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The Real Reason Wil Wheaton Left Star Trek: The Next Generation

Stardate: 1987. Little did the science fiction world know it, but the folks at (the now-defunct) Paramount Domestic Television were about to boldly go where few folks ever thought a TV series would go again — back into the world of  Star Trek . The new iteration of the franchise first created in 1965 by Gene Roddenberry was returning to the final frontier with a clear and present mission: to bring Star Trek to a new generation of small-screen fans.

This was clearly reflected in the series' title,  Star Trek: The Next Generation , and the fact that not a single member of the original show's cast was involved in the project as series regulars. (A few familiar faces, like Dr. Leonard "Bones" McCoy actor DeForest Kelley and Montgomery "Scotty" Scott actor James Doohan, appeared on  The Next Generation , but weren't by any means permanent fixtures.)

As such, The Next Generation was set several decades after the adventures of Kirk and Spock, and saw Capt. Jean-Luc Picard leading a slew of new Starfleet stalwarts. Among the new faces in The Next Generation 's inaugural season were lauded UK thespian Patrick Stewart, a rash of virtual unknowns, and a fresh-faced, up-and-coming teen actor named Wil Wheaton, who was cast as a brilliant young Starfleet Ensign named Wesley Crusher.

Wheaton won the coveted role on the strength of his prior work in several film and television projects, including a starring turn in Rob Reiner's beloved coming-of-age drama Stand By Me . For  The Next Generation 's first three seasons, the young actor featured prominently in the series' storylines, more than holding his own opposite his older co-stars. Then, at the end of  TNG 's third season, Wesley Crusher was unexpectedly written out of the show, which left many fans wondering what might have led to the decision. 

Here's the real reason Wil Wheaton left  Star Trek: The Next Generation .

Wil Wheaton was eyeing greener pastures when he left Star Trek: The Next Generation

Despite persistent rumors that  Star Trek: The Next Generation 's creative team forced Wheaton off the show because fans didn't like his precocious character, it's become quite clear that the decision to leave  TNG  was Wheaton's own. Wheaton himself has been quite candid about that fact over the years, admitting as much to  Entertainment Weekly   as early as 1996.  EW  reported that the actor claimed he was frustrated with the character's limitations, and was genuinely afraid he'd spend the rest of his career recalling his glory days on Star Trek .

Given the general track record of  Star Trek  alums' post- Trek career trajectories (Sir Patrick Stewart being the rare exception), it's hard to argue with that. And given Wheaton's age (he was just 18 when he left the series), one could hardly blame him for wanting to find out what else show business had in store for him. Though the actor has been earning raves in recent years (particularly for a recurring role as his evil self on The Big Bang Theory ), it's safe to say Wheaton's post- Trek  career didn't pan out quite the way he'd hoped.

Still, Wheaton has kept himself gainfully employed on he fringes of Hollywood over the years, and we can only assume his high profile work on  The Big Bang Theory has opened a few more doors to him. Though he doubts it'll happen, Wheaton would love for the future to include an appearance as Wesley Crusher opposite Patrick Stewart's Jean-Luc Picard in the CBS All Access series  Star Trek: Picard . "I think it is very unlikely they will ask me to participate in it," Wheaton deadpanned in a recent interview. "I mean, I think it is just extraordinarily unlikely that will happen. If they did, I would say 'yes,' of course" (via  CinemaBlend ).

Wil Wheaton takes a very adult tone about his Star Trek: The Next Generation departure

Even if that Star Trek: Picard appearance never comes to fruition, it appears that Wheaton has finally made peace with his departure from the TNG , and more importantly, with his co-stars. When asked about both during a 2012 convention appearance, Wheaton had nothing but kind words for his TNG experience (via Trek News ).

