TheStar Trekfranchise is finally updating the finale ofVoyager, and the co-author of the upcomingHomecomingminiseries says one particular idea played a pivotal role in shaping the story:the opportunity to pick up where “Endgame” left off in 2001, by showing what it will be like for the show’s beloved crew to readjust to life on Earth.
Speaking at IDW Publishing’sStar Trekpanel at this year’s San-Diego Comic Con, authorTilly Bridges, who is at the helm ofStar Trek: Voyager - Homecomingalongside Susan Bridges and Ángel Hernández, discussed the “intimidating” task of filling in what the finale left open-ended.
“Please don’t hate us,” Bridges said to the audience of loyalTrekfans. “We’re doing our best.”
“Voyager-Homecoming” Answers Fans 20-Year-Old Questions About What Happened After Voyager Made It Back To Earth
Star Trek: Voyager - Homecoming#1, From The Creative Team Of Tilly Bridges, Susan Bridges, And Ángel Hernández
Trekfans have wanted the franchise to explore the immediateaftermath ofVoyager’sseven-year runsince the show ended, makingHomecominga massively exciting series; the flip side of that is a great deal of anticipation that has built up over decades, even beforeHomecomingwas announced. According to Tilly Bridges,Homecominginvolves providing something “Endgame” denied readers: “catharsis.”
As the writer put it:
We really loved the finale of the show. But you spend seven years with these characters who want to get home, and you don’t get the catharsis of seeing them reunite with their families. So we thought, wouldn’t it be cool if we could actually see that?
In other words, it seems clear thatthe creative team behindHomecomingis approaching this story from a fan-forward perspective.That is, they seek to scratch the lingering itch felt by generations ofTrekfans, who have had to piece together theVoyager crew’s post-Delta Quadrant careersand life trajectories.
There is a reasonVoyager’sshowrunners decided against following the crew back on Earth, as they reintegrated into the Alpha Quadrant. Simply put, that was not what the show was about. But thelegacy of these characters extends far beyond just a TV series, and in that context,Homecomingis an overdue, much-needed missing puzzle piece, finally being slotted into place.
“Voyager-Homecoming” Is The Follow-Up To The Series Finale That Fans Have Waited Decades For; Can It Live Up To The Hype?
HomecomingDebuts In September From IDW Publishing
Tilly Bridges admitted at Comic-Con that, as exciting as it is to write this untold chapter in the lives of theVoyagercrew, the opportunity also comes with a lot of pressure. According to Bridges:
It’s also very intimidating, because everybody who has been wanting to see that ending, that reunion, for thirty years, has a version of it in their heads. And obviously we can not match all of them. So please don’t hate us. We’re doing our best.
If nothing else, thishighlights the tightrope creators walk when handling parts ofStar Treklore that have existed only in fans’ imaginationsfor so many years.
Meaning, while the baseline impetus forHomecomingis to fulfill a longstanding fan desire to find out what the immediateaftermath ofVoyager’sfinalewas like,not everything that happens is going to match what fans expected, or wanted, from the story.Still, whatever happens, it is a major milestone forStar Trekcontinuity.
Star Trek: Voyager - Homecoming#1will be available August 04, 2025 from IDW Publishing.
