See Worf In Action, Starfleet’s New Ship Voice Explained & Trailer Update – TrekMovie.com

The third and final season of Star Trek: Picard arrives in exactly one month from today, on February 16. And there are a few new bits since our last update to keep you going.

New Glimpse at Worf in action

Paramount+ marked today’s date with a little promo featuring Worf, showing some of his highlights over the years from TNG and DS9.

#StarTrekPicard drops in 1 month. Which Worf episodes do you recommend watching ahead of the premiere? pic.twitter.com/3Difa57Qc6

— Star Trek on Paramount+ (@StarTrekOnPPlus) January 16, 2023

On Sunday they released a social media promo for what is coming in 2023 and it has a few quick shots from Picard and Discovery, primarily from previously released trailers. However, in the mix is a new shot of Michael Dorn as Worf in action.

RT if you are ready for a year of stars you love and characters you can’t wait to meet. It’s all happening on #ParamountPlus 🏔 pic.twitter.com/NPOZ9CAtDC

— Paramount+ (@paramountplus) January 15, 2023

Worf can be seen using his new Klingon sword, a “Kur’leth,” designed for Picard by Star Trek vet Dan Curry, who also designed the iconic Klingon Bat’leth.

Worf with his new sword

Why there is a new computer voice

Earlier this month showrunner Terry Matalas revealed on Twitter that season three of Picard will feature different ship computer voices, one for civilian ships and one for Starfleet ships. On Sunday Matalas added more detail, revealing “Starfleet and civilian computer voices will each be voiced by different actresses.” With so many legacy actors coming back from Star Trek: The Next Generation, some fans may want full nostalgia, including bringing back the voice of the late Majel Barrett Roddenberry, who provided the voice for Starfleet ships during TNG, DS9 and Voyager. However, Matalas said this simply wasn’t practical.

Time & money. Or I can spend that bringing back a legacy character onscreen. Fans may not love to hear this: TV shows actually have a finite amount of time & resources. You can’t dial up some subpar deepfake on a website and call it a day. If you’re going to do it, do it right.

— Terry Matalas (@TerryMatalas) January 16, 2023

Matalas later agreed that perhaps the technology did exist to bring back Majel’s voice using a combination of technology and a library of her vocal performance she made before passing. He notes how this has been done with the voice of James Earl Jones as Darth Vader in the recent Kenobi series.

I certainly wasn’t aware of this library but I’m sure on day with the right technology and budget. Just listen to what did with James Earl Jones. It can be done.

— Terry Matalas (@TerryMatalas) January 15, 2023

This opens the door for a future show using the same technology and working with the Roddenberry Productions (who are involved with all the Star Trek shows) to recreate Majel Roddenberry’s classic voice for new dialog.

Titan-A engine room?

The USS Titan-A is the primary hero ship for season 3, using a redress of the sets seen in season 2 for the USS Stargazer. We should expect to see more of the ship in season three, and in responding to a fan on Twitter, production designer Dave Blass hinted this will include the engine room.

Good question. I did a ton of research on them so…

— Dave Blass (@DaveBlass) January 15, 2023

Final trailer coming “soon”

Last week’s update confirmed there will be one more trailer before the launch of Picard season 3. On Sunday, Matalas said on Twitter this trailer is coming “soon.”

Soon

— Terry Matalas (@TerryMatalas) January 15, 2023

Our best guess for the release of this trailer is still January 29 for the NFL AFC Championship game, which streams on Paramount+ and airs on CBS.

The third and final season of Picard premieres on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S., with new episodes of the 10-episode-long season available to stream weekly on Thursdays.

Picard streams exclusively on Paramount+ in the U.S.A. It is distributed concurrently by Paramount Global Content Distribution on Amazon Prime Video in more than 200 countries and territories, and in Canada it airs on Bell Media’s CTV Sci-Fi Channel and streams on Crave.

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