With Star Trek's greatest villains defeated, destroyed, or allied with the Federation, it's up to Star Trek: Legacy to introduce strange new enemies.
The Female Changeling, Borg Queen, and a Romulan
Following the defeat of two huge threats to the Federation in Star Trek: Picard season 3, Star Trek: Legacy faces a big 25th century villain challenge. The final season of Picard brought the Star Trek: The Next Generation era to a fitting close, but in doing so, it killed off one of Starfleet's most fearsome foes, and significantly weakened another.
As Picard showrunner Terry Matalas looks toward the future with his proposed Star Trek: Legacy series, he'll have to create a brand-new enemy that can stand alongside, or even overshadow the Borg Collective and the Changelings.
It was absolutely right for Star Trek to end the story of Admiral Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) with the destruction of the Borg Collective. The Borg's surprising Star Trek villain team-up with the rogue Changeling schism was an added bonus, but it's hard to see where else the franchise can take the Dominion Founders.
The end of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine set up a more peaceful version of the Changelings, led by Constable Odo (Rene Auberjonois) from whom Captain Vadic (Amanda Plummer) and her schism rebelled against. The only thing left now is to explore new territory when it comes to Star Trek villains.
Star Trek: Legacy Needs To Create New Villains For Starfleet
Star Trek: Legacy needs to push the franchise in a new direction, and memorable new villains will be key to the show establishing its own identity. In-universe, with the Borg Collective destroyed, and the Changelings gone to ground, it would be foolish for Starfleet to rest on their laurels.
There are always new threats lurking in the vastness of space, and there could be species elsewhere in the galaxy who are eyeing the Federation with suspicion. Previous Star Trek villains like the Xindi, Species 8472, and the Vau N'Kat have been driven by a fear or distrust of Starfleet as an institution, perceiving the Federation to be a threat to their very existence.
Many of Star Trek's best villains resonate with audiences due to relatable real-world themes. At a time when populist and isolationist politics are popular in some of the world's most powerful nations, a species that is intent on protecting themselves from outsiders at all costs could make for a fascinating Star Trek villain.
Gene Roddenberry always intended Star Trek to tackle the big political and cultural themes of the day, and Star Trek: Legacy can do that in the 2020s with a well realized new villain.
What Happened To Star Trek’s Classic Villains In Legacy’s 25th Century
Although they've not been widely seen in Star Trek's 25th century, the original Trek villains, the Klingons, are still allies of the Federation. Meanwhile, the Romulan Star Empire is dispersed across the galaxy following the devastating supernova disaster that destroyed Romulus.
A vengeful group of Romulan extremists were the villains in Star Trek: Picard season 1, but the former villains don't appear to have the same control over the galaxy as they once did.
Picard and the crew of the USS Enterprise-D destroyed the Queen and the last remaining Borg cube, ending the Collective's reign of terror. While a Collective still exists in the Star Trek universe, they are the more peaceful Borg from Star Trek: Picard season 2.
Meanwhile, in the Gamma Quadrant, the Founders presumably continue to observe the more enlightened lifestyle led by Odo (Rene Auberjonois), who has perhaps rehabilitated the surviving Changelings who were involved in Star Trek: Picard season 3's plot.
With so many classic Star Trek villains dead or no longer enemies of the Federation, it's time for Star Trek: Legacy to introduce a brand-new universe of terrors.
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