Ronald D. Moore was one of the major voices in the creative direction of Star Trek during The Next Generation era. His writing and creative vision for Deep Space Nine brought him much acclaim in the sci-fi world, but he departed the franchise after his ideas for serialization in Voyager weren't embraced .

Moore has had a massively successful run in television since, but CinemaBlend had to ask the creative if he'd ever consider a return to Trek after all these years. While I already learned from Moore that there's a chance his series For All Mankind adapts Star Trek technology , I asked him if he had any interest in returning to the franchise to work on an upcoming Star Trek show or some original idea. Much to my surprise, he didn't dance around the question and noted an interest in returning to Trek at some point down the line: I mean, it's always one of those things that is in the back of my mind.

It'd be fun to go back and do something again before my career is over. It's in such good hands, you know, they've been doing a great job with it. So they don't need me, but it would be fun to go do something eventually.

Ronald D. Moore confirmed to me during our conversation at San Diego Comic-Con that a return to Star Trek is something he wants to do, but I would think it's a matter of when he'll have the time for it. After all, he's currently still working on For All Mankind , as well as the spinoff with a major key difference, Star City .

Additionally, there's his work on the c.