Leaked Star Trek: Picard trailer asks why the “Admiral” left Starfleet

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  That's a good-looking vine, alright

CBS briefly posted, and then quickly took down, the first trailer for Star Trek: Picard today, and Entertainment Weekly appears to have taken down a story about the reveal, which is still showing up in Google results as "Star Trek: Picard first trailer released." This being the Internet, of course, mirrored versions of the trailer still exist, showing us the first public glimpse of a show that was last teased at CBS' Upfront presentation in March.

"Fifteen years ago today you led us out of the darkness," a voiceover intones elliptically over a vineyard that evokes images of the potential future in Next Generation finale All Good Things.... "You commanded the greatest rescue armada in history. Then, the unimaginable. What did that cost you? Your faith? Your faith in us? Your faith in yourself?"

As we see a crate of Bourgogne bottles labeled Chateau Picard, the voiceover concludes: "Tell us, why did you leave Starfleet, Admiral?" Focus in on Patrick Stewart's stony face and cut to a logo shot over a gentle flute version of the Next Generation theme's opening sting. (Hey, I know a Starfleet captain who plays the flute!)

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