Star Trek: Phase II The idea behind "Star Trek: Phase II," sometimes also called merely "Star Trek II," was that the U.S.S. Enterprise would return, but retrofitted to look sleeker and more modern.

The only major newcomer was Saavik, originally male and probably inspired by Star Trek: Phase II ’s Xon, but finally played by a then unknown Kirstie Alley.

But, of course, Xon himself never actually appeared in any version of Star Trek on screen. When Phase II was transformed into Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Leonard Nimoy agreed to return as Spock ...

STAR TREK II (1977) Later to become known as Star Trek Phase II, this was the attempted television series that would have seen the original crew with the exception of Nimoy reunited for what was ...

Star Trek has been more successful in the 25 years following Gene Roddenberry’s death than it had been in the 25 years before.

The progressive values of the show seem to have faltered—and even started falling behind the mainstream—by failing to add LGBT members to the crew of the Enterprise.