If a follow-up toStar Trek: Voyagerstarring Kate Mulgrew as Admiral Kathryn Janeway is in the works, I hopeStar Trek: Janewayavoids the big mistake thatStar Trek: Picardmade. According toTrekCulture, Kate Mulgrew said she is"pursuing talks"regarding Janeway’s return to theStar Trekfranchise during the Evening With Kate Mulgrew panel on Star Trek Cruise VIII. The floating convention celebratedStar Trek: Voyager’s 30th anniversarywith an impressive, nearly-completeStar Trek: Voyagercastreunion.
Star Trek’s precedent for returning captains is Patrick Stewart’s reprising Admiral Jean-Luc Picard inStar Trek: Picard, set 20 years afterStar Trek: Nemesis. Stewart believed Admiral Picard had different stories to tell in anewStar Trekshow, soPicardwas never intended to be aStar Trek: The Next Generationreunion.Star Trek: Picardlived up to this promise for two seasons, but still hadTNGcameos like Lt. Commander Data (Brent Spiner), Captain William Riker (Jonathan Frakes), and Counselor Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) inPicardseason 1; and Q (John de Lancie) and Guinan (Whoopi Goldberg) inPicardseason 2.
Why Kate Mulgrew’s Star Trek: Janeway Must Avoid Picard’s Big Mistake, If It Happens
Star Trek: Janeway Needs To Model Itself On Voyager’s Best Aspects
Kate Mulgrew’s potentialStar Trek: Janewayshow must avoid makingStar Trek: Picard’s big mistake: forgetting thatwhat madeStar Trek: The Next Generationspecial was the crew of the USS Enterprise-D.Picardseason 3’sStar Trek: The Next Generationcast reunionfinally gave Admiral Picard the follow-up that he deserved. Bringing back theTNGcast letPicardseason 3 focus on tighter, character-driven stories instead of repeating earlier problems with pacing and underdeveloped characters.Star Trek: Janewaycould identify what madeStar Trek: Voyagersuccessful, and apply it to a 25th centuryStar Trekstory.
Star Trek: Voyager Is Better Today Than It Was 30 Years Ago
With the passage of time and changes to Star Trek, watching Star Trek: Voyager today is a different—and better—experience than it was 30 years ago.
Star Trek: Voyager’s appeal was its premise, butStar Trek: Janewaywouldn’t have to get lost in the Delta Quadrant again to recreateVoyager’s successful formula. Seven years in the Delta Quadrant would have almost certainly changed the USS Voyager’s crew; they experienced things that no other Starfleet crew had.Star Trek: Janewaycould address the Voyager crew’s experiences adjusting to Alpha Quadrant life.Applying a modern television lens toStar Trek: Voyager’s aftermath has the potential to be a stunning psychological study of PTSD, trauma bonds, and survival. Most importantly, it would featureStar Trek: Voyager’s cast reunited, facing challenges together.
What Kate Mulgrew Says About Star Trek: Janeway & How It Mirrors Jeri Ryan’s Seven Of Nine Comeback in Picard
Both Mulgrew And Ryan Want Good Stories For Star Trek Fans
Kate Mulgrew doesn’t want Admiral Janeway’s live-actionStar Trekreturn to be “a vanity project”, mirroring what Jeri Ryan expressed about Seven of Nine’s comeback inStar Trek: Picard. BothStar Trek: Voyageralumni are interested in reprising theirVoyagerroles in service of the “right story” for their characters.Both Ryan and Mulgrew know that fans have high expectations for Seven and Janeway.Ryan turned down a differentStar Trekspin-offthat wasn’t the hotly-demandedStar Trek: Legacy. Mulgrew, likewise, wants to do a story that gives fans “hope”, like she did inStar Trek: Prodigy.
Jeri Ryan turned down an appearance inStar Trek: Nemesisbecause it didn’t make sense for Seven of Nine to be present at Riker and Troi’s wedding.
Star Trek: Prodigywas a storytelling triumph forStar Trekthat utilized legacy characters like Janeway expertly, with Mulgrew in dual roles in the USS Protostar crew’s supporting cast. Currently,Star Trek: Prodigyis neither canceled nor renewedfor a third season on Netflix, which puts Admiral Janeway’sStar Trekfuture in limbo.
Janeway’s Complete Star Trek Timeline Explained
Kathryn Janeway led the USS Voyager through the Delta Quadrant as Star Trek: Voyager’s captain before her Starfleet career continued in Prodigy.
But Mulgrew currently pursuing a Janeway-focused project wouldn’t necessarily depend onProdigyto continue. Even ifStar Trek: Janewayis a streaming movie or code for joiningStar Trek: Voyagerco-star Jeri Ryan inStar Trek: Legacy,Mulgrew’s return as Janeway will have to avoidStar Trek: Picard’s mistakes.
