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Really too bad. I was hopeful, but it sounds like it's not happening.
Well, the death of Phase II gave us the movie series and The Next Generation. Short term loss translated into long-term gain, which led to the golden era of Star Trek.
It remains to be seen if this door closing opens other, better doors.
Paramount had previously announced setting a trend with 1 Trek movie per year. Beyond Section 31, I know of no others specifically mentioned. Keep hope alive that the concept gets retooled. And perhaps... some holo logs of Captain Shaw.
I dunno, I'm not that bothered by this. I liked season 3 of Picard but it is still overrated. It was better than the trash that was seasons 1 and 2, but it was ultimately a nostalgia fest and also a silly plot, and not really very star trek. The big step up was a return to characterisation - I get that people like that, but when you look at the plot it's just silly.
The world created is too dark, statfleet too militaristic, and they shat on the utopian outlook of the TNG. I think Seven would make an interesting captain, but they killed off the interesting characters (like captain shaw and the vulcan character who was pointlessly executed) and kept poor characters like Picard son.
I like strange new worlds, it's great. I can see Legacy could be good in the right hands, but I'm not sold on the premise shoe horned in to the end of Picard or the characters left. Ed Speelers certainly isn't up to it frankly. And Picard could have been good show but overall was poor - it's more than the concept; you need a good story and Picards weren't good stories.
From Paramount point of view, do they need another SNW at the moment? Probably not.
Picard S3 all but birthed it, it felt like a meaningful set-up and passing of the baton, after bringing seven back into the federation fold and now as a captain (news delivered by Tuvoc). The writers and such were also wanting it to be a thing
Bummer. But given that streaming services in general don't seem to be doing that great and that paramount was just actively seeking to be bought or merged or whatever, it really doesn't surprise me that they aren't going out of their way right now to make new and likely expensive trek shows beyond what they are already working on.