A multi-dimensional storyline between the two Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Dax’s would be interesting

If Paramount was smart, they’d do a movie featuring Ezri and Jadzia Dax.

Star Trek is currently in a weird place amid the writer and actor’s strike. The future projects are in limbo, and due to that, and mounting money troubles from overspending on their streaming service, it’s very likely that Paramount will cancel some other things just to save money. But let’s pretend for a moment that Paramount ran its streaming service better.

What if they had the money, and weren’t plagued by financial issues? Well, doing one-off, character-driven stories like they’re trying to do with the Michelle Yeoh “Section 31” film seems like a good idea.

And while it’s fair to say that not everyone is on board with that idea, we have one that Star Trek fans, namely Star Trek: Deep Space Nine fans, may really be into. It’s a concept that would see Jadzia Dax, once again played by Terry Farrell, a star of the show for six seasons, return to the franchise. But she wouldn’t be returning alone, as Ezri Dax, played by Nicole de Boer.

In this film, Jadzia would be an alternate version of herself, either from a different universe or from a timeline where she didn’t die (if they’re not the same thing), while Ezri will be the original Ezri from Deep Space Nine fame.

The core concept of the film revolves around lingering emotions Ezri has for not only taking the Dax symbiote but also her feelings for Worf, which she inherited from Jadzia. As well, Jadzia will be dealing with emotions for Worf. It could easily be written that the fates of Worf and Jadzia were swapped and that in this new Jadzia’s timeline, it was Worf who died at the hands of Gul Duka, not Jadzia.

These character-driven movies could add new intrigue to Star Trek

Maybe a multiverse film featuring a different Jadzia isn’t for everyone, that’s fair. But if you build the sets and re-use them for different films, but rotate in a new cast, you could conceivably build a roster of made-for-streaming films that could cater to the different tastes of your fandom.

They could be used to resolve lingering plot-lines, introduce new characters and largely just make less expensive Trek stories that are wrapped up in a solid 90 minutes. There’s a lot of potential in going the Hallmark movie route.