Poll What are the chances of a Kurtzman-era DS9 follow-up series?

[fireproof78]

Did the station get destroyed sometime between NEM and PIC?

Yes. And replaced by Deep Space 10, the 10th station to bear the name and hopefully shed the Deep Space name curse.

 

[dupersuper]

Kasidy Yates is still active as a freighter

...captain...

 

[DEWLine]

PIC implies that Yates is running a shipping line, rather than a single freighter, by 2399. And that it's at least advertising in Boston. They might actually have offices on Earth there.

 

[fireproof78]

...captain...

Captain Kasidy Yates.

 

[Tim Thomason]

Yes. And replaced by Deep Space 10, the 10th station to bear the name and hopefully shed the Deep Space name curse.

Didn't last. They're up to Deep Space 12 by 2399 and Deep Space 253 by 3069. That's an average of about 2.7 years of existence for the Deep Space stations. Jesus Christ, talk about cursed!

 

[F. King Daniel]

Kasidy Yates is still active as a freighter

Get ready for the transporter mishap episode of the century!

 

[Campe]

I love DS9. I love those characters. The last, and I do mean, last thing I’d like to see is them doing a continuation. Could we get a few hints, a la Kassidy and Quark? Absolutely! Keep them coming! Could an appearance by one or two of the characters be interesting? Sure. A glimpse into their lives as to what’s happening to them concurrently with Picard or Lower Decks would be wonderful (but does not appear to be in the cards for season 2 for PIC). Could they drop in hints about what’s going on with the Bajorans, the Cardassians and the Gamma Quadrant? Sign me up. But the story as it is is done and leaving it done is far more powerful than trying to pick up the story 20 some odd years later.

 

[kkt]

Same here, it's one of my favourite Star Trek shows, but any direct sequel or continuation...it's would kinda be if somebody tried to write a sequel to the Lord of the Rings.

Like the Silmarillion?

I would have said like Casablanca - DS9 closed up all the major loose ends. I don't really need to see how Cardassia or Ferenginar are doing now, or even Tom Riker. I mean, I'd buy a movie or continued series, but I'd be pleasantly surprised if the sequel were worthy of the series.

 

[kkt]

Would a DS9 show or film that’s a tribute to Aron Eisenberg and Rene Auberjonois be acceptable, or no?

At the same time, I feel that this conversation around a follow-up would be moot if a Worf show (following Michael Dorn’s vision, not the comedy version) was green lit. Then the DS9 cast (both main and recurring) can have guest spots and refer to those that are missing

Example:

Captain Worf: “Vedek Kira! I did not expect to see you in Klingon space!”

Vedek Kira: “Captain Dax brought me here in the Aventine, to talk to Chancellor Martok for help with a dispute back on the station involving Jem’Hadar. Captain Nog left in the Defiant a few weeks ago to the Gamma Quadrant to contact Odo for the same reasons.”

Captain Worf: “Speaking of captains, have you heard from Captain Sisko?”

Vedek Kira: “Not in a while. But at least he’s back. For a while, I thought he’d never return. Be sure to stop by Earth. He runs his dad’s restaurant with Jake now.”

Captain Worf: “I’ll be sure to do that.”

And then just cameos from DS9 (as well as from TNG and VOY) can happen, while creating new character to carry the franchise forwards. Like what PIC is doing now.

Sisko is running the restaurant? I really thought he was committed to retiring to his property on Bajor, if he was still around.

 

[kkt]

I wouldn't say the chances are 0% but I picked 1-20%....and the reality is that it's a lot closer to 1% than 20%.

It doesn't even have to be a direct follow-up, like some other posters are saying we don't need. But having a character or two pop up here and there would satisfy me well enough. Something more than a cameo though. And not simply giving us the easy one, Worf. Picard has Seven. Prodigy has Janeway and Chakotay (and I'd wager there'll be more Voyager cast appearances as the show goes on). Lower Decks even had Tom Paris. Even Discovery had the Voyager-J. DS9 can't have just one character show up somewhere? The showrunners can't find any opportunity anywhere, yet Voyager gets something in each new series. It's a slap in the face to DS9 fans.

And speaking of cameos...there have been a lot of missed opportunities. Why LDS didn't have a Klingon in wej Duj simply mention Chancellor Martok is beyond me. And when there was a flashback scene at DS9, it was a perfect opportunity to have Quark appear...and if not Quark, then at least have Morn drinking at the bar. Simple mistakes, but glaring ones that make me think the current showrunners either don't care or don't know DS9 and therefore aren't going to give us much real fan service going forward.

I don't consider it a slap in the face. Mentioning some Voyager character is kind of a big nothingburger, and it would be the same if they menioned someone from DS9. If they were going to do it right, get most of the living cast together again, with writers familiar with the whole series and a plot that makes sense and good use of the characters, that would be great. But just mention them in passing would get a "who cares" from me.

 

[kkt]

I'm not sure a live action show could work, unless they find a way to write Odo and Nog out. And what would it take to get Avery to come back to Star Trek? Last I heard he'd retired from acting and possibly dealing with health/mental issues.

I think the only options are either animated and bringing back the original actors when possible to voice their characters...or simply having one or two guest star somewhere.

