Star Trek: Picard Season 3 would be the final and sure ultimate journey for the characters of The Subsequent Era, however there are many new faces who will seem within the final season as nicely. Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut is a type of newcomers to the franchise, entering into the crucial position of taking part in Sidney, the daughter of LeVar Burton’s Geordi La Forge. Burton’s different real-life daughter, Mica, will play Geordi’s different daughter, Alandra. Off-camera, they don’t seem to be all associated, however one might see how this whole crew as a household given how warmly Chestnut says the Burtons welcomed her in.
Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut spoke to CinemaBlend forward of the premiere of Star Trek: Picard Season 3 and recalled how LeVar Burton made her really feel like she was a part of the household. Chestnut talked concerning the Burtons and the particular invite she obtained when she first moved to Los Angeles:
They invited me to Thanksgiving after I first moved to LA, so with the ability to see their household dynamic [really helped]. They’re simply actually real, good folks. Mica [Burton] and I, we had lunch not way back. We nonetheless maintain in touch. And LeVar too. They’re simply nice folks.
Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut thinks the Burton household is nice, however you do not have to take her phrase for it. LeVar Burton’s normal public persona after Star Trek has proven he is somebody audiences need to stick round, even when he’ll by no means host Jeopardy! full time. Nonetheless, it is good to listen to that he and his daughter Mica welcomed Chestnut in with open arms.
The excellent news for Star Trek: Picard followers is that we’ll get to see the fruits of that friendship play out onscreen throughout Season 3. Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut spoke briefly about Sidney and Alandra La Forge’s relationship, and the way it’s rooted in her real-life friendship with Mica Burton:
Alandra and Sydney have this actually nice relationship, and I believe that’s a testomony to our relationship off-camera and the friendship that we began to construct.
Ashlei Sharpe Chestnut’s Sidney La Forge is an ensign in Starfleet, although she’s not fairly the chip off the outdated block in the case of her position. Whereas Commodore Geordi La Forge was recognized for his work in engineering, Sidney serves because the helmsman on the U.S.S. Titan (by way of TrekCentral). Apparently,she wished to fly the ship reasonably than work on repairs, and honestly, I might really feel the identical method given how usually I’ve seen engineering groups coping with warp core troubles.
The La Forge household joins be part of a gaggle of different characters, like Worf, Beverly Crusher, and Deanna Troi, in Star Trek: Picard Season 3. That is mentioned to be the ultimate journey of the collection, although with upcoming Star Trek exhibits popping up on a regular basis, maybe we’ll see a few of these characters seem in different exhibits within the years to come back.
These with a Paramount+ subscription can catch the premiere of Star Trek: Picard Season 3 on Thursday, February sixteenth. Make amends for the earlier seasons now or take a look at a number of the different exhibits accessible to binge proper now on the platform.
