Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
Summary
Why does the Vulcan Lieutenant Saavik ( Kirstie Alley ) cry over the decease of Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ) inStar Trek II : The Wrath of Khan ? Directed by Nicholas Meyer , the 2nd film star thecast ofStar Trek : The Original SeriesintroducedLt . Saavik as the protégé of Spock . Saavik serves on the bridge of the USS Enterprise during the fight that leave when Khan Noonien Singh ( Ricardo Montalban ) steal the planet - make Genesis machine .
Lieutenant Saavik find out a not bad deal fromAdmiral James T. Kirk(William Shatner ) inStar Trek II : The Wrath of Khan , but she learn the Starfleet legend a thing or two as well . Kirk realized Saavik was correct about cite regulating when Khan ’s stolen USS Reliant caught Jim"with my pants down"and disabled the Starship Enterprise . ThroughoutStar Trek II , Saavik confer with Spock , even marvel that Kirk was"so human . “But for a Vulcan , it ’s Saavik who display the very human emotion of griefas she openly weep over Spock when the Vulcan Science Officer give his life history to stop Khan .
Lt . Saavik is the first female Vulcan fiber whose name does n’t commence with a T - apostrophe like T’Pring and T’Pau .
With 13 entree in the Star Trek movie serial from 1979 - 2006 , there are a couple of way to watch the films chronologically .
Why Kirstie Alley’s Lt. Saavik Cried At Spock’s Death In Star Trek II
It’s not logical.
Lieutenant Saavik ’s very un - Vulcan like crying over thedeath of Spockat the end ofStar Trek II : The Wrath of Khanis because of her deleted backstory . Lt . Saavik was originally conceived to be half - Vulcan and half - Romulan . The screenplay forStar Trek IIdescribes Saavik ’s apportion inheritance , which was meant to echo Spock ’s own half - human and half - Vulcan duality :
" Lt . Saavik is new and beautiful . She is half Vulcan and half Romulan . In visual aspect , she is Vulcan with pointed ears , but her cutis is fair and she has none of the expressionless facial immobility of a Vulcan . "
Romulans do n’t suppress their emotions as their Vulcan cousins do , and Lt . Saavik show her sorrow upon Spock ’s epic and tragical death . However , sinceStar Trek IInever stated Saavik ’s ancestry on - screen door ( a line from Spock explain her dual inheritance to Kirk was cut down from the plastic film ) , Saavik is present as a full Vulcan . YetSaavik ’s original intention as a half - Romulan remains with her cryingand lamentation Spock .
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Leonard Nimoy Made Saavik More Vulcan In Star Trek III
Robin Curtis' Saavik learned from Nimoy
As the conductor ofStar Trek III : The Search for Spock , Leonard Nimoy ’s overture to Lt . Saavik differed greatly from Nicholas Meyer ’s inStar Trek II.Kirstie Alley did n’t reprise SaavikinStar Trek IIIdue to a pay conflict , and Robin Curtis was retch to spiel Saavik in the subsequence that resurrected Spock . Leonard Nimoy personally coached Robin Curtis on how to portray a Vulcan , and this is whyRobin ’s version of Lt . Saavik is cool and more legitimate and Kirstie Alley ’s more tempestuous Saavik .
Kirstie Alley passed away in December 2022 at the age of 71 .
UnderLeonard Nimoy ’s direction , Robin Curtis ' Lt . Saavik display no outward emotion as a Vulcan . When David Marcus ( Merritt Butrick ) was murdered by Klingons , Saavik react decently as a Vulcan , and she did n’t holler over David despite the near human relationship they shared in Star Trek III . While it ’s canonically the same character in bothStar Trek II : The Wrath of KhanandStar Trek III : The Search for Spock , Robin Curtis ' Lt . Saavik does n’t expose the traces of her deleted Romulan heritagethat Kirstie Alley ’s Lt . Saavik did .
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