Wil Wheaton Talks Star Trek: Picard season 3 and His Aspiration To Appear In Lower Decks
Wil Wheaton.
FEBRUARY 27, 2023 - Wesley Crusher may have left Star Trek: The Next Generation early into the fourth season, but Wil Wheaton has been far from removed from Star Trek. As a writer, actor, and the host of the Trek aftershow “The Ready Room,” his irons are still in the fire.
The legacy Trek actor was asked about his view of Star Trek: Picard season three, his ‘space mom’s’ arc in the season, and how he’s pitched some outrageous adventures for Wesley in Star Trek: Lower Decks.
His thoughts on PIC season three:
This is the most satisfying season of any Star Trek series I have ever watched, and I’ve watched them all. When we started the Next Generation in the late ‘80s, we were very aspirational. We were clearing a lot of trees out of a forest. And a lot of people have come and built a beautiful village behind the route that we cleared out[…]And one of our edicts was, “Listen, by the 24th century, things are cool, we’ve got it all worked out.” Which is a wonderful, idealized vision, but it doesn’t make for the most compelling drama in the world. Star Trek: Picard season 3[…]represents everything we want out of Star Trek…
His thoughts on his ‘space mom’s’ Dr. Crusher’s part of the new season:
I was super excited for Gates to do everything that she does this season. Beverly is not a person that you want on your ‘enemies list’ at all. And watching Gates bring that version of her to life was really fun and really satisfying. And look, I mean, family pride, right?
What about appearing on LD?:
Mike [McMahan], and I joke about it all the time. Part of our friendship is riffing on outrageous Wesley Crusher storylines. It’s just a thing that we do. None of them will ever happen. They will only exist in our heads.
When asked if he would go beyond the crazy pitches and actually appear on the show:
Look, I am a professional. I am an actor. I’m a member of legacy Star Trek. But before any of that existed in my life, I was a fan. And this fan, given any opportunity to be part of any Star Trek, just says ‘Tell me when to show up, thank you.’
As fellow fans, we were excited to see Wesly appear in season 2 of PIC and are holding out hope that he may yet appear in season 3. For this and even more, travel the celestial plane with the traveler formerly known as Wesley Crusher and land at TrekMovie.com.
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