Spoilers Star Trek: Prodigy General Discussion Thread

Aaron Waltke was asked by a number of people on Twitter, and his answers indeed come down to that. For example:

Still, I hope they at least quietly got an order (partial funding) to start preparations of season 3, like breaking the story over 20 episodes and maybe ordering the first 5 or 10 scripts, so at least the writer's room can reconvene and everything would be ready to start production once/if the final green light is given.

Waltke also had another interesting response on Twitter (in response to a question whether or not Prodigy is canon, as the person who asked that question found it hard to imagine that Picard and Prodigy play in the same universe/continuity:

Someone noted that Starfleet vessels talking to one another is something taken from Prodigy's S1 final. But maybe there will be more links to Prodigy in Picard S3.

He also promised even better CGI in S2. While Prodigy's animation is fantastic, more constant quality or more ambitious setpieces (as far as decor etc goes) would be good. Hopefully S2 will make good on his promise.

 

The announcement of the Starfleet Academy series actually going into production doesn't sound like very good news for Prodigy's chances. With P+ having to cut costs, greenlighting a new series will use budget that can't be used on another show in its place. Moreover, there is also some similarity in the premise, which could also lead to Prodigy getting restrictions in what it can and can't do (even if it continues past S2) if P+ doesn't want to thread the same ground twice. The new series could potentially take Prodigy's slot in the rotation of ST shows on P+, if they feel it would have similar appeal.

Of course Starfleet Academy will likely be much cheaper to be made than Discovery S6 would have been (due to actors wages, more CGI, less bottle shows,...), but there may not be much room for Prodigy if Picard S3 also gets a form of continuation (Legacy or something else that continues live action in the 24th/25th centuries) or if the Section 31 series gets the go-ahead, finally. With Lower Decks and Strange New Worlds renewed, if one of those potential series also gets ordered in the near future, the only way remaining to save money (other than the difference in cost between Discovery and Starfleet Academy) would be to axe Prodigy.

 

I have a feeling that SFA is going to be targeting an older audience than Prodigy does, early 20s rather than mid teens. So it'll be more of a CW show than a Nickelodeon show.

 

Shows featuring young characters typically are produced to appeal to viewers a few years younger than the characters themselves, as it's meant as sort of aspirational viewing. Hence I think the intention is for Starfleet Academy to appeal to teens.

 

Seems that according to Star trek #6, Scott and Tores invented protowarp

 

Just one brief thought... they need to find a way to sneak Jonathan Frakes into PRO. Will Riker, Tom Riker, a holodeck version, whatever... he's done at least a cameo in pretty much every other Trek.

 

Nah, More Voyager characters first please.

 

Agreed, for the main cast. I think Harry should turn up as Janeway's first officer... since this is post-VOY by about 4y, lieutenant commander rank would be about right. Let's break the "eternal ensign" crowd's hearts once and for all.

I'm more thinking, Janeway hails another ship, and there he is on the monitor. They talk, and then that's that. And Jonathan's done everything except Short Treks.

 

When it comes to Jonathan Frakes, it's a question of when, not if he'll get involved with a Trek series.

 

The fact he wasn't in any of the three Kelvin Timeline films as himself, a Riker from that timeline or a lookalike character is a bit of a surprise given how we came kinda close to Dominic Keating playing Kirk's uncle in Iowa and becoming not only a lead character in a Prequel series but also a Kirk family member in a movie.

 

He offered to direct ST Kelvin IV, though. If he did, that would certainly count as involvement.

 

while I do want newer characters I have always seen Prodigy as a spiritual successor to Voyager so I’m not against having more Voyager characters show up. I wouldn’t even mind Seven showing up even though I think prodigy takes place several years before Picard.

 

Well before. PIC is set in 2401, I think... PRO is set in around 2383.

 

Well, Garrett said at a convention today that Picard wasn't allowed to use Harry because of Prodigy...

 

Wow... do you have a link?

 

https://twitter.com/TrekCore/status/1654890785974648833

 

Three episode arc? Even Tuvok didn't get that.

 

Was thinking the same thing. Thank God that didn’t happen.

 

I always understood that Harry could canonically return in one of three ways, barring time travel shenanigans.

Since Picard and Prodigy both seem to give characters a realistic arc, Harry would almost certainly FINALLY get a higher canonical rank on either one of them. Sorry, eternal ensign crowd (actually not sorry at all ), but having him stuck at that rank after Voyager's return when he's served as well as he has... it won't fly with competent showrunners.

The other possibility was that he would return on Lower Decks, maybe the way Garrett himself suggested. And while I wouldn't have been as pleased with that outcome, I figure that if anyone had the right to choose the character's destiny, it was the guy who brought him to life. And a heartfelt scene with him and Boimler, who also got stuck at ensign rank under... questionable circumstances, would have been cute.

 

I will say, if Harry did show up with a higher rank, I already have the perfect rant prepared about canon violations, betrayal and my resignation from the Fandom.