"I left Star Trek: The Next Generation when I was 18 years old, and initially I thought it was a really smart business career move," he explained. "In some ways it was, and in more ways it wasn't. What I wasn't prepared for was how much I was going to miss [my cast mates] and how much I was going to miss the spacesuit that I hated wearing and the helmet hair, that I couldn't stand putting on. After I left the show... I just sort of [said], 'I'm going to go out into the world and do my own thing,' and I didn't see anybody. That went on for awhile."

Wheaton went on to say, "After that ended, I just felt really ashamed of myself. I felt like I just couldn't go to the set — I felt like I couldn't look them in the eye, and that I couldn't invite them to my wedding. Years after that, I sort of saw them at a few conventions and I just, you know, I just sort of [said], 'I apologize for being a kid'... [and] everyone said, 'Yeah, you were just a kid, you were always welcome, you're always part of us.'"

Call us crazy, but it certainly sounds like our little Ensign Crusher is finally all grown up.

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Star Trek's Wil Wheaton Shares The Emotional Reason Why The Next Generation's Lifetime Achievement Saturn Award Means So Much To Him

Wil Wheaton was especially touched by Star Trek: The Next Generation's recent lifetime achievement award.

Star Trek: The Next Generation is, like the series that preceded it, widely seen as one of the best pieces of science fiction television ever made. It remains popular today, with shows like Paramount+’s Picard bringing back characters from the series to the delight of fans. At the recent Saturn Awards, The Next Generation was given a Lifetime Achievement Award, and it seems nobody was happier than Wil Wheaton.

Much of the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation was on hand to receive the show’s award. Among them was Wil Wheaton, who played Wesley Crusher, first as a main cast member for four seasons , and then returned as an occasional guest star throughout its remaining run. Wheaton took to Facebook to talk about the award and celebrating it, while also saying that he didn’t need the award to know he’d been part of a special show. Wheaton said…

Last night, TNG was given the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 51st Saturn Awards. (The Saturn is the sort of the Oscar for genre movies and television, if you aren't familiar.) I have never cared about awards (I think I've mentioned that being nominated is more than enough), and I still don't. I'm not minimizing this, to be clear. It's fucking awesome. But I didn't need an award to know that I am part of something special.

However, for him, the thing that made the Saturn Award special was that when it was presented to “the cast of Star Trek: The Next Generation ,” that meant him. Being included in a group that he loves, but he hasn’t always been considered part of, meant the world to the actor. Wheaton continued… 

The thing about last night, though, is that for the first time in almost 30 years, when the TNG cast was recognized and celebrated, I was finally included. (Put another way, I was not deliberately excluded). I got to stand on stage with my TNG family, arm around my Spacemom, while a room of our peers, including people I idolize, cheered for us. And I got to be part of it. After all these years, that meant *everything* to me.

Without going into specifics here, Wil Wheaton references times he had been deliberately excluded from the cast of the show he was part of for years. Wheaton has stated previously that during his time on the show, Star Trek: The Next Generation producer Rick Berman would intentionally leave him out of the cast , making him feel unworthy. 

This is, of course, crazy. Wil Wheaton is as much a part of Star Trek as any actor whose name is in the credits. He was on The Next Generation for longer than Star Trek: The Original Series lasted, so his tenure should not be questioned. He should be considered part of this cast, and it is nice that the Saturn Awards rightly included him.

Wheaton has continued to embrace his Star Trek origins and family. He appeared in a cameo in Star Trek Picard , giving fans a look at where Westley has been, as well as appearing in animated form on Star Trek: Lower Decks . He also hosts the Star Trek after-show The Ready Room for Paramount+ subscribers . 

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How Wil Wheaton became Star Trek’s own “Time Lord”

The Star Trek icon and friend to geeks everywhere reflects on his time-traveling role.

Wesley Crusher has returned.

Or perhaps Welsley Crusher never left. In the season 2 finale of Star Trek: Picard , Wil Wheaton makes a pivotal cameo — a surprise appearance that suggests his character, Wesley, is now a bonafide time traveler. Actually, make that “Traveler” with a capital “T.” Like another Next Generation character called “the Traveler,” Wesley has become, as Wheaton says, Star Trek’s version of “a Time Lord.”

