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The Creative Arts Emmy Awards were announced this past weekend. Disney+ original Ahsoka was up for five of the categories ranging from Outstanding Sound Editing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-hour) and Animation to Outstanding Period or Fantasy/Sci-Fi Hairstyling. It is no surprise to fans of the series that the award the creative team took home was for Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes.

Congratulations to the cast and crew of #Ahsoka on their Creative Arts Emmy® Awards win for Outstanding Fantasy/Sci-Fi Costumes! #Emmys pic.twitter.com/gLZhRwhg7H

— Ahsoka (@ahsokaofficial) September 9, 2024

The head of the team that won this prize was Shawna Trpcic, sharing the distinction with Elissa Alcala. Trpcic, a California native, studied fashion at the Otis College of Art and Design. She studied with Bob Mackie, the Oscar-nominated costume designer behind The Star Wars Holiday Special. After beginning her career in films in 1990 as an illustrator,...

In the "Star Trek: Picard" episode "Võx", Deanna Troi (Marina Sirtis) used her empathic abilities to reach into the mind of Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers) to explain the mysterious, brief psychic spells he periodically and uncontrollably falls under. Jack had revealed that he possessed martial arts skills he never knew he had, can occasionally read people's thoughts, and even invade the brains of others, taking control of their bodies. Nothing is known about Jack's powers, other than he was being murderously pursued by Vadic (Amanda Plummer), a vengeful Changeling who hoped to unlock their secrets.

It seems that years ago, the Federation kidnapped several Changelings, including Vadic, and performed cruel medical experiments on them. Vadic only wants revenge for the Federation's unacknowledged war crimes. Jack has something to do with her plan.

In "Võx," it was revealed that Jack's powers came from, rather unexpectedly, the Borg. It seems that Picard (Patrick Stewart), Jack's father,...

The final two episodes of "Star Trek: Picard," called "Võx" and "The Last Generation" respectively, concluded the season's strangest mystery. The young Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers) had revealed on several occasions that he possessed eerie and inexplicable psychic powers. Not only could he read people's minds, but he could project his consciousness into other people's bodies and take control of them remotely. He also was inexplicably a martial arts expert and was capable of killing bad guys in ways he didn't think he was capable of.

The final explanation for his powers was perhaps a little silly. It turns out his long-lost father was Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and he inherited a Borg gene from his father. Picard, it seems, received the Borg gene from when he had been assimilated decades prior. The inherited gene gave Jack superpowers and also psychically lured him into the clutches of the insidious Borg Queen,...

Star Trek: Picard season 3 introduces the Fleet Museum, featuring the USS Wersching, a starship named after the late Borg Queen actress Annie Wersching. Annie Wersching played the Borg Queen in Star Trek: Picard season 2, and her portrayal was well-received by fans. Her death at the age of 45 was a tragedy. The USS Wersching joins other iconic Star Trek ships at the Fleet Museum, and its inclusion is a heartfelt gesture that honors Annie Wersching's legacy as the Borg Queen.

Star Trek: Picard season 3 introduced the Fleet Museum, and one of the starships on display is an Easter egg that honors the late Annie Wersching, who played the Borg Queen in Star Trek: Picard season 2. The original Borg Queen actress, Alice Krige, returned in Star Trek: Picard season 3 to voice her iconic cybernetic villain, although the Queen was played on set by Jane Edwina Seymour. Tragically, Wersching passed away from cancer...

James MacKinnon, the head of the makeup department for Star Trek: Picard, and his team are strong contenders to win the Emmy for Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup. MacKinnon has a longstanding history in the Star Trek franchise, having worked on previous series like Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He had the opportunity to create prosthetics and makeup for iconic characters such as the Borg Queen, Worf, and Data, and his goal as an artist is to create makeups that are so seamless that the audience doesn't even realize they're prosthetics.

Star Trek: Picard season 3 was nominated for two Emmys. James MacKinnon, Makeup Department Head and Prosthetics, and his team are strong contenders to win the Emmy for Outstanding Prosthetic Makeup.

