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Jean-Luc Picard

Patrick Stewart

STAR TREK: PICARD

Wisdom, kindness and compassion are his prime directive.

’s levelheaded former commander of the returned in a pensive update, set 20 years after the events depicted in 2002’s . As he lives peacefully in retirement, writing books about history and running a vineyard, he deals with the devastating death of his friend Data (Brent Spiner) and the destruction of the planet Romulus after a supernova. (The Federation’s failure to act cost thousands of lives, causing Picard to resign from the space-faring org.) These troubling experiences have resulted in not just a thoughtful man, but one whose concern for others gives him a determination to change the galaxy—even if it’s one person at a time.

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