Just before Picard dropped the episode “Farwell,” Inverse caught up with the beloved actor, host, and writer to talk about his return to Trek, the endless possibilities for Wesley, and why we’re all so obsessed with time travel. Spoilers ahead for the Season 2 finale of Picard .

THE RULES OF TIME TRAVEL is an Inverse special issue exploring the evolution of science fiction's most imaginative sub-genre. From Marty McFly to Avengers: Endgame .

Mastering His Destiny

Wesley Crusher (Wil Wheaton) says goodbye to his mother, Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden), and Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) in the TNG episode, “Journey’s End.” In Picard Season 2, we finally found out what happened to Wesley next.

Starting in 1987, Wesley (Wheaton) was a precocious teenager on Picard’s Enterprise , who eventually joined Starfleet formally in The Next Generation . But in the episode “Where No One Has Gone Before,” a mysterious alien called The Traveler (Eric Menyuk) revealed to Jean-Luc that Wesley had special latent abilities. These powers would give him the ability to manipulate space and time.

“I have spent an incredible amount of time thinking: what would be going on in Wesley Crusher’s universe?” Wheaton tells Inverse . “And for years, I have thought space and time and thought are not disconnected the way people think they are. I mean, that’s just a Time Lord [from Doctor Who ] with more steps.”

“That’s just a Time Lord with more steps.”

Although Wheaton left TNG as a series regular in the season 4 episode, “Final Mission,” he returned as Welsey in a handful of episodes. In the season 7 episode, “Journey’s End,” the Traveler recruited Wesley to gallivant around all of space and time, using nothing but the power of their minds. Other than a very brief cameo in Star Trek Nemesis , this was the last time we heard from Wesley in Trek canon, which all changed in the Picard Season 2 finale.

“The Wesley Crusher, who I kind of made up and imagined based on the last time we saw him canonically in Star Trek, turns to be awfully similar to the Wesley Crusher, who now canonically exists in the Star Trek universe,” Wheaton says. “When [the Picard writers] came to me and told me what they were thinking, I almost fainted. I was so excited.”

Wesley/the Traveler (Wheaton) and Kore (Isa Briones) in the Season 2 finale of Picard .

Twenty-eight years after we saw Wesley in TNG , he’s become a timeless being who thinks of himself as the Traveler. On top of that, Wesley/the Traveler is also in charge of the mysterious “Supervisors” and “Watchers,” who make sure that the flow of time on Earth (and elsewhere) stays the way it should.

In this one cameo, Wesley retroactively became the boss of Gary Seven from The Original Series and Tallinn from Picard . He also recruits Kore (Isa Briones) into his organization, a genetic “child” of Adam Soong, who is tangentially connected to Synths.

“Wesley's journey and my journey are very similar.”

In short, Wesley is clearly the master of his own destiny, as well as having a profound impact on the fate of the entire galaxy.

“Wesley's journey and my journey are very similar,” Wheaton says. “We both were placed on paths that we weren't necessarily involved in choosing. Everyone expected Wesley to be a Starfleet captain someday. Everyone in my life told me, ‘You're going to be a big movie star someday.’ And at the same moment in both of our lives — the character and I said, ‘Wait a minute, this is not what I want.’”

Trekking a New Path

Wesley (Wil Wheaton), Picard (Patrick Stewart), and the Traveler (Eric Menyuk) in the TNG episode “Where No One Has Gone Before”

Since his Next Generation days, Wheaton has forged his own path in more than one way. Currently, Star Trek fans see his face often. As the host of the weekly Trek aftershow, The Ready Room , Wheaton frequently sits down with the movers and shakers in the final frontier.

This works because Wheaton is a true fan of Star Trek and science fiction in general. During the big Doctor Who renaissance of the early aughts, Wheaton was a huge cheerleader for the franchise. Similar to how he hosts The Ready Room now, Wheaton also interviewed many stars associated with Doctor Who on camera, making him an ally and signal-booster for geeks everywhere.

