Star Trek III: A Research for Spock (Paramount Pictures, 1984; see as well 1984 in film) is the third feature film based on the popular Star Trek science fiction television series. These are typically known as ST3:TSFS or even TSFS. These are the directly sequel to Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and has the similar sense although typically by having the lightly, other humourous touch.

Cast
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" ! Actor !! Role |- | William Shatner || Admiral James T. Kirk |- | Leonard Nimoy || Captain Spock |- | DeForest Kelley || Dr. Leonard McCoy |- | James Doohan || Captain Montgomery Scott |- | George Takei || Commander Hikaru Sulu |- | Walter Koenig || Commander Pavel Chekov |- | Nichelle Nichols || Commander Uhura |- | Grace Lee Whitney || Commander Janice Rand |- | Mark Lenard || Ambassador Sarek |- | Judith Anderson || High Priestess T'Lar |- | Merritt Butrick || Dr. David Marcus |- | Robin Curtis || Lieutenant Saavik |- | Christopher Lloyd || Klingon Commander Kruge |- | Robert Hooks || Fleet Admiral Morrow |- | Stephen Manley || Spock at 17 |- | Frank Welker || Spock's screams (voice-over, uncredited) |}

Plot summary
Two or three weeks when a cases of Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, the USS Enterprise limps back to Earth, scarred from its battle with Khan in the previous movie, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. It used to be that there, Admiral James T. Kirk is informed that the obsolete vessel's days are over (it is stated to be 20 years old, but official production timelines place it as about 40 years old, with Kirk's command of the Enterprise being about 20 years); it won't be refit, but will instead be retired, and its crew reassigned. Meanwhile, Dr. Leonard McCoy exhibits strange behavior, somehow related to the at rest Captain Spock.

At the same time, Kirk's boy Dr. David Marcus and Lieutenant Saavik explore a Genesis planet, created at the prevent of the survive film. Unknown to the two, Klingon commander Kruge becomes interested inside Genesis, & travels to the Genesis planet to view its secrets.

Spock's father Sarek turns up on Globe & discovers by having Kirk that McCoy possesses Spock's "katra" (soul), however that each his katra & persin come required to properly lay him to rest on his homeworld Vulcan, or McCoy may die. Disobeying orders, Kirk reunites his officers & steals a Enterprise to head to the Genesis planet, which is beginning to self-destruct.

Kruge hit Genesis 1st, destroying a search vessel USS Grissom there. His crew captures a man of science on the planet — David, Saavik, & the Vulcan kid — and so a Enterprise arrives. A Enterprise strikes number 1, hitting a Klingon ship when it de-cloaks, however is unable to raise shields in a period of the Klingon counterattack. A Enterprise is crippled, & Kirk is powerless to cease a Klingons from either killing David on the planet. Instead of surrendering, Kirk self-destructs a Enterprise to put to death Kruge's men, & defeats Kruge within hand-to-hand combat on the planet's surface, which is apace disintegrating. Kirk tricks a single Klingin on board a Bird of Prey into beaming Kirk & Spock higher, so will require a ship all over. A crew link to to Vulcan, in which Spock's katra is reunited sustaining his immune system.

Themes
The theme of TWOK wwhen summed higher by Spock as "the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few, or the one." The theme of TSFS is "the needs of the one sometimes outweigh the needs of the many." Kirk & company come unforced to sacrifice their careers, populates, & ship to put Spock's soul to rest, non potentially imagining that Spock's resurrection occurs as possibility.

In the Original Series, good deal was processed of the attachment Kirk got to the Enterprise, and then his uncoerced destruction of the vessel on text occurs as resonant note indeed.

Notes
TSFS was directed by Leonard Nimoy, which fueled advance speculation that Spock would turn up alive & swell.

a film is quite literally a sequel, by owning a opening scenes picking higher just about at in which the former picture show concluded.

A film contains other humor than Star Trek II: A Wrath of Khan, fueled part per risible talents of Christopher Lloyd, DeForest Kelley & James Doohan (as Scotty). Shatner's performance, then again, hwhen been viewed by a select few as non as much as a level of his TWOK act, though his reaction to the dying of his boy David occurs as high point in the drama.

A destruction of the Enterprise experienced to exist as done twice, since a initial destruction sequence was deemed to use little emotional impact, & as well appeared to become too similar to the ending of Star Wars: Return of the Jedi.

