Wil Wheaton Reveals Who In Star Trek Knew About His Wesley Crusher Comeback

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Summary Only a select few knew about Wil Wheaton's surprise return as Wesley Crusher in Star Trek: Prodigy season 2.

Despite hosting The Ready Room, Wheaton kept his Wesley secret for 3.5 years before the big reveal.

Wesley Crusher's Traveler powers are fully explained in Star Trek: Prodigy season 2.

Wil Wheaton reveals who in Star Trek knew about his comeback as Wesley Crusher in Star Trek: Prodigy season 2. After a 2002 cameo in Star Trek: Nemesis as Wesley Crusher, Wil made another surprise cameo as Wesley in Star Trek: Picard season 2's finale. Otherwise, Wheaton has kept his Star Trek ties strong as host of the Paramount+ aftershow, The Ready Room, while staying silent about the fact that, as Wesley the Traveler, Wil plays an integral role in Star Trek: Prodigy season 2.

In an upcoming exclusive interview about Wesley Crusher's standout role in Star Trek: Prodigy season 2, Screen Rant asked Wil Wheaton who in Star Trek knew he was playing Wesley again. Wil reveals that the list of who knew his Wesley secret was very short, and he had to stay quiet about his return as Star Trek's "original prodigy" for three and a half years. Read his quote below:

Not a lot of people [knew]. I mean, the folks who worked on the show, obviously. Most of my [Star Trek: The Next Generation] cast didn't know. My space mom [Gates McFadden] knows. [Jonathan] Frakes knew. Kate [Mulgrew] knew because we had scenes together. But nobody else knew. It was a gigantic secret. When I worked on Picard, nobody on Picard knew that it was coming up. And for years - years! - people have been saying to me, ‘Man, I want to see Wesley again. Do you think he'll be in Strange New Worlds? Do you think you'll be in Prodigy? Do you think he'll be in –?' And every time I was like, 'I'm going to tell you a big old lie right now because that's what I have to do. I don't know.’ So sorry, everybody. SURPRISE!

Related Wesley Crusher’s Star Trek Traveler Powers Explained Wesley Crusher became a Traveler at the end of Star Trek: The Next Generation, and Star Trek: Prodigy season 2 reveals Wes' full abilities.

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