Now I’m Very Glad Wesley Crusher Wasn’t In Star Trek: Picard Season 3

Star Trek: Picard

Warning : spoiler for Star Trek : Prodigy Season 2

Summary

I was one of the millions of fans who was disappointed thatStar Trek : Picardseason 3 did n’t reunite Wesley Crusher ( Wil Wheaton ) with his mother , Dr. Beverly Crusher ( Gates McFadden ) , and have Wesley meet his half - pal , Jack Crusher ( Ed Speleers ) , but now I ’m glad it did n’t happen that way . alternatively , Star Trek : Prodigyseason 2 brought back Wesley as the Traveler , and it far exceeded a cameo inPicardseason 3 . Even dear , Wil Wheaton got to play the best version of Wesley CrusherStar Trekhas ever seeninStar Trek : Prodigyseason 2 .

Wil Wheaton had n’t played Wesley Crusher sinceStar Trek : Nemesis , when Wes was inexplicably back in a Starfleet uniform at Commander Will Riker ( Jonathan Frakes ) and Counselor Deanna Troi ’s ( Marina Sirtis ) wedding . ConsideringWesley has cosmic powers as a Traveler , it seemed glaring that Crusher did n’t pop into Star Trek on Paramount+ shows likeStar Trek : DiscoveryorStar Trek : Lower Decks . Wesley by chance appeared in a brief vista inStar Trek : Picardseason 2 ’s close . Viewers like myselfexpected Wesley to appear inStar Trek : Picardseason 3 to complete the Crusher house , but it never happeneddue to state budgetary matter . joyously , Star Trek : Prodigyseason 2 topped anyPicardcameo .

Wesley Crusher recruited Kore Soong ( Isa Briones ) to become one of the Travelers inStar Trek : Picardseason 2 ’s coda .

Star Trek : Prodigy time of year 2 take the time travelling saga of the USS Protostar full circuit . Here ’s what find and what it all mean for season 3 .

Wesley Crusher In Star Trek: Prodigy Season 2 Is Better Than A Picard Season 3 Cameo

Wesley helped save every Star Trek reality

Wil Wheaton ’s homecoming as Wesley Crusher was one of the greatest things aboutStar Trek : Prodigyseason 2 . Even better , Wesley was in full rosiness and at the height of his mogul as a Traveler . Motor - mouthed and scatterbrained , Wesley was beguile the horrendous straights of countless reality in his head word , but he was the ideal wise man for the young Starfleet wannabee of the USS Protostar . enforce a complex and perilously unsteady design to save everyStar Trektimelinefrom the reality - eating Loom , Wesley take a chance everything to spare the population . Best of all , Wil Wheaton clearly had a blast playingStar Trek : Prodigy ’s Wesley Crusher , and got to research the full compass of Wesley ’s responsibilities as a Traveler .

Wesley got to mean so much more to Star Trek : Prodigy than a take the air - on fan - service instant in Star Trek : Picard season 3 .

If Wesley had appeared inStar Trek : Picardseason 3 , the good they probably could have delivered is a abbreviated scene with Wes , Beverly , and Jack - which would have been great to see . Wesley and Jack commiserate as adults in live - action is somethingStar Trekstill need to make chance . ButWesley reuniting with Beverly inStar Trek : Prodigy -and meeting a very youthful Jack ( pre - British dialect ) - was still excited and heartwarming . It finally respond the question,“Why did n’t Wesley ever visit his female parent as the Traveler?“Yet Wesley find to think of so much more toStar Trek : Prodigythan a walk - on fan - armed service moment inStar Trek : Picardseason 3 .

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Wesley Belonged In Star Trek: Prodigy All Along

Wesley is better than ever in Star Trek: Prodigy

AsStar Trek : Prodigy ’s executive producersKevin and Dan Hageman toldScreen Rant , Wesley go in their show because he is"the original Prodigy . “OnStar Trek : The Next Generation , Wesley was the son whiz who saved the USS Enterprise - D more than once . TNGdid not render Wesley Crusher advantageously , butStar Trek : Prodigydidn’t repeat the mistakes Star Trek : The Next Generationmade 35 age ago . Star Trek : Prodigy ’s Wesley is an uncontrollable mixture of"Doctor Who and Willy Wonka,“and there is no one better to guide Dal R’El ( Brett Gray ) , Gwyndala ( Ella Purnell ) , and their friends throughStar Trek : Prodigyseason 2’s"timey - wimey"crisis .

Wesley knows a thing or two about get a cosmic fortune , and he prodded the USS Protostar ’s gang to stay together because the future is literally in their hands as a mathematical group .

Kevin and Dan Hageman were deep intoStar Trek : Prodigyseason 2 ’s yield whenStar Trek : Picardshowrunner Terry Matalas inquired about Wesley Crusher , who Terry knew was a pivotal part ofProdigy . The three showrunners fit to Wesley ’s cameo inPicardseason 2 ’s conclusion , but they also settled on Wesley ’s visit with Beverly and Jack happening inStar Trek : Prodigyseason 2 ’s finish - a bit they keep top mystery for years . Star Trek : Prodigyseason 2 at long last gave us the good version of Wesley Crusher , and left the Traveler better than how they found him . I go for Wesley Crusher will return if there ’s aStar Trek : Legacyand / or aStar Trek : Prodigyseason 3 .