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  • Paramount wanted Kirstie Alley to reprise the role in ST3. But she had got positive reviews for her work in ST2 and a TV movie she had made, so her asking price was more than they were willing to pay.

  • the fact she was half romulan was in the film's novelization, out at the time. So was a scene where she tampered with the burial tube before launch.

  • Thanks!

  • In the novelization of Star Trek III they did boff.

  • @LovingScrubbies

    I read that book. She had a tattoo on her shoulder, and explained to him after uhhh, they boffed that she grew up on a slave colony. And, that Spock had rescued her when she was a child.

  • @spacebumwa U may hav a better memory of the book than I. Did it explain how they came to boff given her logic? And I am wondering, did u picture the Kirstie Alley Saavik or the Robin Curtis Saavik?

  • It's unfortunate to think that we have to wait for all of these people to die before there'll be permission to finally start putting some great deleted scenes on DVD. At the moment, it's all still in the hands of knobs who don't want us to see it or something.

  • so does david always know Kirk is his father? because I've watched the movie three times in the past week and I never notice when the revelation is made. someone help please?

  • @yourworsthell Yes, he knew Kirk was his father. He even calls him an "overgrown boy scout" to his mother.

  • Leonard Nimoy should've used his clout and got Paramount to pay Kirstie Alley properly to be in Star Trek 3.

  • Despite the smooth editing, this left an incomplete feeling with me. I think you should have devoted more time to this project so that it didn't look like we went halfway across the galaxy because it was the only camera in the quadrant.

    D

  • OMG

    WHERE did you find this!?

  • @CollectionDX thats on the directors cut of ST 2

  • @Doug19752533

    I've got the 2-disc Collector's Edition, and this certainly wasn't on there!

  • @cashbox5457 for the record I did not ask or they did not tell.

  • The 11 dislikes for this vid post are klingon warriors hunting for Kirk

  • Thank god they cut that second scene out. would have been TERRIBLE timing for something like that

  • Does anyone have any of the other deleted scenes from Wrath of Khan like when Chekov and Terrell went down on CA 5, they found a young boy in the Botany Bay ship, and towards the end the boy was on the Reliant right before the Genesis device exploded. Also there are additional scenes of Kirk talking to Khan on Reliant. I had to read the script just to remember some of those old scenes that I haven't seen in years...

  • lol star-fleet mop attendant

  • Kristie Alley was hot then...

  • Lol how the kobiahi maru was a forshadowing

  • Those scenes sucked. And all the extra scenes in the directors cut threw off the balance of the movie too. Theatrical version is the best.

  • I never knew Saavik was half Romulan - that explains why she seemed so emotional throughout the movie, compared to Humans at least. You live and learn.

  • fasinating.....

  • @saphy72195 I use fascinating for unexpected turn of actions... I will just say... Interesting... another grammar mistake

  • I wishy they would have let us know in the movie about her heritage

  • lol this is in my vhs version as a normal scene

  • Dating Vulcans is a totally different head....totally!

  • Why were these scenes cut?

  • Personally, I think the Romulan bit works in her favor, especially with Robin as the actress. Since Romulans do have emotions, and can express them, it explains why Kirstie cries at Spock's funeral, and makes it much easier to accept Robin's take on Saavik, as well.

  • @Tarotlynx Vulcans have emotions like any other humanoid, their control and lack of expression of them is acquired through training from a very young age due to cultural norms and pressures. The amount of control would certainly vary with the individual Vulcan. When something severe happens such as the death of someone close to them, most Vulcans if not all would probably have a hard time completely containing themselves in those cases. Tears would be expected even if she were fully Vulcan.

  • Where did you get this footage? I just got a DVD of the ABC version and it did not contain these scenes, much to my disapointment. Also, does this version happen to have the scene where Sulu talks about his promotion to Captain of the Exelsior? I read an article by George Takei about that scene. Also, it does sound like the music in those shots are from another movie and thus part of a temp track. So would this be a copy of the original workprint? Man, I wanna see more!

  • @ironhandz1 I've read in various biographies and "making of

    books that the "Captain Sulu" scene was purposely sabotaged by Shatner, flubbing his lines and taking up too much time so that it was never completely filmed. Apparently he had some issues with another "Captain" among the Enterprise Crew, and from what I've read seems plausible given his ego and dickish nature.

