During a panel with Picard season three showrunner Terry Matalas and Todd Stashwick (Shaw), were questioned about a ‘30-page outline’ for the Star Trek Legacy concept.
Reportedly, Michelle Hurd (Raffi) mentioned this during an earlier panel.
It sounds as though there’s nothing new in terms of interest from the executives about the concept, just fan interest and an ongoing campaign. Matalas and Stashwick are focused on the upcoming Marvel limited series Vision Quest in which Stashwick stars as the Paladin.
What’s interesting to me is that the more I hear about Matalas original pitch, the more I dislike. Matalas confirmed that it would have a Klingon focus.
While I loved the deep dives into Klingon lore in the 90s, I would prefer something new in the 25th century even a show featuring legacy characters.
As well, Matalas confirmed that they proposed that Shaw would a holographic recreation rather than revived by Borg nanites. We don’t need another grumpy hologram now that the Doctor is back in both Prodigy and Starfleet Academy.
I would find Shaw’s journey as a victim of the Borg with survivor guild to someone who accepts that his own life depends on Borg technology as much more interesting, compelling and new ground in terms of a character arc.
Edited to correct Michelle Hurd’s family name…
Shaw was a great character, so of course they killed him off.
I like Stashwick well enough, but I didn’t think Shaw was handled well at all. He abandoned his post for a significant chunk of the season, sacrifices himself, and then in the end we find out he secretly respected Seven all alone, and just didn’t tell her, because he’s kind of an asshole?
And while his origin story is interesting, it’s also a warmed-over Ben Sisko plot point.
If they were to ever proceed with some sort of *Enterprise-*G series, I’d rather they do it without Matalas. I’ve had enough of his vision for the franchise.
I kind of felt like the role was written for Stashwick, like the writer had him in mind, and tried to do his whole schtick from the show 12 monkeys, but just didn’t get it right.
And it sounds as though Paladin in Vision Quest will be another version of the same character but as a Mandalorian analogue.
I wanted a Shaw show SO bad
Michelle Forbes (Raffi)
WTF
My brain isn’t firing on all cylinders today.
Yes it’s Michelle Hurd who played Raffi.
Also, yes I am bitter that Ro Laren was killed off and even more ticked that Picard played it as though there had been a romantic tension between them rather than a mentor-mentee one.
