It’s time for Star Trek to look beyond the past and let Jean-Luc Picard rest.
The conclusion ofStar Trek: Picardwas perfect.
But its a peace fans sadly might not get to enjoy for long.
Our multiplexes are filled with sequels, and our streaming services with spinoffs and reboots.
Our pop culture, in general, has never been all that good about letting things go.
Yet sometimes, its okay, evennecessary, to admit when something has reached its end.
All good thingsdocome to an end because thats part of the natural cycle of storytelling.
Itsokayfor all of useven that storys star-to admit that its over.
Look, Stewart is an icon.
No doubt about it.
This isnt the end of their stories, its merely the end of our time as part of them.
Where is the nextNext Generation?
Where are the stories about how humanity is still boldly going into an unknown future?
What better way to introduce the next generation ofStar Trekstories than with the literal next generation of its characters?
And thats always happy.
Its just time to see what the next phase of it looks like.