“It’s as old as science fiction.”

Wheaton’s fandom is real . It’s not affected. His first memoir, Just a Geek , has recently been republished and revised as Still Just a Geek . And because he is such a huge geek and is now canonically the most powerful Star Trek time traveler, why does he think we’re all so obsessed with time travel in general?

“It's as old as science fiction,” Wheaton says. “Like what is that thing that people have dreamed up forever and ever and ever: Oh my god, time travel! We can use the knowledge that we have earned from our own experience and apply it to that timeline and see how it changes things. It’s something we cannot ever accomplish in our reality as we understand the laws of physics. But giving us a chance to explore that is very aspirational.”

Seemingly, the reappearance of Wesley as the new Traveler in the Star Trek canon sets up a possible spinoff series, which essentially could take place in all the Trek time periods at once. Wheaton doesn’t want to “jinx” it, but he says he is excited about Wesley’s newfound ability to materialize in literally any new Star Trek project at any time.

“Star Trek loves to visit those timelines and take advantage of that,” Wheaton says. “There's just so much that they could theoretically do. I don't want to speculate. Because if I say something that ends up happening, they’ll be like, ‘He knew!’ But I don’t know. I hope to do a lot more with it.”

So, in the more immediate future, will Wesley Crusher return to Star Trek: Picard for Season 3 and join his other Next Generation castmates ?

“I wish so badly that I could say for certain it was true,” Wheaton responds. “But, what I can tell you is I love the opportunities and possibilities that are available to him. I also love this suggestion we pick up that there's a bit of ancient wisdom in Wesley similar to the way that there is a little bit of ancient wisdom in me.”

Star Trek: Picard Seasons 1 and 2 are streaming now on Paramount+ .

This article was originally published on May 6, 2022

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Wil Wheaton has taken a step back from his acting career, but he'd never pass on an opportunity to return to Star Trek as Wesley Crusher.

First introduced in the Star Trek franchise with his Next Generation role, Wil Wheaton is best known for playing Wesley Crusher. He has since reprised the role in various franchise appearances, such as the second season of Star Trek: Picard and an animated return in Star Trek: Lower Decks . Speaking about the role with Screen Rant on the red carpet of the Saturn Awards, Wheaton opened up about his love for Star Trek and how he'd always be up for returning as Wesley, even if he's otherwise retired from on-camera acting.

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" I love Star Trek ," Wheaton said. "It is one of my favorite things in the world. I have been a massive fan for my entire life. It is so weird for me to be 51 years old. I was the kid on Star Trek: The Next Generation , and now I am a legacy Star Trek cast member interviewing current Star Trek cast members about the franchise that we are all part of. It is such a wonderful gift . For all of us who work in Star Trek , we generally get to be part of one piece of it. And we get to carry this baton a little bit and then we hand it off."

Wil Wheaton Is Grateful for His Star Trek Role

He further shared his gratitude for his place in the franchise and his desire to return, adding, "I'm one of the only people from my generation of Star Trek contributors who gets to touch all the different Star Trek shows and still be active and part of this community. If that's all I ever get to do, then it's a gift and a blessing and something I'm endlessly grateful for . And having said all of that, as much as I have decided to just retire from on-camera acting and I feel so good about it and I'm happy about it, Star Trek is something I would absolutely come back for ."

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Star Trek: Picard star Michelle Hurd shares the latest update on the potential spinoff series, dubbed Star Trek: Legacy.

While Wil Wheaton popped up in Season 2 of Picard , he didn't join his fellow Next Generation co-stars in the series finale, which may have cast some doubt at the time about the actor coming back as Wesley Crusher. His new comments make it more clear he's up for coming back as Wesley anytime he's wanted. He also recently teased how he'd love to team up with Jack Crusher actor Ed Speelers for a new Star Trek spinoff series following the Crusher brothers . Wheaton could also potentially show up in the rumored Star Trek Legacy series, which would be a Picard spinoff.

