Fan favorite actor Todd Stashwick has two potential comebacks on the table, and both spinoffs of Star Trek: Enterprise and Star Trek: Picard need to happen. Enterprise ended in 2005, but is more fondly thought of by fans two decades later. Picard season 3 was the most acclaimed iteration of Patrick Stewart’s spinoff as Admiral Jean-Luc Picard.

Todd Stashwick first made his mark in Star Trek in a guest-starring role in Star Trek: Enterprise season 4. Stashwick played Talok, a Romulan operative posing as a Vulcan. Talok was an integral part of Enterprise’s ongoing Vulcan story arc, as Captain Jonathan Archer (Scott Bakula) and T’Pol (Jolene Blalock) foiled the Romulans’ takeover of the Vulcan High Command.

After working with Star Trek: Picard season 3 showrunner Terry Matalas on 12 Monkeys, Todd Stashwick returned as Captain Liam Shaw. Initially despised by fans for his attitude towards Admiral Picard and Captain Will Riker (Jonathan Frakes), a remarkable 180 happened as Stashwick’s powerful performance turned the irascible Shaw into a fan favorite.

Todd Stashwick’s 2 Star Trek Comebacks Need To Happen

Between Star Trek: Legacy and Star Trek: United, Todd Stashwick has two potential comebacks on the table that Paramount Skydance must deliver. For his part, Stashwick told TrekMovie at Creation Entertainment’s ST: CHI – Trek to Chicago convention that he would love to return for both, but that Paramount Skydance should make Star Trek: United first. See Todd’s quote below:

I would absolutely love to return to play Talok after 20 years. How crazy would that be, that the next project that I did in Star Trek wouldn’t be Shaw, it would be from Enterprise? I’d be happy to return, as would my health and pension. So I would love to go back to work.

You know what, I’m not going to pick [between Star Trek: Legacy and Star Trek: United] because I don’t know what the world has in store for me. And why not both? I’ve already done both in the universe. I can do both again. So to the gods of Skydance and Paramount, let’s maybe make United. If they’re not going to make Legacy right now, let’s make United.

Star Trek: United is the recently revealed brainchild of Star Trek: Enterprise executive producer Michael Sussman in collaboration with Scott Bakula. Designed as a political thriller and family drama, Star Trek: United would see Bakula return as President Jonathan Archer, who has to save the United Federation of Planets.

Sussman has name-dropped Todd Stashwick in interviews as one of the actors from Star Trek: Enterprise he hopes will return as Talok. Meanwhile, Star Trek: Legacy has been the most requested project by fans since Star Trek: Picard season 3 ended in 2023. However, Paramount+ has made no strides towards making Star Trek: Legacy.

If Star Trek: Legacy were to happen, Todd Stashwick would reprise Liam Shaw as an Emergency Engineering Hologram (EEH). Captain Shaw was killed by the Borg in Star Trek: Picard season 3, but Terry Matalas always had a plan in place to resurrect the popular ‘grease monkey from Chicago’ in true Star Trek fashion.

Thinking logically, Todd Stashwick is aware of how making Star Trek: Legacy has proven to be more complicated, given the many crucial players in front of and behind the camera who need to be involved. Hence, Stashwick encourages Star Trek: United to be made first — of course, with Todd back as Talok.

Will Star Trek: Legacy & Star Trek: United Happen?

With Star Trek‘s TV and film franchise now controlled by Paramount Skydance’s new owners, led by CEO David Ellision, who is both a fan and executive producer of Star Trek Beyond, revitalizing Star Trek on Paramount+’s TV franchise is said to be a priority for the studio. Before the sale to Skydance, Paramount+ canceled most of its Star Trek series.

Star Trek: Legacy has continuous fan support, but challenges to producing this TV series come down to budget and the availability of its cast, including Jeri Ryan, Michelle Hurd, Ed Speleers, and Todd Stashwick. However, the actors have publicly stated their desire to return for Star Trek: Legacy, putting the ball in Paramount Skydance’s court.

Since it was announced in August, Star Trek: United has gained momentum and fan support. The potential of Scott Bakula returning as President Jonathan Archer is an irresistible hook for Star Trek fans. Still, despite lots of conceptual world-building by Mike Sussman, Star Trek: United is just an idea at this point and not a TV series in development.

As 2025 ends, Paramount Skydance has not announced any plans for Star Trek on Paramount+’s future after Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ends with season 5 and Star Trek: Starfleet Academy season 2 in 2027. Hopefully, Star Trek: Enterprise and Star Trek: Picard‘s spinoffs can both happen, with Todd Stashwick returning each time as Talok and hologram Liam Shaw.