Denise Crosby returns as Tasha Yar in Season 3 of Star Trek: Picard. The actress confirmed this. But how is a return of the dead figure even possible?
Star Trek Picard: Tasha Yar’s return for Season 3 has already been hinted at! (Source: Amazon Prime Video / ViacomCBS / Collage: Netzwelt)
- Denise Crosby has confirmed that she will be returning as Tasha Yar in Season 3 of Star Trek: Picard.
- Yar is the security officer of the Enterprise in “The Next Century”, but dies in the first season.
- How is their return possible? We explain to you Tasha Yar’s return – and possibly Sela’s too.
Star Trek: Picard Season 3 will see Denise Crosby reunite as Tasha Yar, the ‘Star Trek: The Next Century’ actress has confirmed. However, observant fans of the ‘Star Trek’ universe know that Tasha Yar died in the first season of ‘The Next Generation’. How is a return possible?
The return of Tasha Yar in “Star Trek: Picard” is actually quite simple to explain, but before we get to that we need to go through Tasha’s story because her death at the end of TNG Season 1 was not the end of Denise Crosby’s “Star Trek” career.
The famous season 3 episode “The Old Enterprise” marks the return of Tasha Yar – from another timeline. This version ends up traveling back to the Prime timeline, though not in the same time as Picard (Patrick Stewart) and his crew. There she is captured by the Romulans and eventually becomes pregnant by a Romulan general.
Tasha Yar’s daughter, Sela, a half-Romulan, later makes a cameo appearance (four times in all) in Starship Enterprise: The Next Century. She tells Picard that the Yar version from the other timeline was eventually executed by the Romulans, but it is clear that Sela is not a reliable narrator.
Aside from the fact that it’s not clear if she’s telling the truth, she was just four years old when her mother was allegedly executed. Traumatic events can cloud perception. So it’s possible that Tasha Yar is still alive.
With Denise Crosby promising Tasha Yar’s return, and not just her return to the Star Trek universe, fans can stay excited. Sela may also make a comeback in Star Trek: Picard.
Star Trek: Picard Season 3 premieres on February 17, 2023 on Amazon Prime Video. This year we have even more “Star Trek” stories waiting for us. We list you all “Star Trek” new releases!
| Rate Star Trek: Picard | |
| genre | Action & Adventure, Sci Fi & Fantasy |
| first airing | 01/23/2020 |
| First broadcast in Germany | – |
| home page | cbs.com |
| More sources | |
| network | CBS All Access |
production | CBS Television Studios |
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