“He may not be a captain anymore,” Stewart said on Saturday. “He may be someone who has been changed by his experiences… It will be something very different, but it will come to you with the same passion.” An additional statement at Stewart’s Twitter profile pointed out his initial expectation that the role had “run its course” following the filming of 2002’s Star Trek: Nemesis .
The show will be Captain Jean Luc Picard (ret) pottering about his family’s period-perfect 19th century vineyard discussing the challenges of artesenal winemaking through the lens of Shakespeare and French existentialist philosophy.
