Summary
- Wesley Crusher returns in Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 with an Easter egg from Star Trek: The Next Generation season 1.
- Wesley mentors the USS Protostar crew to protect all Star Trek timelines from the Loom.
- Wil Wheaton and co-executive producer Aaron J. Waltke confirmed Wesley's orange sweater is the same one he wore in TNG.
Wil Wheaton loved how Wesley Crusher's comeback in Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 included an Easter egg from Star Trek: The Next Generation season 1. Wesley left TNG in season 7 to become a Traveler, and Crusher returns at the peak of his cosmic powers in Star Trek: Prodigy season 2. Motor-mouthed and scatterbrained, but eternally brilliant, Wesley mentors the heroic young Starfleet crew of the USS Protostar to protect every Star Trek timeline from the reality-eating menace of the Loom.
Star Trek: Prodigy co-executive producer Aaron J. Waltke (@GoodAaron) responded to a fan on X about the pumpkin-colored sweater Wesley Crusher wears in Star Trek: Prodigy season 2. Waltke confirms that it's the same sweater Wesley wears in Star Trek: The Next Generation season 1's episode "Where No One Has Gone Before," and that Wil Wheaton "loved that we brought it back." Check out Waltke's X post below:
Wesley Crusher's Star Trek Comeback Was Worth The Wait
Star Trek: Prodigy delivers Wesley at his best
As Star Trek on Paramount grew to five series, fans waited for Wesley Crusher to join his fellow Star Trek legacy characters and stage a comeback. After all, as a Traveler, Wesley is one of the easiest Star Trek legacy characters to incorporate into a new Star Trek series. Wil Wheaton made a brief cameo in Star Trek: Picard season 2's finale, but that only set up Wesley Crusher's full-fledged return in Star Trek: Prodigy season 2. After all, as Star Trek: The Next Generation's resident boy genius, Wesley Crusher was Star Trek's original prodigy.
Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 also brought back Eric Menyuk to voice Star Trek: The Next Generation 's original Traveler.
Wesley Crusher is at his absolute best in Star Trek: Prodigy season 2, and it's evident from Wil Wheaton's exuberant performance that he had a blast playing Wesley as the Traveler. Wesley was a character Star Trek: The Next Generation didn't properly service, leading to fan backlash toward the actor and his character. But Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 utilities Wesley to the greatest effect, with his genius, compassion, and also Crusher's quick wit on full display. Hopefully, Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 opens the door for more of Wil Wheaton playing Wesley Crusher, pumpkin sweater and all.