  • @ironhandz1 Apparently loads of deleted scenes exist for TWOK, including footage where Terrell and Chekov discover children of Khan's followers in the Botany Bay. There's a few stills on the the Trek sites. Unfortunately only a small percentage of them have surfaced even after all this time.

    The deleted scenes uploaded here are from a promotional reel which was shown to the press in the run up to TWOK's release. I wish Meyer had gathered them all for the DVD. Perhaps Paramount has lost them...

  • what is that strange music in the back ground it doesnt sound like horner

  • Try being fifteen back in 1982, with no idea who she was, and the words INTRODUCING KIRSTIE ALLEY hitting the screen.

    Every geek's wet dream.

  • Pity those weren't in the movie, I think they would've been good. Oh, well. I still consider Saavik half Romulan, call me crazy if you want. Thanks for sharing!

  • @anaeifly I disagree. The pacing of the movie was perfect without these extra scenes. I also think the pacing was ruined by the Director's Edition.

  • @Xondar11223344 How is the pacing perfect? Why was Scottie so upset over that one kid's death? Why wasn't he so upset over the others?

  • @fjccommish That has nothing to do with the pacing of the movie.

  • @Xondar11223344 It was removed because of pacing.

  • @fjccommish That kid was supposedly his nephew.

  • @all13Doctors Yes. Without the scene that shows the kid is his nephew, it doesn't make sense when Scotty is so upset over the one kid's death.

  • @fjccommish He knew him personally, I think he mentions that the (arrogant) kid is his nephew.

  • @Bootstataboots Yes, but wasn't that scene deleted in the theatrical release?

  • @fjccommish True, now that you mention it I think I'm remembering it from watching the dvd's deleted scenes.

  • I know he was in TNG episode. The one where the crew find a planet of people who are desperate for a particulair medication,but they are in fact addicted to a narcotic.

  • Merritt R. Butrick Died 17 March 1989 of AIDS. Also suffering from brain cancer. No reliable source on how he got HIV. I source I have read but can't verify says that he got HIV from a blood transfusion in 1979 or 1980 after a car accident. At that time blood wasn't screened for HIV.

  • Well, perhaps it's time for me to give it another go. Stargate Universe has been a real disappointment and I am hankering for some good sci-fi.

  • @SagansMoon I agree with trekkerhappy on Enterprise. It really does get so much better after the first season, so do yourself a favor and revisit it as I'm sure you will thoroughly enjoy it. As far as Stargate Universe (and all of the Stargate series for that matter) goes, I could just never get into that show and don't understood what the big deal was/is. Live Long and Prosper!

  • You may well be right. I didn't get that far into the show. After one season of watching Archer threatening women and blustering, I abandoned it. (Although I did like the rest of the cast). Maybe one day I'll go back. But not yet...

  • Robin Curtis was much more realistic in her portrayal of a Vulcan/ Romulan mix. Kirstie did an OK job, but was emotionally "wishy-washy" in an almost weak way. If you read the novels & view classic Trek and Next Generation shows, Romulans are emotional, but stoic and passionate. They try to portray strength. Robin did a pretty good job of that. Her stoicism fit in with typical Romulans and Vulcans. Too many people are judging by the "cuteness factor" instead of quality. Robin's acting = an A+

  • @ACLTony hell, i think robin curtis was more attractive than kirstie alley.. i dont know, but for some reason you could see "fat actress" in the making even back then, i guess im saying im not surprized. and acting alone? she was very 'emotional', perhaps the romulan comment was shot at last moment to counter her "acting", similiar to the decision to throw in spocks line "remember" ad hoc,

  • @ACLTony I was sold on Kirstie Alley's cuteness factor.

  • @ACLTony in the novel versions of trek 2 and 3, Saavik is highly emotional and is at constant war with herself to control her emotions. she was always an outcast among the Vulcans who found her as an orphan infant and raised her. when Preston died she went into a dark conference room and tore it apart with grief (in the book she is his tutor and did have a fondness for him) in 3, she and David have a relationship and killed one of the klingons bare handed before she was stunned

  • @ACLTony Agreed.

