"Жұлдызды жол: Жаңа ұрпақ" сериалындағы Ференгилер және "Соңғы бекет" эпизоды

Armin Shimerman – Letek
Jake Dengel – Mordoc
Tracey Walter – Kayron
Darryl Henriques – Portal
Mike Gomez – DaiMon Tarr The Ferengi were designed by Roddenberry and Herbert Wright to fill this gap. They were mentioned in the episodes running up to "The Last Outpost", which marked their first appearance on screen. After they re appeared later in the first season in "The Battle", the producers thought that they didn't make a suitable adversary and plans for their continued use in this role were dropped. Their role as major villains in The Next Generation was eventually taken by the Borg. By the time that they appeared in Deep Space Nine, they were used in a comedic fashion. The look of the Ferengi and their ship was created by Andrew Probert. The vessel was inspired by a Horseshoe crab and was built by Greg Jein. Michael Okuda designed a rank designation tattoo which Westmore applied to the right part of each Ferengi forehead. The symbol means "Dog eat dog" and was painted green as that is the color of American dollar bills. Each bar (referred to by the production crew as a "rocker") to the side of the symbol designated a rank, with more bars meaning a higher rank. but thought that the Ferengi turned the concept into "silliness". Director Richard Colla felt that the episode had problems which were only identified after shooting was completed. The episode also featured the first occasion that Geordi La Forge gave a report to the bridge from the engineering section. The producers liked this image so much that from season two onward the character became the Chief Engineer. The guest stars in this episode re appeared in different roles later in the series. Both Tracey Walter and Mike Gomez re appeared as other Ferengi in the sixth season episode "Rascals". This was the second recorded performance of Armin Shimerman in a TNG episode, although the first to be broadcast. He has gone uncredited in a previously filmed role as the face of a Betazoid gift box in "Haven". He made a further appearance as a different Ferengi in "Peak Performance" before gaining the main cast role of the Ferengi Quark in Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. He said of his performance in "The Last Outpost", "I was pretty much playing over the top villain – that turned out to be very comical. I thought I was being serious, but obviously, it was not serious. It's because there was no subtlety to the performance, there was no attempt to try to give them some real cojones  It was bad acting. It was just bad acting. They liked it, god bless them, Star Trek liked it."

"The Last Outpost" aired in broadcast syndication during the week commencing October 17, 1987. It received Nielsen ratings of 8.9, reflecting the percentage of all households watching the episode during its timeslot. This was the lowest ratings received by any episode during the first season. There was initial criticism regarding the Ferengi from reviewers. James Hunt wrote about the episode in October 2012 for the website Den of Geek. He thought it worked "surprisingly well" and that the ending was "Star Trek at its best big idea philosophical nonsense". He gave the episode a grade of C−. In 2020, GameSpot noted this episode was one of the most bizarre episodes of series. The 2023 video game Star Trek: Resurgence is a sequel to this episode, with Frakes reprising his role of Riker and Mark Rolston voicing Portal 63.

The first home media release of "The Last Outpost" was on VHS cassette was on April 1, 1992, in the United States and Canada. The episode was later included on the Star Trek: The Next Generation season one DVD box set, released in March 2002, and was released as part of the season one Blu ray set on July 24, 2012. Episodes from "Encounter at Farpoint" to "Datalore" were released in Japan on LaserDisc on June 10, 1995, as part of First Season Part.1. This included the first season episode "The Last Outpost", and the set has a total runtime of 638 minutes across multiple 12 inch optical video discs.