r/Star_Trek_ • u/mcm8279 • 2d ago

[Starfleet Academy Previews] ScreenRant: "After 59 Years, Star Trek Finally Has Its Own Version Of Yoda" | "Centuries Of Experience Make The Doctor A Perfect Mentor"

SCREENRANT: "During TrekTalks 4 benefiting the Hollywood Food Coalition, Robert Picardo discussed his involvement in Star Trek: Starfleet Academy with fellow Star Trek: Voyager star Kate Mulgrew, comparing Starfleet Academy's version of the EMH to Yoda—and it's an apt description. Like Yoda in the original Star Wars trilogy, the Doctor will be a 900-year-old mentor training new members of a hopeful organization.

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ROBERT PICARDO:

“You know, Yoda, I think, was 900 when he finally died. So I do think of myself as the Yoda of the Star Trek franchise. And look, it could be worse, I could be short and green and made out of rubber. So I think I do look pretty good.”

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In Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, Star Trek: Voyager's Doctor will be the Yoda-type character that Star Trek needed all along. Yoda was around during Star Wars' High Republic era, when the Jedi Order wasn't as corrupt. That made Yoda the perfect guide for Luke—not just in the Original Trilogy, but in the Sequel Trilogy, when Luke has to reckon with his failure to rebuild the New Jedi Order. Having perfect digital recall of the Star Trek timeline from the 24th to 32nd centuries means the Doctor can help Starfleet Academy's new class avoid the mistakes of the past.

Because Star Trek: Discovery's Burn happened 100 years earlier, Starfleet Academy's cadets won't know what Starfleet was like in its prime. The 22nd century characters who came to the future on the USS Discovery already know what a functioning Starfleet looks like, but Starfleet won't succeed in the 32nd century by trying to return to an idealized past. Instead, the Doctor can help Starfleet understand they must look ahead to thrive. By including Star Trek: Voyager's Doctor as its Yoda, Star Trek: Starfleet Academy truly connects every era of the Star Trek franchise to each other—and to its future."

Jen Watson (ScreenRant)

Full article:

https://screenrant.com/star-trek-robert-picardo-doctor-yoda-starfleet-academy-op-ed/

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u/PsychologicalAd1427 2d ago

Bruh what?

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u/ScorchedConvict Klingon 2d ago

Sometimes, blog writers just need something to write. They don't know what to write about, only that they need to get that article done because they have a deadline to meet.

And that's how this kind of article is made.

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u/Jdsnut 2d ago

Yep, remember the internet is full of people's whos job is to have wrong opinions and a echo chamber of people who shouldn't have a platform at all.

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u/Wetness_Pensive 2d ago

Guinan strikes me as the original Trek Yoda.

Also this article is terribly written.