Of the ’90s Trek series to get their proverbial flowers in the franchise’s streaming renaissance, Deep Space Nine has arguably been the show that, much as it was in the ’90s, has been treated as a bit of an underdog. With a few nods here and there, and a few voice-over returns in Lower Decks , it’s not been entirely brushed aside, but it’s not exactly on the same level of things like Star Trek: Picard becoming a big Next Generation follow-up , or Prodigy being a loving tribute to Voyager and Captain Janeway’s legacy in particular. But if Paramount’s Star Trek future were to include some kind of Deep Space Nine love letter, maybe don’t include a Miles O’Brien appearance among the plans.
“I think seven years in a space suit was enough, you know?” Colm Meaney, who played Chief O’Brien on TNG and then in all seven seasons of DS9 , recently reflected in an interview with the Sci-Fi & Fantasy Gazette . “I’m often asked that question, and you never say never, of course, but first of all, I wouldn’t fit in it anymore..
. I remember people saying at the time when Voyager got going, ‘How many times can you go to the well? How many times can you revamp this?'” The answer in Trek ‘s case has been “a lot” in the past few decades, with plenty more to come, as Meaney went on to acknowledge. “They successfully did it with Star Trek and they’re still doing it.
Good luck to them,” the actor continued, before non-committally ruling out a potential fo.