James MacKinnon has a storied history in the Star Trek franchise. Starting in the 1990s series Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine,...

Spoiler Alert: This recap contains spoilers from the Season 1 finale of Disney+/Lucasfilm’s Ahsoka, directed by Rick Famuyiwa and written by Dave Filoni.

Heading into tonight’s Season 1 finale of Ahsoka, fans knew we were flying to a cliffhanger; that Grand Admiral Thrawn (Lars Mikkelsen) would make the jump to hyperspace via the space loop while some portion of Ahsoka and friends would be left behind without a prayer in the midst of the green tundra tumbleweeds of Peridea in a galaxy far, far away.

What didn’t happen in this episode were any major cameos from Star Wars canon dramatis personae of yore, i.e., Princess Leia or Luke Skywalker or Boba Fett or Baby Yoda. No, we got our fill of that with C-3Po in the last episode, when he appeared to defend Hera’s rogue mission before the snarky Galactic council.

Where do we go from here?...

Star Trek's original Borg Queen actress is back in action thanks to a Star Trek: Picard season 3 behind-the-scenes video shared by showrunner Terry Matalas. The Borg Collective emerged as the true villains behind Picard season 3 as the Queen successfully assimilated Starfleet thanks to Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers), the son of Admiral Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart). Jack was turned into Vox of Borg, but Picard and the crew of the USS Enterprise-d saved Crusher and destroyed the Borg once and for all.

On Twitter, Terry Matalas shared a BTS video of Alice Krige, the original Borg Queen actor, performing voice-over for Star Trek: Picard season 3. The Borg Queen was played by Jane Edwina Seymour on set, but Krige lent her voice to her character to provide symmetry with the Queen's unforgettable debut in Star Trek: First Contact. Check out the Tweet and video below:

Alice the Queen. pic.twitter.

Warning: Spoilers for Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Finale - "The Last Generation"The fate of the Borg Collective in Star Trek: Picard season 3's finale means Star Trek's best Borg story can't happen now. The Borg Queen, who was voiced by Alice Krige and embodied by Jane Edwina Seymour, was revealed as Star Trek: Picard season 3's uber-villain. The Borg achieved its ultimate victory by assimilating Starfleet via Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers), who became Vox of Borg, but Admiral Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the crew of the USS Enterprise-d saved Jack and handed the Borg their final defeat.

However, Star Trek: Picard season 2 introduced a second faction of the Borg. After Picard and his friends were shunted by Q (John de Lancie) to the dark alternate timeline ruled by the Confederation, they met this reality's Borg Queen (Annie Wersching). The ruthless Confederation annihilated the Borg, with the broken...

Warning: Spoilers for Star Trek: Picard Season 3 Finale - "The Last Generation"Special guest star Alice Krige provided the voice, but a new actress played the Borg Queen in Star Trek: Picard season 3's finale, "The Last Generation." The Borg Queen was revealed as the ultimate villain in Star Trek: Picard season 3. The Borg joined forces with the Changelings to assimilate Starfleet, while the Queen fulfilled Jack Crusher's (Ed Speleers) destiny to become Vox of Borg. But Admiral Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and the crew of the USS Enterprise-d rescued Jack and dealt the Borg their greatest defeat.

The Borg Queen was introduced in Star Trek: First Contact, where she was played by Alice Krige. As the leader of the Borg Collective, the Queen was retroactively behind the assimilation of Captain Picard into Locutus of Borg. In spite of multiple defeats, the Queen returned several times and was played by different actresses,...

Editor's Note: This article contains spoilers for the series finale of Star Trek: Picard.The finale episode of Star Trek: Picard delivered an emotional conclusion to a season filled with mystery, yearning, and adventure. In "The Last Generation" we find Jack Crusher (Ed Speleers) fully assimilated inside the massive Borg Cube — the brave and brazen son of Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) and Beverly Crusher (Gates McFadden) had rushed in in the previous episode with every intention of killing the Borg Queen (Alice Krige/Jane Edwina Seymour). However, he fully underestimated the sway of the collective and found himself alone and assimilated.