a new story began, and everything was ready for an all-new “Star Trek” series.

Terry Matalas explained on social media that he wants to name his potential new series “Star Trek: Legacy,” and that it will actually follow the adventures of the Enterprise-G. All he needed was the green light from Paramount, and contracts could be signed in earnest.

But the green light did not come. There have been some hints along the way that some movement has been made on “Legacy,” but they are all, as of this writing, inconclusive. At least we know that Matalas has signed his contract Showrunner for the Marvel series about Vision …which means his attention is elsewhere.

In February 2024, TrekMovie interviewed Matalas, and He confirmed that there is no information about the future of “Legacy.”. He knew the idea might be revisited in the future, but at the current point, no one wanted to donate any money to a brand new “Star Trek” show. It’s worth noting that those in charge of “Star Trek” were a bit overzealous from 2017 to 2023, putting six separate “Star Trek” shows into production. However, in recent years, all but one of these six shows have been cancelled. The proposed “Section 31” television series was also shortened into a single television movie.

It seems like this is not the time to throw a pile of money into “Legacy,” even if fans are clamoring for it. The general downturn of the “Star Trek” media empire was confirmed by CBS CEO George Cheek in 2009 Interview with Vulture from the following March. He talked about the “long-term cadence” of new Star Trek projects, meaning the company is getting wiser about the glut of Trek.

In July 2024, Matalas had to say it again, this time in an interview With the D-Con Chamber podcast. He left the door open by saying “never say never” and admitted that he wrote scenes for “Legacy,” but that’s no sign of the producers’ interest. All he’s saying is that he’d still be interested if “Star Trek: Legacy” was actually greenlit. He has the right to remain a diplomat; Matalas can’t express his annoyance or impatience with Paramount, otherwise “Legacy” will surely die.

in Wide-ranging article 2024 variety‘Section 31’ star Michelle Yeoh dropped the hint that ‘Star Trek’ executive producer Alex Kurtzman was considering making a TV movie spin-off to ‘Star Trek: Picard,’ which some took to mean Kurtzman is eyeing ‘Legacy’ as a TV movie . Future project. But this is not the case, and Yeoh’s comments likely indicate that A stated desire by Patrick Stewart to return to the franchise.

/Film will keep readers updated, but the likelihood of a “Star Trek: Legacy” appearance seems to be getting smaller by the day.