Star Trek: Legacyremains a pie-in-the-sky idea, butStar Trek: Picardseason 3 showrunner Terry Matalas has revealed how Liam Shaw (Todd Stashwick) would return ifLegacyhappens. Shaw was Captain of the USS Titan-A inStar Trek: Picardseason 3, but Liam heroically sacrificed himself to stop the Borg.
Yet both Matalas and Stashwick have been clear that Shaw would somehow be resurrected inStar Trek: Picard’s proposed continuation,Star Trek: Legacy. For the last two years,fans have speculated about exactly which sci-fi meansStar Trek: Legacywould utilize to bring Shaw back.
TrekMoviereported from Terry Matalas and Todd Stashwick’sStar Trek: Picardpanel at STLV: Trek to Vegas, whereStar Trek: Picardseason 3’s showrunner dropped the bombshell of how Liam Shaw would return inStar Trek: Legacy.Matalas revealed Shaw’s comeback after denying a fan theory that Liam would be resurrected by Borg nanites. Read Terry and Todd’s quotes below:
Terry Matalas: “I will say, since we’re so far away from the possibility ofLegacy, that he wasn’t going to come back to life with Borg nanites… He was going to be the Emergency Engineering Hologram who did not want to turn off and was really pissed off that the Titan was turned into the Enterprise, and would refuse to call it the Enterprise, until late.”
Todd Stashwick: “We call it the Shawlogram.”
What Liam Shaw’s Potential Return As A Hologram In Star Trek: Legacy Means
Liam Shaw returning inStar Trek: Legacyas the USS Enterprise-G’s Emergency Engineering Hologram makes perfect sense. Shaw may have been a starship captain inStar Trek: Picardseason 3, but the"dips*it from Chicago"began his Starfleet career as a"grease monkey"engineer.
Introducing an EEH in the form of Liam Shaw is a logical twist inStar Trek: Legacy,and a wiser solution than time travel or other sci-fi means that could be used to resurrect Shaw. The EEH would be both Shaw and not Shaw, which would make for compelling interactions with Captain Seven of Nine (Jeri Ryan) and the USS Enterprise-G’s crew.
Audiences disliked Captain Liam Shaw at the start ofStar Trek: Picardseason 3 for daring to disrespect Admiral Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and Captain Will Riker (Jonathan Frakes).Fans did a 180 and began to love Shawafter Liam revealed he was a survivor of the Borg’s invasion at Wolf-359, thanks to Todd Stashwick delivering a searing and unforgettable monologue.
Our Take On Liam Shaw’s Potential Return If Star Trek: Legacy Happens
Liam Shaw returning as the USS Enterprise’s Emergency Engineering Hologram is probably the best way to bring Shaw back, whichhonors and wouldn’t diminish Liam’s heroic sacrificeinStar Trek: Picardseason 3. Terry Matalas' concept that Shaw’s EEH is bitter that the USS Titan-A became the USS Enterprise-G also perfectly fits Liam’s ornery character.
Terry Matalas is currently executive producing Marvel Studios’Vision Quest, with Todd Stashwick announced as playing Paladin.
Star Trek: Legacyremains a project with no further development at Paramount+, but there are hopes that the new Paramount & Skydance regime headed by CEO David Ellison could potentially green-lightStar Trek: Legacy.Todd Stashwick seems ready to become the ‘Shawlogram’ ifStar Trek: Picardseason 3’s spinoff does become a go-project.