    Romulans = Nazis

    Borg = Nazis. lol.

  • @mrgellisjosh I would say Borg = Communists

  • @Xerxes2005= Some people say, they are more like Nazis.

  • I think both actresses did a terrific job with the clues they were given about the character- Kirstie Alley ran with the "none of the facial immobility of a Vulcan" script note and made that work, while Robin Curtis' more stoic version fitted well into the context of the third movie- I don't find it unlikely that also Saavik matured/became more stoic when Spock died, although I think Curtis sounded slightly TOO unemotional at the part when Saavik told Kirk that David was dead.

  • @ACLTony well, maybe people doesn't know that she was half Romulan.

  • More likely a future romance between Kirk's son and Sulu than Saavik.

  • lol

  • @logibear64

    You got that right!

  • was this from the work print??

  • I read somewhere from an interview from Kirstie Alley, that at the time there was not going to be her character in the Search for Spock, and by the time that the movie was being produced her schedule on other TV shows was in conflict with movie schedules and due to contract issues she had to decline the part.

  • That is true...AND...because of her success on Cheers, she was asking for way more money than Paramount was prepared to pay her. Star Trek 2 was her very first role...TV or film or otherwise. Robin Curtis agreed to do the part for the amount Paramount was originally going to pay Kirstie.

  • Why didn't they keep Kirstie Alley instead of Robin Curtis for the next two films?! Thanks for uploading this! I wish they left in the second scene. I think David died too soon in III and wasn't fully developed.

  • I believe Kirstie Alley went to work on Cheers after Star Trek II and was not available for Star Trek III and IV.

  • The best place to find out hard to find info is wikepedia which says she had high salary demands. I remember reading an interview where she said Shatner made advances on her. True or not if he heard that he prob wouldnt want her back either.

  • I thought they were both off-kilter in the role. Kirstie Alley was way too emotional and expressive and Curtis was too robotic, even for a Vulcan.

  • This is the first time I have seen these scenes since April of 1982. I was at a sci-fi/fantasy/comic book convention at a community college in Overland Park, KS called "Fool's Con" and someone had brought in a bootleg video of a preview for ST2. It was probably meant for movie theater owners so they would have an idea of what the movie would be like. Several parts of that preview never made it to the final version of the film, including these two scenes.

  • In Star Trek 4, Kirstie Alley plays the part of the humpback whale

  • LMFAO.

  • ROFL! I met one of my girlfriends the year this movie came out. When she looked me up a few years ago, she was as big as Kirstie Alley. This woman was psycho and was mad I got married after dumped me! I refer to her now as The Wrath of Blonde!

  • So many comments. I'm sorry if someone already said this. Why would Kirk introduce the two of them? They just spent hours in the Genesis cave together. Wouldn't you think they'd at least know each others' names?

  • I love watching deleted scenes, who else?

    It has something fascinated about it, I think.

  • He died of AIDS...jeez that sucks..I didnt know. I always wondered what happened to him, he was a pretty decent actor. Very sad. ;-(

  • Although the actor died, still I think the Kirk son character shouldn't have been killed off.

    Another actor could have played him and it might have made a very interesting series. Could have been an interesting conflict between his mother's scientif/explorer side vs the Quasi-military side of his starfleet father.

    What could have been...

  • Well the character was killed off with the actor in the role. "David" died before the actor. It was too late.

  • You Know something if you look it up all the major actors in wrath of Khan who were not star trek regulars died young (as in 65 or younger) except Kirstie Ally (who has yet to be 65) and Ricardo Montalban who died at 88. I refer to this as the wrath of Khan curse and have found no mention of it anywhere else.

  • I don't wish to be argumentative, but refering to a 'Star Trek Curse' not really in the spirit of Star Trek itself. It is unscientific to believe in a curse - especially when 25 years after the movie was made the majority of cast (and probably crew) are alive and still working.

  • Well, I wasn't being really serious about there truly being a curse, I don't truly believe in curses, it was just something I noticed that I thought was interesting, although some would argue that the Star Trek curse is that all the odd numbered movies sucked, although I like Generations.

  • LOL! Yes, Generations was good...and the new one (which was terrific) was Number 11 which blows the Odd Number Curse theory. Perhaps a curse could excuse why Enterprise the series was so sucky?

