The World Of The Next Generation Doesn’t Exist Anymore In Star Trek: Picard

Sir Patrick Stewart will return alongside many of his old co-stars for Star Trek: Picard, but the new show isn’t just a nostalgic trip down memory lane that’ll reunite the Enterprise-D crew for some old-timey adventures. As the legendary actor has said before, he only signed up for the project because it was doing something fresh with both his character Jean-Luc Picard and the Trek universe. And sure enough, his latest comments claim that the familiar world of The Next Generation no longer exists.

While speaking to Variety, Stewart spoke about how Picard explores how things have moved on in the past 20 years, much as our own world has changed in so many ways since TNG was on our screens in the 1990s. In fact, he teased that the Trek universe is no longer as safe and secure as it was back then.

The star, while making clear that the show honors creator Gene Roddenberry’s original vision, noted that perhaps things were too safe on board the Enterprise. That’s definitely not the case in this new series, though.

Stewart also teased that Starfleet will have taken a more isolationist stance by the time Picard is set, a change he was keen to make to again reflect the political positions taken by the UK and the US over the past few years.

The actor serves as an executive producer on the show and helped contribute to the shape of the season in the writers room, with fellow EP Alex Kurtzman saying Stewart’s input was “invaluable.” And that certainly seems to be the case.

Get ready to experience this bold step into the future when Star Trek: Picardhits CBS All Access on Thursday, January 23rd.

Source: Variety

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