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Star Trek: John de Lancie Reveals Why Q Returns in Picard Season 2


There is little doubt that people are already excited about Star Trek: Picard Season 2 now that the trailer for the series has been dropped. After all, it teased Q's return and how he's going to mess things up for Jean-Luc Picard yet again. But why has Q returned in the first place? John de Lancie has opened up about his character's intentions as well as his own personal reason for reprising the role.

John de Lancie was recently a guest star on the Trek Talks Telethon where he spoke about his return in Star Trek: Picard Season 2. Interestingly, de Lancie confirmed that this isn't the same Q we met decades ago.

"It isn’t in fact a Q of 34 years years ago. It would be unseemly to be playing it that way," de Lancie said. "He’s older, more mature, a little more focused individual, with a very strong internal motivation and a desire to get Picard to do something."

He also pointed out that it was important to play the character differently in the new series. "If I tried to do it the way I acted back then, I think it wouldn’t be good. It is different and it’s intended to be a little different," de Lancie said.

Not surprisingly, the chance to play Q differently was what motivated de Lancie to return for the second season of Picard.

"I am very concerned about recreating, that has a lot of potential disasters attached to it. So I said, 'We are not trying to recreate something? We are going to move from here, forward?' And they said, 'Yes, yes, yes,'" he shared.

It's great to know that we'll see a new version of Q this year and we certainly can't wait to find out why he's still after Patrick Stewart's character after all these years.

Star Trek: Picard Season 2 will premiere on Paramount+ in February 2022.

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