Yesterday’s surprise announcement that Patrick Stewart is returning to Star Trek for a new series, reprising his Star Trek: The Next Generation role as Jean-Luc Picard, has been huge news around the world. It was even the top trending hashtag on Twitter for a while. And it isn’t just fans who are excited, as many Trek celebs joined in on social media to share their enthusiasm, with some also sharing some behind the scenes images from STLV with Patrick Stewart.

Group hug

Today Star Trek: Discovery’s Anson Mount shared a group photo of much of the cast and crew of Star Trek: Discovery with Sir Patrick, and Ron Moore is there as well, with the message “The Trek Family Photo”

TNG co-stars share the excitement

Stewarts Star Trek: The Next Generation co-stars were also excited about the event, including Jonathan Frakes who shared this behind the scenes moment from yesterday’s announcement.

So glad I witnessed this extraordinary moment 🖖🏾 pic.twitter.com/Z5F4XmQBW6 — Jonathan Frakes (@jonathansfrakes) August 5, 2018

Perhaps the biggest bit of enthusiasm came from Wil Wheaton, with one hot take nerding out tweet and another getting more serious about the impact of this.

*sigh* Listen, folks. I was a Star Trek fan before I worked on TNG. I remain a Star Trek fan to this day. I am as excited as any other Trekkie in the world about this, and telling me "Shut up Wesley" when I'm excited about this is shitty and cruel. Please don't do that. — Wil 'this account mocks fascists' Wheaton (@wilw) August 4, 2018

Also joining in was Gates McFadden earlier today.

Captain to captain

It’s wonderful news! Congratulations my friend! https://t.co/cSzp8npEjg — William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) August 5, 2018

Shatner also responded to a fan who asked if he was jealous of Stewart.

😳🤔 Why would I be jelly? 🤷🏼‍♂️ https://t.co/6i16upWxaE — William Shatner (@WilliamShatner) August 5, 2018

Disco stars embrace Stewart

Discovery star Sonequa Martin-Green shared a photo of herself with Stewart, along with a nice message about standing on his shoulders.

While retweeting a great behind the scenes moment shot by Secret Hideout VP Aaron Baiers, Wilson Cruz explained why he was losing it.

In case any of you were wondering what my reaction to meeting #sirpatrickstewart and casually hanging with him and @jonathansfrakes! My inner sixteen year old had a nervous breakdown. 😳🤪🖖🏽 https://t.co/oZQr1NeUo8 — Wilson Cruz (@wcruz73) August 5, 2018

The new Captain Pike was also taken back to his childhood.

I just screamed like a little girl. https://t.co/ULT8vyWglm — Anson Mount (@ansonmount) August 4, 2018

And finally, James Frain kept it simple

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