Early drafts required Romulans as antagonists, like than a Klingons. This is how come in a final film the Klingon ship occurs as Bird-of-Prey, which historically was a Romulan ship title. Star Trek: The Next Generation would perpetuate this confusion between a two races, attributing the Romulans' feel of honor to the Klingons. Even so, a naming would late exist as explained following of an alliance between them races, consequent in a Klingons garnering the cloaking device.

A music was scored by James Horner.

Although fans welcomed a go to of Spock, a film did non generate quite a equivalent plaudit from either critics & fans after its predecessor, helping to establish a notion that odd-numbered Trek films come somehow inferior & less financially successful than a possibly-numbered ones, a notion that held confessedly until 2002 when a 10th Trek film failed at the pack professional.

Trivia
the film marks a foremost appearance of a guest star "movie era" admiral, that existence that character of Fleet Admiral Morrow. These are besides the 1st instance around Star Trek that other than a single admiral is seen in camera at a equivalent instance (Morrow & Kirk) & likewise a 1st appearance of a Fleet Admiral in Star Trek (a character known as Fleet Admiral Nogura had been mentioned in Star Trek: The Motion Picture but was never seen on camera).

In a film, these are non exactly clear how come (when you took a transporter room scene in which Uhura gives Kirk & friends permission to beam aboard the Enterprise) Uhura locks her fellow officer - dubbed "Mr. Adventure" in the script & "Lieutenant Heisenberg" in the novelization - in the closet. A few fans use speculated that Uhura did this away from retaliation for Heisenberg's remark just about Uhura's career "winding down", however these are improbable that Uhura would stoop to such levels only due to an offhand remark. A novelisation makes it clear that Uhura's actions were designed to block Heisenberg from either stopping Kirk & company's attempt to steal a Enterprise, & every bit well to produce it clear to Starfleet that Heisenberg was attempting to launder his duty (as evidenced by his objections in the film that Kirk's class action got there is no official Starfleet orders, nor did it own proper identification) & was non exposed in a conspiracy to steal the ship.

This film contains one of a couple cases of Pavel Chekov actually speaking Russian. In a opening scenes whenever the crew discover life check in Spock's quarters, Kirk leaves a bridge to investigate. Chekov, at a science console, says (around Russian) "I'm not crazy! There it is." (pointing to the computer display).

This film likewise documents the just recorded incident of a spaceship stall. A Wood shavings stalls when trying to pursue a Enterprise fallowing Kirk steals it from either Spacedock - within fact it has been sabotaged by Scotty. A film is likewise a foremost to feature an Wood shavings class spaceship, & a foremost to introduce a NX prefix (for even experimental or prototype vessels)inside ship registration like than a traditional NCC. A Wood shavings class wwhen utilized around various forms inside TNG, DS9 & notably as a Enterprise-B within Star Trek: Generations. A license number for the Wood shavings within this film is NX-2000;A equivalent ship features once more in Star Trek VI: A Undiscovered United states, by which period it has been re-registered to NCC-2000. A lone more little joe ships to bear a NX prefix come a USS Defiant (DS9 year Three-Septenary, although after these are destroyed & afterward replaced inside year 7, its prefix is changed to NCC), a USS Prometheus (VGR, Message inside the Bottle), a Enterprise (ENT seasons One-Four), & a Columbia. A currently-famous Klingon dagger is likewise 1st introduced on text.

In the scene in which McCoy goes to the bar to try & charter the ship to require him back to the Genesis Planet, there's the brief shot of 2 Starfleet officers smooching a select few tribbles.

A number one scenes filmed within primary photography were a opening scenes on the Enterprise bridge.

At a Starfleet bar in which Kirk asks Morrow to use a Enterprise back, prop system of the Epsilon Ix Space platform from either Star Trek: The Motion Picture can be seen hanging on the walls when decorations.

Actor George Takei was reportedly upset that his character was called 'midget' when you took Dr. McCoy's deliverance from either detention. Fallowing seeing a motion-picture show, he realized that his comeback "don't call me tiny" was one of Sulu's dandy moments in the series, & told writer-producer Harve Bennett thus.

Triangular-shaped thin plastic sandwich containers were painted & glued to the bulwarks of the Klingon Bird of Prey ship for decoration. It were besides connected to the base of Kruge's command chair.

A Enterprise's self-self-destroy formulas was activated of these more instance, in the Original series episode "Let That Be Your Last Battlefield". Therein episode, a command to abort a sequence was "1-2-3 Continuity".

A post-destruction model of a Enterprise (by owning a main saucer mostly blown away, however sustaining the secondary hull & warp engines bonded) was late re-utilized as a model in the TNG episode "The Best of Both Worlds"