  • Not disagreeing with you, but the actors that played the following roles in Wrath of Khan are now dead:

    Scotty

    Bones

    Carol Marcus

    David Marcus

    Terrell

    Khan (this year)

  • Oh indeed, but all but 2 were well over 70+ so that's hardly 'a curse', if you see what I mean.

  • Wow. Would have never thought that "David" is dead.

  • The guy who played David Marcus is dead? When did he die and how if I may ask. Thanks

  • he died of AIDS at age 29 on March 17, 1989

  • It is very sad what happened to David in real life. He was so gorgeous!

  • He died shortly after filming the TNG episode in season 1 he was in.

  • Unfortunately, that is true. Same situation with Tony Hamilton, whom you might remember from the short lived Mission Impossible revival from the late 80's. He passed on due to AIDS as well in the 90's.

  • I have the Spock, Kirk clip but where did you get the Kirk introducing Savick to David clip?

  • I disagree about the biggest mistake was killing David. Because Kirk had to pay the price for his actions in the rescue of spock and that meant he had to lose his ship and his son

  • oooh, ouch!

  • The biggest mistake of the ST was t o kill off David.

    They could have built an entire series around that character. It could have been a more science focused series and Kirk could have shown up from time to time...

    Too bad...

  • Good point. The 2009 movie however successfully resurrects all the characters for a new generation...

  • Merrit Butrick never made it in to the 1990s he died @1987. As far as AIDS was concerned, it was Jerry Fawell, most of the Reagan administration was terrified of him. Reagan let C Everett Koop be proactive until they could find a way to pull the carpet out from under Fawell without him bloting the Republican camp.

  • The poor guy did actually die of AIDS in real life. Which is sad because I used to have the biggest crush on him!

  • This is simply amazing for me - having been a "Trekkie" since my father took me to see the very first Star Trek motion picture - before today I had NEVER known that these scenes even existed. Kudos to darthatton for posting it - and if I may be so bold; how the hell did you find these scenes? As Spock would say: "Fascinating!" And I also want to say that ST 11 looks VERY promising - an audience that was expecting to see ST 2 was instead tested for ST 11 and reactions were awesome. Nimoy intro'd!

  • I've read both the Star Trek II and III novelization and the half Romulan sub plot, the Cadet Preston/Saavik relationship, and her later one with David Marcus are all there. Just find the novels, its all there.

    If you see Saavik's reaction to Cadet Preston being held by Scotty in the trubolift, I think her reaction there proves she's half Romulan.

  • Its just like a GOP conservative to be a homophobic, now go back to that century you belong to

  • Its just like a left wing liberal to assume that all homophobes are GOP conservatives. Talk about judgemental stereotyping! There are idiots on both sides so don't be a hypocrit.

  • Did you notice the homophobe's username?

  • ok READ THE BOOK...she is half and, half. She was rescued by Spock, also the boy who Scotty carries to the bridge (latter asks Kirk to "give the word" then dies) is Scotty's nephew!, HE and Saavik were friends at academy, so much so that she sat with his body. All that got lost in the movie. haven't read the book since it came out, and I remember that

  • the scenes with scotty's nephew are on the directors edition DVD.

  • which the whole preston aka scott's nephew brings up one major inconsistacy , note how chekov knows who kahn is and what he wants .... but scotty doesn't ? he even asks kirk who he is and why ?? but in space seed chekov had not yet came aboard the enterprise and scotty was there during the whole khan raid just wanted to point that out

  • i have read the book many times, and saavik actually mets preston aboard the enterprise not in the acedemy , first off she is a lot older then presten second off remeber her first thought when preston trys to prove himselve to admiral kirk , she thinks if you laugh at him i will rip out your spleen , that was her first time she met preston

  • DeForest Kelley, what a guy. Gotta love the Doc, he just warms up the scene. :)

  • I thought Romulans and Vulcans were the same species. Distinction being that Vulcans shed their emotions and Romulans embraced theirs.

    If so, calling someone half-Romulan and half-Vulcan is like calling somebody half-Catholic and half-Muslim.

