Is Star Trek Picard countdown canon?

Is Star Trek Picard countdown canon?

Star Trek: Picard isn’t the first chance fans have had to visit the future of beloved captain Jean-Luc Picard — that happened in November when IDW launched the series’ comic book prequel, Star Trek: Picard – Countdown. Co-written by the show’s supervising producer Kristen Beyer, it “counts” in terms of canon.

Which Star Trek series are canon?

As a rule, all Star Trek television series that aired are considered part of the canon. This policy does not make clear which version of the series is the canonical one. For example, the remastered episodes of the original series, released in 2006, present several visual differences from the episodes originally aired.

Is Star Trek The Animated Series considered canon?

And yet, despite its status as a near afterthought, The Animated Series remains canon. Everything that happened during its shortened, silly and sometimes flat-out bizarre episodes holds the same relevance to the franchise as The Original Series.

Is Star Trek Picard a prequel?

Set during the years 2381-2385, at least 14 years before the beginning of Picard, the book serves as a prequel to the TV series.

How is data alive in Star Trek Countdown?

In 2009, in the 4-part comic book IDW event Star Trek: Countdown, Data was straight-up alive again, reborn in B-4’s body, and now was Captain of the Enterprise. Now, even that last remnant of Data that existed in B-4’s brain is gone, put to peace by Jean-Luc in the Picard finale. Rest in peace, dear Data.

What Star Trek movies are canon?

The following are uncontested canon:

• Star Trek.
• Star Trek: The Next Generation.
• Star Trek: Deep Space Nine.
• Star Trek: Voyager.
• Star Trek: Enterprise.
• The 6 TOS films.
• The 4 TNG films.
• The 2 JJ films (canon, though except for one flashback scene, they take place in a connected yet parallel reality).

Will there be a Picard Season 3?

Season two of Star Trek: Picard will arrive on Paramount+ in February 2022. Season three will likely have to wait until 2023.

Why is Data’s uniform yellow?

In TNG and onward your color was sort of your “Branch”. Red was command and control, yellow was operations, engineering, and security, blue was sciences and medical. Data wore yellow because he was the chief operational officer. Just like crusher was the chief medical officer so she wore blue.

Is Captain Picard dead?

In Episode 10 of Star Trek: Picard, Jean-Luc himself dies. His end comes after he successfully puts a stop to the destruction of the synth’s adoptive homeworld, Coppelius. Jean-Luc Picard died in 2399 on the planet Coppelius, surrounded by the crew of the starship La Sirena.

What is non canon Star Trek?

There’s a lot of bickering about it among fans, but in its purest sense, it’s really pretty simple: Canon is Star Trek continuity as presented on TV and Movie screens. Licensed products like books and comics aren’t part of that continuity, so they aren’t canon.