THE wait for Star Trek: Picard won’t be as long as fans expected.
The Amazon Prime spin-off show centred around iconic character Jean-Luc Picard has been hotly anticipated since its announcement, thanks in no small part to Sir Patrick Stewart agreeing to reprise the role.
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Now it has been confirmed that the sci-fi series will have a 10-episode run and will initially air in the US on CBS All Access, before becoming available internationally every Friday on Prime Video.
The first release will kick off on January 24.
On top of this, fans were treated to a new trailer, which debited at New York Comic-Con.
The clip teases Picard’s call to action years into his retirement, where he has been enjoying the quiet life in how own vineyard.
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However, proving the Star Fleet captain within him is still alive and well, he sets out to protect mysterious young woman Dahj, who he discovers is in grave danger.
While specific plot details remained sparse, plenty of action was promised, with spacecraft’s firing lasers and all the futuristic gun-slinging fans could hope for.
Alongside Stewart, Star Trek: Picard will also star Isa Briones, Santiago Cabrera, Michelle Hurd, Alison Pill, Harry Treadaway and Evan Evagora.
Speaking earlier this year about reprising his iconic role, Patrick said: “He may not be a captain anymore.
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“He may not be the Jean Luc you recognise and know so well. It may be a very different individual, someone who has been changed by his experiences.
“It will be something, I guarantee it, something very, very different.”
On social media, fans have kicked off a campaign for a memorial in the series to the late Aron Eisenberg, who played Nog in Next Generation, and who passed away in September.