  • they are, to a point. apparently long ago Romulans left Vulcan to pursue their emotions, and settled on Romulus. i dont know how long ago that was, and why they have adopted the larger brow-ridge and greenish skin, since itd take a long long time for them to adapt to a different environment. klingon syndrome? perhaps. haha. but on TNG spock goes to Romulus in secret to try and bring the Vulcans and Romulans together as one again.

  • Mmmm actually I think it would be more like half-Roman Catholic and half-Greek (Eastern) Orthodox. Or, you could even go with half-Catholic and half-Episcopalian or Lutheran.

    Also I feel the need to state my opinion as to why Kirstie Alley did not reappear for Star Trek III. I don't believe it had anything to do with character depth, but David's horrible doo. Seriously, blonde and fro just don't flow, yo! (Dang, I'm gunna get some thumbs down for that. I go too far!!)

  • because she got fat. ever seen a fat vulcan? plus i preferred the other lady.

  • How about half Irish and half German? Makes sense.

  • It makes sense if you're only distinguishing for the sole purpose of talking about geographic heritage. When you're talking about predispositions to weakness as an inherited trait, then it becomes ridiculous.

    Imagine if you were German and somebody said that because you were half Swiss, you weren't as mechanically intelligent.

    Really, I guess it's not worth debating. It's a movie. And the scene wasn't even included in the movie.

  • It may be a reference to behavioural genetics. Or to a cultural emphasis on mental discipline.

  • 00:34 note the poor minimum-wage fellow cleaning the Enterprise's floor in the background

  • That's the academy's floor, actually, is it not? That, and there are no wages in Starfleet. : D

  • you're a true Trekkie, Gerald! I surrender

  • Öh, brauchste wirklich nich'. xD; Ich hab' dich einfach nur leicht korrigiert, das is alles. xD;

  • dann kann ich ja auch auf Deutsch antworten. wer wischt denn da den Fussboden?

  • Ich hab' meine Quellen gecheckt, aber der Name des Hausmeisters der Sternenflottenakademie zu der Zeit ist nicht rauszukriegen. ^^; (Auch nicht der Name des Darstellers. )

  • ich errate, dass sie den phaser Mop nicht erfunden haben?

  • I think he said "She's learning by doing..."

  • shame the deleted shots are so worn.

  • Kirstie was hot!

  • hell yeah....

  • this wasnt deleted its on the dvd.

    What was deleted was from the book.

    Very gruesome scenes of Kahn slicing throats and lots of blood and guts on the space station. Also an affair with Scotty's son and Lt. Savik, thats why she mourned, they were getting fresh with each other so to speak.

  • Eh? I've got the Director's Edition DVD and I've watched all the special features on it, and these two scenes aren't in it. My first introduction to the David Marcus/Lt Saavik subplot (as well as her being half Romulan) were from Vonda Mcintyre's ST3 novelization that I read as a kid back in '85. It wasn't until I heard the Nicholas Meyer's commentary on the ST2 DVD that I knew that they'd worked those elements into Wrath of Khan.

    Too bad Meyer couldn't keep this footage in the final cut.

  • James Doohan came to El Camino College in Torrance, CA in 1982 to promote ST II, and he showed this exact reel plus a 3rd season blooper reel which I have never seen anywhere else.

  • I once saw a picture from ST2 depicting a small child looking at the Genesis Device as Its building Up For detonation. I dont remember what book it was, but it made sence that Kahn and his people would have had children in the fifteen years they were exiled. Its understandable why it wasnt in the film. Nobody wants to see kids being blown to atoms.

  • These scenes were actually added back in for one release of the film; they were included in its original ABC-TV telecast as a "complete director's edition" on the ABC Sunday Night Movie after its run on premium cable; the only time it was shown with ALL of the edited out scenes and original scenes shoots. (Few cable cable channels in those days and the USA network got its start with public domain movies such as "Reefer Madness" and "Cocaine Fields," off-network game shows and infomercials.)

  • The ABC telecast I have from around 1983-85 does not have these scenese. As far as I know, these were from a ShoWest trailer when the movie was still in production. From what I gather.

  • What did Kirk say after he introduced David to Saavik?

  • I think he said "She's learning by doing", a callback to a comment made earlier in the movie.

  • star wars=rubbish star trek=cool

  • can't both be great?