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Interview: Wil Wheaton On ‘Star Trek: Picard’ Season 3 And Outrageous ‘Lower Decks’ Wesley Pitches

| February 23, 2023 | By: Anthony Pascale 22 comments so far

Our final purple carpet interview from the Hollywood premiere of Star Trek: Picard is with Wil Wheaton, Star Trek: The Next Generation’s Wesley Crusher and host of the official Star Trek aftershow, The Ready Room . We talked about his views on the new season, Dr. Crusher’s story, and how he and Mike McMahan trade crazy pitches about Wesley for Lower Decks .

You have seen season 3 for The Ready Room , but pretend you are just a fan, or “ Just a Geek ” in your case, what did you think?

This is everything I ever wanted out of Star Trek: The Next Generation . This is everything I ever wanted out of every Star Trek movie. This is the most satisfying season of any Star Trek series I have ever watched, and I’ve watched them all.

Even with all the returning characters, it is still very different than The Next Generation in many ways. Would you say that it is doing thing that you wish were done on TNG, or is it just a different thing?

When we started the Next Generation in the late ‘80s, we were very aspirational. We were clearing a lot of trees out of a forest. And a lot of people have come and built a beautiful village behind the route that we cleared out. And we were trying a lot of new things back then. And one of our edicts was, “Listen, by the 24th century, things are cool, we’ve got it all worked out.” Which is a wonderful, idealized vision, but it doesn’t make for the most compelling drama in the world. Star Trek: Picard season 3, as envisioned by [showrunner] Terry Matalas, represents everything we want out of Star Trek, while reflecting the reality that we live in, and that humans are flawed and that humans do engage in conflict. And that conflict is interesting. And out of conflict can come growth. And I feel like this season really, really just embodies all of that.

Obviously, Dr. Crusher is a big part of this season. What was it like for you watching that as sort of a member of that family?

I was super excited for Gates to do everything that she does this season. She’s a legit badass. Like, Beverly is not a person that you want on your enemies list at all. And watching Gates bring that version of her to life was really fun and really satisfying. And look, I mean, family pride, right?

Wil Wheaton hosting The Ready Room with Gates McFadden and Patrick Stewart

Mike McMahan once told me he struggled with coming up with a way to put Wesley into Lower Decks , but at Mission: Chicago last year you said you had a pitch for Mike. So how did the pitch go?

Mike, and I joke about it all the time. Part of our friendship is riffing on outrageous Wesley Crusher storylines. It’s just a thing that we do. None of them will ever happen. They will only exist in our heads. Maybe someday we’ll be at a con together and we’ll just have a panel where we pitch Wesley stories at each other and see what happens. It would probably be entertaining.

But you genuinely want to be on Lower Decks , right?

If I were given the opportunity to be in Lower Decks in any capacity, I would absolutely say yes. Are you kidding me? Look, I am a professional. I am an actor. I’m a member of legacy Star Trek. But before any of that existed in my life, I was a fan. And this fan, given any opportunity to be part of any Star Trek, just says “Tell me when to show up, thank you.”

Wil Wheaton as Wesley Crusher in season 2 of Picard

You were a frequent guest on @midnight and news just broke it is being rebooted , do you imagine you might have any involvement?

I don’t know anything about it except that story in Deadline. So until it’s developed and thought out a little more clearly, I don’t have anything to say about it.

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This is the final interview from the Hollywood premiere event coming. Check out previously released Picard purple carpet interviews plus a post-premiere chat with Terry Matalas:

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The third and final season of  Picard premieres on Thursday, Feb. 16, 2023, exclusively on  Paramount+ in the U.S. and Latin America, and on February 17 Paramount+ in Europe and elsewhere, with new episodes of the 10-episode-long season available to stream weekly. It also debuted on Friday, Feb. 17 internationally on Amazon Prime Video in more than 200 countries and territories. In Canada, it airs on Bell Media’s CTV Sci-Fi Channel and streams on Crave.

