Star Trek - Picard: The Classic Chronicles

Book excerpt: The chronicles of Captain Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation… and beyond! Across seven television series and four blockbuster movies, Captain Jean-Luc Picard commanded the U.S.S. Enterprise-D and –E, boldly leading his crew where no one had gone before. As the legendary character returns to screens once more, Picard and crew’s adventures are explored in this collection of features and interviews from the archives of Star Trek Magazine. Featuring multiple interviews with Patrick Steward, plus former Executive Producer Rick Berman and other key creative responsible for Picard’s story, the book traces Star Trek: The Next Generation’s seven seasons, both on screen and behind the scenes. Each of Picard’s cinematic epics are examined in detail, with commentary by Steward, Jonathan Frakes (Riker), William Shatner (Kirk), Whoopi Goldberg (Guinan), Tom Hardy (Shinzon), and other pivotal figures, affording insight into the captain’s character. With an abundance of rarely-seen photos, and profiles placing Picard in context with Star Trek’s other captains, this is the perfect Jean-Luc Picard primer, for newcomers and aficionados alike.