One of the first things I came across when I turned on my computer this morning was this exciting piece of Star Trek news. It seems that I was wrong to assume that we had seen the last of Captain Picard a few months ago. Patrick Stewart has recently expressed interest in doing one final, triumphant round off to his Star Trek career. He wants to do one last film involving all remaining/surviving characters. I think this is incredible news: as awesome as the final season of Picard was, I feel one final act on the big screen would be more fitting. After all, Captain Picard is my favourite Star Trek character; like many contemporary Star Trek fans, I grew up watching Star Trek The Next Generation, so to see that crew get back together for one last adventure would be awesome. Whereas I couldn’t help being rather cautious and skeptical when it was first announced that Patrick Stewart would be stepping back into the role four years ago, especially after such a long break, the three seasons of Picard we have seen already are, I think, good grounds for optimism.

Whether anything will come of this news of course remains to be seen, but I’ll obviously be keeping a very close eye on it.