Well, it was Denise Crosby's decision to walk. The thing is, there's a belief among actors about a "Star Trek Curse," that is, get a role on "Star Trek" and keep it for a few years and you never get a role in anything else. Ms. Crosby decided to bail before the "curse" got her, but it didn't make any difference. I can only think of one other role she got, as a mom in the movie "Deep Impact." I don't remember seeing her in anything else.
Yeah, the "New Age" stuff was silly, but man, Marina Sirtis was hot!
Star Trek: Discovery. Saw the intro show on the regular CBS channel and neither one of us cared for it at all. Maybe after 50 years we're just Star Trek'ed out. We don't do the "streaming" thing so haven't seen any of the other shows.
We didn't like the new Klingons anyway. Or the look of the show. Or anything about it, although the actress playing the First Officer of "Discovery" was a real firecracker, we DID like her!
And I've got NO use at all for the J. J. Abrams Star Trek "re-boot" movies, although Lady Firestorm "kinda-sorta" likes them.
On the other hand, BBC America has been showing the old Star Trek series from the 60's with updated special effects. WOW! Like seeing them for the first time! It's one of the few times I've had any use for CGI. Brilliant!