The hype for Star Trek: Picard is real right now.
Last week’s announcement has given the Star Trek fandom something they never thought would happen
This would be that the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation is finally returning in full.
Boldly going once more into the final frontier to send Picard off with a bang.
But what about the third season?
We’re being teased about a new villain, and we think that actor James Callis might have something to do with this, or his potential appearance in the Star Trek: Universe might be closer than we think!
Welcome to Trek Central! I’m your host, Captain Jack, and let’s get into it!
Yes, in case you did miss the announcement, Star Trek: The Next Generation’s cast of Jonathan Frakes, Michael Dorn, Marina Sirtis, Gates McFadden, LeVar Burton
and Brent Spiner will reunite and join Sir Patrick Stewart for Star Trek: Picard, Season 3!
Honestly this is a fantastic announcement and arrived on First Contact Day as well! Even better.
ut what do we know about the upcoming third season? Well not much,
, but we do have some clues and hints here and there. So today we’ll explore what role James Callis might be playing in Star Trek: Picard!
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Okay so let’s first start off with the news and information we know.
While no official announcement has been made by Paramount or James Callis himself, Trek Central did report on some Information which gives credibility to our story.
Our original posting is via TrekCentral.net and Twitter, so head over to there for more news and information.
In February, a listing on IMDB pointed out that a stunt actor for James Callis was in Star Trek: Picard.
Now, IMDB is not super reliable, so we’ll take that with a pinch of salt. However, Callis has previously worked with Star Trek: Picard Showrunner, Terry Matalas.
Both worked together on 12 Monkeys and the CBS MacGyver TV show reboot.
Callis even responded to a now-deleted tweet from Matalas.
This was in response to Matalas confirming that the third season of Picard had started filming; the deleted tweet is now on-screen.
James Callis responded to this via his own Twitter, saying “The Games a Fleet”.
We already know that Picard Season 3 will feature more of Starfleet, thanks to Terry confirming that in the recent announcement.
The IMDB casting listed the Stunt Double for Callis as performing in Episode 7 of the now airing Second Season for Picard.
If this is true, we will potentially see Callis on-screen in next week's episode. But who could he be playing?
Our Assistant Editor, TJ, came up with a theory which might hold some weight.
Thanks to the whole story of the second season, we know that Jean-Luc is battling inner demons via flashbacks of his mother.
Well, it does appear that these demons are coming to life in Episode 7, airing this coming Thursday.
Seen in last week's episode 6, there are demons and monsters in Picard’s flashbacks.
We’ve also got the promotional trailer for the upcoming seventh episode of Star Trek: Picard.
This teaser trailer also shows off monsters dragging someone away.
Could these monsters be played by James Callis? He certainly has the acting caliber to play a monster, an Interesting one at that? Perhaps a demon.
Digging deeper, could Callis be portraying Picard’s father?
It’s been implied that the relationship between Picard’s mother, Yevette Picard, and his father, Maurice Picard, was not the best, and seemed to be abusive in nature.
It’s possible that these demons and monsters we see in Picard’s dreams and flashbacks are masks for his father and his behaviour towards Jean-Luc’s mother.
In a sense, pretending the problem is something else, or making up a fantasy to make the nightmare seem less scary?
Given this is child Picard we are talking about, you could draw that comparison and make that assumption.
Of course, it is entirely possible that James Callis is NOT in the second season and the Stunt Double was just incorrectly submitted as Season 2 Episode 7.
This does happen a few times on IMDB, as they’re trying to be illusive. It’s also worth noting that since Trek Central revealed this on Twitter in February, the Stunt Double’s job details were removed.
He is still listed, but who he is the double for has since been removed. It did previously state Callis himself.
Now, if we’re looking to the Third Season of Picard, perhaps Callis could appear there as this “Villain” that is being somewhat hyped up by the production staff of the series.
“One helluva villain” is how Christopher Monfette, Co-Exec Producer on Star Trek: Picard describes it.
Immediately online fan theories are starting to generate. Are we seeing another Borg Queen, are the Q going to take revenge? Personally, I’m loving the idea of Sela (Denise Crosby) maybe returning.
Thinking about characters, or Star Trek species that James Callis could play would be Romulans.
This could perhaps link with the fan demand that the Romulan Commander, Sela should appear again. We see Sela in The Next Generation, as a worthy Romulan Villain against Picard.
The Romulans are a worthy adversary to Jean-Luc. The species is focused on in the first season, some would say that it is not resolved.
Sure, the “evil” Tal-Shiar and Zhat Vash agents are dealt with, but what about the people?
The Romulan Star Empire is no more, having been replaced by the Romulan Free State. Cleaning up the issue and resolving what happened to the people would make even more sense in my opinion.
However, while Sela’s story in Star Trek Canon is left in The Next Generation, books and games would continue it.
The video game, Star Trek: Online, explored the idea of “Empress Sela”.
Could Star Trek: Picard borrow a story element like this? They’ve already incorporated STO’s starships after all.
James Callis’s Battlestar Galactica performance speaks for itself.
Gaius Baltar might be compared to a Romulan character.
Think about it for a second.
The species are typically thought of as duplicitous and self-serving. I’d say it matches with how Gaius is perceived in BSG.
In conclusion, we don’t know when Star Trek: Picard Season 3 will air but thanks to Terry Matalas casually leaking BTS photos, we’re excited.
Whether James Callis will appear in Star Trek: Picard Season 3, or 2, does remain to be seen.
Given his performance in Battlestar Galactica and how much a fan of that I am, I hope he does!
Of course, like we’ve mentioned before, IMDB can be a bit of an iffy source sometimes.
However we’ve previously been correct when actress Gia Sandhu appeared on IMDB for Star Trek: Strange New Worlds portraying T’Pring.
This has since been confirmed, so as you can see, the source is correct here and there.
So, do you think that James Callis could fit into the Star Trek: Universe? Let us know what you think in the video comment section below,
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