Good information should you appreciated the unhinged vibes of Picard’s season 2 finale: if this new trailer for the third and ultimate season is something to go by, that vibe is constant strongly.

Paramount simply wowed New York Comic Con with an explosive new trailer for Picard’s ultimate season. While our earlier appears have centered on the nostalgia-laden return of The Next Generation’s major solid—Gates McFadden as Beverly Crusher, Jonathan Frakes as Will Riker, Marina Sirtis as Deanna Troi, Michael Dorn as Worf, and LeVar Burton as Geordi La Forge—this new trailer does that and truly teases what this season is definitely going to be about.

Turns out it’s a completely new menace to Starfleet, reasonably than any continuation of these wild hanging threads we noticed in season 2’s finale—Amanda Plummer visitor starring as Vadic, captain of an alien vessel known as the Shrike, that’s looking Picard and his buddies for mysterious causes. Vadic is a really dire menace certainly, contemplating the quantity of Starfleet officers being shot and what appears like a great chunk of its HQ imploding. But dire stakes require the most important heroes attainable, and Jean-Luc is bringing again his buddies to rise to the event… though some look extra keen to be there than others.

They’re not alone, both. In a stunning twist, provided that Geordi himself seems to be a type of less-than-willing accomplices, two extra LaForges will seem within the sequence. Ensign Sidney La Forge, Geordi’s eldest and the conn officer of the usS. Titan will likely be performed by performed by Sharpe Chestnut, whereas Ensign Alanda La Forge, his youngest, will likely be performed by Burton’s personal daughter, Mica Burton.

Away from sentiment and into the completely bonkers territory nonetheless is 2 extra main reveals on the climax of the trailer. Brent Spiner, one in every of Picard’s most common returning acquainted faces, is again as soon as extra, however this time in some way as Lore, Data’s evil android twin brother that was seemingly deactivated “for good” within the TNG season seven premiere, the second a part of “Descent.” In a fair wilder twist? Also menacing Picard yet one more time is Holographic Doctor Moriaty.

Yes. The fictional holodeck character who appeared in “Elementary, my Dear Data,” and “Ship In a Bottle.” And sure, it’s actor Daniel Davis returning within the position. What a bananas factor.

We’ve received time to course of it, a minimum of—Star Trek: Picard returns to Paramount+ one ultimate time beginning February 16, 2023.

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