Spock's death
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Agreed. Spock's return was planned for the III for certain. I don't think they ever intended to kill him off.
DrkMatter
Well-Known Member
You are incorrect. Nimoy wanted out of the franchise. He came back for TWOK because they offered him a nice paycheck and a great death scene. As a matter of fact, Spock was originally going to die during the opening of the film. After Nick Meyer came on-board as director and a few rewrites, it was changed to the ending you know. While filming, Shatner asked Nimoy why he wanted out of such a fun job that paid so well? It was then, Nimoy began having second thoughts about leaving the franchise. Shatner told Harve Bennett, Nimoy might do another film. They hastily rewrote the ending and filmed the casket scene to leave a way for Spock's return.
The rest as they say, is history.
Since what seems to be a rewritten ending is the only one I know and have on DVD :lol, then I (obviously) may stand to be corrected :thumbsup.
SSgt Burton
Sr Member
Since we are throwing out tibits... 
The original story was supposed to have Spock killed (for real) about a 1/4 into the picture. The rest of the movie was about "Let's get the bastards who killed Spock!"
However it was leaked to the public early on that Spock was going to die in Star Trek II. And the rumour (I don't know if it was ever confirmed) is that Gene Roddenberry himself leaked the information as "revenge" for killing off Spock, and having all control of the writing taken away from him.
So they added the Kobayashi Maru opening. Spock "dies" in that opening (along with... just about
everybody :lol).
The "hope" was that audiences would assume that the rumour of Spock dying was actually all about the simulated Kobayashi Maru test. The audience would think that they were "tricked" into believing that Spock was going to die and that the rumour was only "half" true (he "died", but it was just an act). They would breathe a sigh of relief and sit back for the picture.
Then the "real" death scene at the end would be a total surprise as the audience by then had become comfortable with the belief that Spock wasn't going to die, because he had already "died" at the beginning of the film.
I believe the entire ruse worked when the film premiered.
Kevin
The original story was supposed to have Spock killed (for real) about a 1/4 into the picture. The rest of the movie was about "Let's get the bastards who killed Spock!"
However it was leaked to the public early on that Spock was going to die in Star Trek II. And the rumour (I don't know if it was ever confirmed) is that Gene Roddenberry himself leaked the information as "revenge" for killing off Spock, and having all control of the writing taken away from him.
So they added the Kobayashi Maru opening. Spock "dies" in that opening (along with... just about
everybody :lol).
The "hope" was that audiences would assume that the rumour of Spock dying was actually all about the simulated Kobayashi Maru test. The audience would think that they were "tricked" into believing that Spock was going to die and that the rumour was only "half" true (he "died", but it was just an act). They would breathe a sigh of relief and sit back for the picture.
Then the "real" death scene at the end would be a total surprise as the audience by then had become comfortable with the belief that Spock wasn't going to die, because he had already "died" at the beginning of the film.
I believe the entire ruse worked when the film premiered.
Kevin
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