Synopsis:

As movie legend goes, all even numbered Trek movies are Good and all odd numbered Trek movies are Bad! After watching this edit of Star Trek III, you will think differently.

Intentions:

Break the dreaded Trek Movie Curse!!!! Can I do it???? Do Tribbles purr? Do Klingons growl? Do Vulcans polka???? Actually, I am not sure about that last one. But I don know I am going to give it my best Starfleet try! As movie legend goes, all even numbered Trek movies are Good and all odd numbered Trek movies are Bad! Hopefully, after watching this edit of Star Trek III, you will think differently. While THE SEARCH FOR SPOCK is my personal favorite of the Original Cast Movies, even I admit the story suffers in terms of pace and structure. So with this edit, I have completely re-sequenced the order of all the scenes in the first 2/3?s of the movie. Saavik’s quest for Spock is now moved to the forefront (it is after all called “The Search for Spock”!!!!) and runs parallel to Kirk’s discovery of Spock’s Katra and theft of the Enterprise. Also to tighten the plot and increase the pace of the movie, most of the support cast gags have been trimmed or completely removed. By doing this, I think I have created a more linear and entertaining adventure.

Change List:

– reorganized the order of most of the scenes in the first 2/3s of the movie – trimmed Captain Esteban screen time – cut the original Klingon introduction – tweaked the Kirk/Sarek mind meld – cut McCoy’s Bar scene – cut McCoy’s looney bin escape – cut Scotty’s Excelsior scene – trimmed the theft of the Enterprise – trimmed back Captain Styles – replaced Excelsior stuttering power sound f/x – cut the whole Ponn Farr subplot – tweaked David’s death – tweaked the Vulcan Katra Fusion scene – added scene establishing shots – added TOS music – added fade to black commercial breaks – and a few other things.

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