Short Treks could maybe work. They're apparently trying to do a Captain Proton one, so why not have a quick 15 minute reunion on Cardassia between Garak and Bashir, or something else DS9 related?

Garak and Bashir finally get it on! Ezri is mad as hell - "How dare you cheat on ME?? You had the love life of a shy highschooler when we got together!"

Ok, maybe I shouldn't quit my day job to write for TV...

 

[fireproof78]

Like the Silmarillion?

That's a prequel.

 

[Steve Roby]

Like the Silmarillion?

I would have said like Casablanca - DS9 closed up all the major loose ends.

In a better world than this, no one had the idea of publishing an official Casablanca novel that acts both as a prequel, flashing back to explain how Rick ended up in Casablanca, and a sequel, with several of the movie's characters going on a dangerous trip to try to assassinate a prominent Nazi. Sadly, ours is not that world.

 

[Orphalesion]

Like the Silmarillion?

That's not a sequel. That's the past events that build the basis for the many legends and history mentioned in the many poems in the Lord of the Rings. Actually the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings are "sorta kinda" sequels since Tolkien worked on the stories that would later be collected as the Silmarillion since he was about 18 or 19 (back then known as the Book of Lost Tales). When he wrote the Hobbit he only used his already existing stories as basically flavour to add to the story of Bilbo and the Dwarves and it wasn't until the Lord of the Rings that he truly decided that the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings are set in the same universe as his earlier legends.
It was only published later (and after Tolkien's death) because Tolkien never finished the Silmarillion, never even got around to update most of the legendarium to the Lord of the Rings standard (he, for example never quite decided what Galadriel's role in the events of the Silmarillion should be) Christopher Tolkien had to edit decades of contradictory material together to create it.

So NO the Silmarillion is not a "sequel" to the Lord of the Rings, it's background material, Darling.

Tolkien actually at one point attempted to write a sequel to the Lord of the Rings, set during the reign of Aragorn's son in the Reunited Kingdom, where two guys from Minas Tirith discover a "cult" of people trying to act like Orcs. He abandoned it when he decided it would just be a "thriller" and he had no interest in writing those.

 

[kkt]

That's a prequel.

Oh, yeah. And a prequel would not really fit for DS9.

 

[fireproof78]

Oh, yeah. And a prequel would not really fit for DS9.

I mean, it could mean more Borg.

 

[kkt]

That's not a sequel. That's the past events that build the basis for the many legends and history mentioned in the many poems in the Lord of the Rings. Actually the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings are "sorta kinda" sequels since Tolkien worked on the stories that would later be collected as the Silmarillion since he was about 18 or 19 (back then known as the Book of Lost Tales). When he wrote the Hobbit he only used his already existing stories as basically flavour to add to the story of Bilbo and the Dwarves and it wasn't until the Lord of the Rings that he truly decided that the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings are set in the same universe as his earlier legends.
It was only published later (and after Tolkien's death) because Tolkien never finished the Silmarillion, never even got around to update most of the legendarium to the Lord of the Rings standard (he, for example never quite decided what Galadriel's role in the events of the Silmarillion should be) Christopher Tolkien had to edit decades of contradictory material together to create it.

So NO the Silmarillion is not a "sequel" to the Lord of the Rings, it's background material, Darling.

Tolkien actually at one point attempted to write a sequel to the Lord of the Rings, set during the reign of Aragorn's son in the Reunited Kingdom, where two guys from Minas Tirith discover a "cult" of people trying to act like Orcs. He abandoned it when he decided it would just be a "thriller" and he had no interest in writing those.

Very interesting about Tolkien considering writing a sequel and giving it up.

Don't call me Darling.

 

[kkt]

I mean, it could mean more Borg.

TNG and Voyager have the Borg, and they're welcome to them.

 

[JeffOakland]

With Picard being a TNG follow-up - though more focused on Picard than the whole TNG crew - and with both Prodigy and Picard (via Seven of Nine) providing some follow-up with Voyager, I keep thinking that DS9 (as the perennial middle-child) is a little underserved and should/could get a Kurtzman-era follow-up of its own.

Of course, it could take many forms: a full live-action series, or a limited live-action series. But I think the best potential follow-up show would be a full animated show in the vein of the "animatic/storyboard" graphics we got with the "What We Left Behind" documentary season 8 opener. It has the best of both worlds: can show anything you want in terms of ages of characters/flashbacks, new sets/ships, and won't require any makeup time for the actors, and can be done largely remotely if needed.

So, what do you think the chances are of a DS9 follow-up show? Provided that the show has to be more than just a few character cameos (ala Paris on LDS).

DS9 was a closed circle story. Besides, 2 of the most important actors have passed and 2 of the most important characters were killed off. I can't imagine Brooks having any interest retconning his death or playing a ghost and it isn't DS9 without him.

 

[dupersuper]

Sisko is running the restaurant? I really thought he was committed to retiring to his property on Bajor, if he was still around.

The Prophets warned him that wouldn't happen...

DS9 was a closed circle story. Besides, 2 of the most important actors have passed and 2 of the most important characters were killed off. I can't imagine Brooks having any interest retconning his death or playing a ghost and it isn't DS9 without him.

Sisko didn't die...