JUNE 23, 2023 – With season three of Star Trek: Picard, as far as we know, we have wrapped up the story of Captain Jean-Luc Picard. During the run of Picard and Star Trek: The Next Generation before that, we did get some glimpses into Picard’s childhood and earlier life and career. Now we are about to jump back to the beginning of that career and fill in some gaps with a new comic series.

TrekMovie has announced the new comic from IDW, Star Trek: Picard’s Academy.

According to the official synopsis, “Before becoming the Federation’s finest, Jean-Luc was an ordinary student at Starfleet Academy with sights on the stars. His path forward was charted: blow his classmates out of the water on the infamous Evasive Maneuvers exam and graduate early. But there’s a detail Cadet Picard hadn’t factored into his plan: the exam was a group project and he’d need to make friends with, ugh, people if he stood a chance at passing. Federation starships aren’t run by a party of one, after all.”

Sam Maggs is writing Picard’s Academy, and Ornella Greco and Charlie Kirchoff are providing the interior art and colors, respectively. Sweeney Boo created the cover art for the first issue. Maggs is returning to Star Trek after having written a story for the second issue of Star Trek: Waypoint.

Maggs said, “We’re in the middle of the Star Trek renaissance, and as a life-long fan I’m both honored and overjoyed to be able to contribute to a universe that has meant so much to me for so long. The Next Generation was my first introduction to Star Trek, and I’ve always wanted to know more about how the Jean-Luc we all know and respect came to be….”

The first issue of Star Trek: Picard’s Academy is due out in September. Meanwhile, head over to TrekMovie for more on the new title, including previews of interior art.