The just-concluded San Diego Comic Con Star Trek Universe panel may be over, but there’s still much more to talk about — and thanks to the cast, we now know a bit more about the new characters we’ll be meeting in Star Trek: Picard.
Along with Patrick Stewart and the show’s production leadership, fans were introduced to Star Trek newcomers Isa Briones, Santiago Cabrera, Michelle Hurd, Alison Pill, Harry Treadaway and Evan Evagora in San Diego, where we got to learn about the role each will portray when the new show arrives on 2020.
Patrick Stewart, of course, returns as Jean-Luc Picard, a retired Starfleet admiral who is drawn back into space life after an encounter with an unexpected visitor.
Speaking with Entertainment Tonight after the panel, Stewart revealed that Picard isn’t very happy in retired life:
Retirement is not what he was looking for, not what he wanted. It was an impulsive act that put him in this situation and he has regretted it and lived with a certain amount of guilt about it for many years…. and that’s where we pick up the show.
Asked about the new ragtag crew that Picard finds himself leading in the new series, Stewart remarked that — without giving any story details away — that he’ll be asked that question by Jonathan Frakes, when Picard encounters Riker in an upcoming episode.
“On Monday, we’re shooting a scene in which Riker, who is in the series, he says to me, “Your new crew, what are they like?” and I do actually describe them as ‘motley.'”
Isa Briones is Dahj, a young woman who seeks out the retired Picard for answers after facing a “big event” in her life.
Evan Evagora is Elnor, a young Romulan who is an “expert and hand to hand combat” and is “fiercely loyal to Jean-Luc Picard” (according Evagora in a post-panel interview) — and Alison Pill is Dr. Agnes Jurati is a researcher, and someone “who’s confused with her place in the world,” said Pill on stage.
Santiago Cabrera (center) is Cristobal “Chris” Rios, a former Starfleet officer and pilot who at first is reluctant to help Picard — and Michelle Hurd (right) is Raffi Musiker, a character who knows Picard from some time in their shared past.
We don’t know much about Harry Treadaway’s character Narek yet, aside from the fact that he’s a Romulan.
We also spotted in the new series trailer guest star Peyton List as a Romulan who seems to be working with Narek…
…and of course, the surprising return of Jeri Ryan as Seven of Nine rounds out the new production photos released by CBS this afternoon.
UPDATE: CBS also released this set of quick clips with the Picard crew, where they briefly introduce their characters.
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