  • amen to that! Star Wars was ruined when Lucas redid it with Duff CGI 1997?

  • i watched 'em all a couple years ago, start to finish, in order, they're all a load of shite if you ask me. I used to be a fan when i was a little girl but now i realise it was only becuase of the living teddy bears, i wanted one.

  • I remember someone telling me years ago that in a Star Trek novel it said Savvik is half Romulan and she was rescued by Spock when she was a child. Of course since it was a novel it's not part of official Star Trek canon but theres a load of stuff about it on Wikipedia.

  • Funny, I've long heard the "Saavik is half-Romulan" stuff, but never got it straight from the horse's mouth. Thanks for the post!

  • They says Star Wars is better for putting time into their deleted scenes. No wonder their movies suck. They're spending all their time on unnecessary special effects!

  • These scenes are great! Thank you for uploading!

    Aww... sad Kirk. :(

    William Shatner is still the only actor to make me cry just saying the word "no" (in the next one, when Sarek mind melds with him and he has to re-experience Spock's death).

  • Thank you so much for uploading this! These scenes are priceless! I'd like to be able to get the uncut edition: I was sure about the existence of them, but my trekker friends persuaded me that I was mixing up books and movies! But where did you find them?

  • Originally in Star Trek 6, the writers had Savvik to be the traitor, but the idea was shelved and Valeris did the deed. The Director's Edition doesn't have those scenes in it, they are still on the cutting room floor.

  • I thought that died in the script writing.

  • Saavik had become well liked by fans, plus they didn't want to cast a third actress to play the part, so in came Valeris.

  • This info about Saavik being half-Romulan is just now coming out?

  • Dude! Where've YOU been? That's OLD news!

  • Wow, where do you people dig out that stuff?

  • Saavik would of introduced David to Scientology and they could go off together and hunt down Xenu.

  • Ohhh...these weren't in the ABC version? I had no idea...

    So there weren't any scenes left out of the DVD that *were* in the ABC version...

  • WOW!!! How cool!

  • arnt savik and david together in 3 , or is it not the same character but diff actress ???

  • Great job! To get a chance to see any additional ST footage after all these years is a wonderful opportunity! Any chance of posting the cut scene where Sulu gets promoted to Captain?

  • I would have liked to have seen these restored to the director's cut. Oh well.

  • I wonder why this was not on the "Director's Cut"?

  • It probably will be, the next time Paramount wants you to shell out another 20 bucks. They're notorious for doing things like this with Star Trek. But in their defense, maybe the footage doesn't exist at a high enough quality that it wouldn't stick out like a sore thumb.

  • Director's Cut is a version of a movie that represents the director's approved edit/version of the movie.

    So if I'm the director and I have them shoot some scene that I decide later shouldn't be in the movie, it stays out of all versions.

  • 2 words: Bonus Material... :-P

  • Very interesting. thanks for posting.

  • i wish they could incorperate it back somehow!..it all makes more sense now for the movie in every way regarding those characters on screen in your presentation.

  • I agree 100%.

  • real fans be aware, of gods&men

  • originally Valeris was supposed to be Savik... I guess the actor declined, or they couldn't decide on wheather Savik was pregnant by Spock or not (there is a cut-scene from Star Trek 4 in which Savik carries Spock's child). So the reason they cut out the romance with David was cause they where aiming at romance with Spock... also that makes Savik the only caracter to have been played by 3 actors... every time you see her... it's a new actor

  • Also, in The Undiscovered Country, Saavik was originally supposed to be a traitor, but they couldn't get Kirstie Alley back, and Saavik had too much baggage for Kim Cattrail.

  • Also, the producers were worried that since Saavik was already an established and popular characters, her fans would react with fury and boycott the movie if she turned traitor. Thats why they reinvented the character as Valeris. I think its a shame they didn't keep her as Saavik (even if still played by Kim Cattrall), it would have really been a shock revelation then.

  • But it explains why Saavik seems to show emotion in several scenes...

  • Exactly. That was why Kirstie turned it down. She knew fans would never accept something like that out of Saavik. They've tried countless times to get her back. They even wanted to get her in the TNG Episode "Cause and Effect" as Kelsey Grammer's first officer on the Bozeman. But leave it to Paramount to screw a good thing up.