Nothing fairly as thrilling as a trailer for the trailer earlier than the ultimate season truly begins.
A brand new teaser for the third and closing season of “Star Trek: Picard” has dropped, which itself teases a brand new, longer trailer that can air throughout the AFC championship recreation the place the Kansas Metropolis Chiefs tackle the Cincinnati Bengals. The trailer will air in some unspecified time in the future throughout the half-time business spot on CBS on Sunday (Jan. 29), greater than doubtless the primary or second business break.
We all know from the trailer that dropped at New York Comic Con in October of final yr that we are going to see the return of the bar Ten Ahead from “Star Trek: The Subsequent Technology,” a brand new USS Titan NCC 80102-A, a brand new Odyssey class USS Enterprise-F (launched within the “Star Trek On-line” recreation) and a brand new, up to date House Doc.
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Allies and adversaries will go face to face in an epic conflict. Watch the AFC Championship Sport on @NFLonCBS subsequent Sunday, January 29 to see the official trailer for #StarTrekPicard’s closing season throughout halftime. pic.twitter.com/J8JNhvEGozJanuary 22, 2023
Ensign Sidney La Forge, helmsman of the united statesTitan (daughter of Geordi La Forge) is performed by Sharpe Chestnut, whereas Ensign Alandra La Forge is performed by the precise daughter of LeVar Burton, Mica. The names of La Forge’s daughters are the truth is primarily based on a line of dialogue from the TNG finale “All Good Issues” (S07, E25 & 26).
What will likely be notably attention-grabbing to observe is how everybody reacts, particularly since “Andor” considerably raised the bar of cerebral sci-fi. That in flip will likely be dictated by whether or not or not this third and closing season is effectively written, or riddled with ridiculous plot factors — like season one was — or overflowing with wasted alternatives – like season two was. The virtually-eternal query stays, will this truly be greater than only a melodramatic journey down Nostalgia Lane? We’ll discover out quickly sufficient.
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Has showrunner Akiva Goldsman embraced the let’s-get-whole-cast-together factor and used that to its storytelling benefit, quite than simply having everybody reunite for the sheer nostalgia worth?
Though in fact, that is nonetheless a hazard, however it seems that this will likely be, in essence, one final “Subsequent Technology” film — instructed over 10 episodes — and so long as it does not attempt to be anything, it’d find yourself being the perfect season out of the three. Or it may not.
“Star Trek: Picard” will premiere on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023 solely on Paramount Plus within the U.S. Each episode of each “Star Trek” present additionally presently streams solely on Paramount Plus within the U.S.
Internationally, the exhibits can be found on Paramount Plus in Australia, Latin America, the UK and South Korea, in addition to on Pluto TV in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and Switzerland on the Pluto TV Sci-Fi channel. Additionally they stream solely on Paramount Plus in Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. In Canada, they air on Bell Media’s CTV Sci-Fi Channel and stream on Crave.
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