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WATCH: Trailer drops for Picard season three with a return by the full TNG cast

April 5th, 2022 by Marc Comments

Big news tonight, First Contact Night, as the cast for Star Trek: Picard season 3 has been revealed and it’s sure to put a big smile on the face of fans of The Next Generation.

Yes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis, and Brent Spiner will star alongside Patrick Stewart in the third and final season of Star Trek: Picard, as the classic crew of Geordie, Riker, Crusher, Troi and Data… this is big news, indeed.

Executive producer Terry Matalas,  showrunner for the third season, which has already wrapped filming last month, said: “I remember watching the premiere of Star Trek: The Next Generation almost 34 years ago with my father like it was yesterday.

“It was the spark that ignited my love for science fiction. So, it’s most fitting that the story of Jean-Luc Picard ends honoring the beginning, with his dearest and most loyal friends from the U.S.S. Enterprise. It would be an understatement to say that giving these characters a proper send-off is an honor. The entire Star Trek: Picard team and I can’t wait for fans to experience this final, high-stakes, starship-bound adventure in season three!”

This could be one heck of a send-off alright and certainly one fans will keep an eye out for.

In honor of First Contact Day, Paramount+ today revealed that Patrick Stewart’s “Star Trek: The Next Generation” co-stars LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Frakes, Gates McFadden, Marina Sirtis and Brent Spiner will star alongside Stewart in season three of the service’s hit original series STAR TREK: PICARD. Season three is the concluding chapter in the STAR TREK: PICARD saga.

Marc is a self-confessed nerd. Ever since seeing Star Wars for the first time around 1979 he’s been an unapologetic fan of the Wars and still believes, with Clone Wars and now Underworld, we are yet to see the best Star Wars. He’s a dad of two who now doesn’t have the time (or money) to collect the amount of toys, comics, movies and books he once did, much to the relief of his long-suffering wife. In the real world he’s a graphic designer. He started Following the Nerd because he was tired of searching a million sites every day for all the best news that he loves and decided to create one place where you can go to get the whole lot. Secretly he longs to be sitting in the cockpit of his YT-1300 Corellian Transport ship with his co-pilot Chewie, roaming the universe, waiting for his next big adventure, but feels just at home watching cartoons with his kids….