Star Trek: Picardseason 3 showrunner Terry Matalas dropped huge reveals aboutStar Trek: Legacy.The proposed continuation ofStar Trek: Picardseason 3 remains wishful thinking, as Paramount+ did not capitalize on fans' demand for the spinoff. Yet two years later,Star Trek: Legacyremains at the top ofStar Trekfans' wish list.
TrekMoviewas on hand at STLV: Trek to Vegas for a panel featuring Terry Matalas and Todd Stashwick. When asked about how Michelle Hurd said Matalas wrote a 30-page outline forStar Trek: Legacyin an earlier panel, Terry replied,“Not an outline… Michelle said that? Boy.”Matalas then explained thathe had written 30 pages about"the first 20 minutes"ofStar Trek: Legacy. Read Terry’s quote below:
Terry Matalas: “There was a moment in which I was pretty inspired, in which I just sort of spit out 30 pages over a couple of weeks, not for anybody necessarily to see, just in case one day it happened. I knew what the first 20 minutes of it was.”
“I can’t really talk, because it’s not a thing, so it’s hard to talk about. But it did have to do with the Klingon Empire.”
Answering another fan question, Terry Matalas addressedStar Trek: Picardseason 3’s lingering mystery about whatCaptain Seven of Nine’s (Jeri Ryan) warp catchphraseis. Read Matalas' response below:
Terry Matalas: “You know, never say never, so I hope one day you find out. But we had a long-term plan for that. I know what it is, and I know how we would do it. You wouldn’t find out in the pilot, let’s just say.”
What Terry Matalas’ Reveals About Star Trek: Legacy Mean
Terry Matalas is currently busy executive producing Marvel Studios’Vision Quest, which includes Todd Stashwick as Paladin. However, Terry struck while his creative iron was hot in 2023 and churned out what sounds like a compelling beginning toStar Trek: Legacyon spec.
Another remarkable reveal by Terry Matalas at STLV was announcing thatTodd Stashwick would return as Liam Shaw inStar Trek: Legacy, but resurrected as the USS Enterprise-G’s Emergency Engineering Hologram. Stashwick joked that they call it the"Shawlogram.”
Fans have waited over two years for answers to questions like Shaw’s return and Captain Seven of Nine’s warp catchphrase. Hopes forStar Trek: Legacywon’t be extinguished, especially now that Terry Matalas has confirmed the answers are just a green light from Paramount away.
Our Take On Terry Matalas’ Star Trek: Legacy Reveals
Just like in his acclaimedStar Trek: Picardseason 3, Terry Matalas has thought mightily about what would be next for the USS Enterprise-G and its crew inStar Trek: Legacy.From the return of the Klingons to the hoped-for answers to Q’s (John de Lancie) interest in Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers), Matalas' revelations should keep the fire forStar Trek: Legacyburning.
Star Trek: Legacyis not in development, which Terry Matalas stressed to the audience at STLV. Yet this may change under Paramount Global’s new owners, Skydance Media. Matalas' passion forStar Trekremains, and perhaps the circumstances may still align to makeStar Trek: Legacya reality, no matter how many years pass since the end ofStar Trek: Picardseason 3.