Keep up with news about the  Star Trek Universe at TrekMovie.com .

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Mike M, if you are reading this. We need a ep with Garrett Wang involved, called, “The promotion of Harry Kim,” where he’s still an Ensign, but is finally getting promoted, then LDS hijinks occur, and at the end of the ep he is still an Ensign.

Hahahahaha!

I want Kim to return as either C in C of Starfleet or President of the Federation, without any explanation of how he got from point A to B.

LOL, OK, on Prodigy, have Janeway check with the C in C of Starfleet, and it’s Kim…her freaking boss! Make it so! LOL

Damn you beat me to it!

That’s pretty funny!

We need an EP of Lower Decks where Harry Kim is the CnC of Starfleet.

Now that we know Wes has a brother, and given Wes’s involvement at the end of season two, I’m positive he’ll show up this season in some capacity. There’s no way they’d be stupid enough not to.

Wes is an Traveler. He knows that for sure. But as he said here in the Interview. Perhaps he is happy for his Mom. Since he was gone, but i do not know if Wes will save someones Day in the end. “See and this is how my Brother become an Bad ass Doctor!”

Sorry, I’m not really sure what you’re trying to say here.

Oh sorry, 2nd try:

i bet Wes already knows about his Brother, because he can travel wherever he wants. And i bet he do not mind that his Mom not tell him that while they where together. And perhaps in the Future Timeline here, if Wes makes an appearances, perhaps just as Easter Egg for the fans. he could say this line: “See and this is how my Brother become an Bad Ass Doctor!”. the Turning point of his Brother Timeline that turn him into the Light Side or at last in the Light Gray area, if he become an regular cast of some Spinoff of course. Perhaps with Soji still on his Side as pupil or something

Wesley does not even consider himself Wesley anymore. He said in a former life he was Wesley. And he didn’t bother to even take the time to say Hi to Picard and co.

One of the big missed opportunities on TNG for me was their not doing something after Wesley left for the Academy, where the ship stops by the planet he is doing his summer school/internship and finds him unshaven and drunk in some backwoods space tavern. That’s the end of the teaser. From there you do HENRY IV pt 2, with two father figures warring over his fate, one being the straight arrow King (stewart), the other a bawdy Falstaff type played by Brian Blessed.

Shut up Wesley!!

Not funny. Not then and just cruel now.

The guy went through a quiet hell with abusive parents who literally stole his residuals when he was an adult.

Seriously, they were intercepting six figure residuals while shaming him for not getting work. At times they were making him borrow his own money from them to help support himself and his family.

That he can do great work as an interviewer and blogger is frankly astonishing.

Jeez… I’d read about his parents being abusive, but not this part. I hope he was able to take action against them.

The guy has a backstory where he could have just as easily ended up as another anonymous guy living in a tent on Wilshire Blvd. somewhere. That he didn’t is a testimony in and of itself. Further, the guy has a genuine enthusiasm for the franchise that makes him a natural for “Ready Room” type of projects. While I know appearances can be deceiving, he seems like a nice guy, all be it one who doesn’t suffer fools.

So, stop being a fool.

Yeah, my perspective on Wheaton changed when I started reading his blog kinda regularly in the 2000s. He’s a very entertaining writer. I find his enthusiasm a bit too fake or over-the-top when he does Ready Room interviews, but he’s a good guy who seems to genuinely like Star Trek. Obviously, he got a bad wrap for Wesley.

It always came off to be as weird how much of a jerk Wil Wheaton was in the first few seasons of Big Bang given what a nice guy he is IRL

I do NOT intend to be unkind about the young lady from whom he took over Ready Room. His work as a young actor really comes through. He does a great job. Some might consider him Over the Top. This doesn’t matter. He keeps the show moving, and keeps it entertaining. I, personally, hope he gets to be the hero in the finale of Picard’s story arc. It would strike a great blow for math & science geekdom.