That's certainly an interesting and not at all negative response from Akiva Goldsman. If Guinan were not going to appear in Star Trek: Picard Season 2, wouldn't the co-showrunner just say that at this point, as not to have fans speculating endlessly for no reason? That's the way I look at it, which makes me think that there's a strong likelihood we'll see Whoopi Goldberg reprise her role at some point in the upcoming season. Obviously, the co-creator could just be keeping mum for the general purposes of being vague, but that's less fun to believe.