Harve Bennett's pitch for Star Trek: The Academy Years didn't go down too well and, as a result, he left Paramount entirely. The idea had been doing the rounds since Star Trek II, but no one wanted to do it because of the backlash from the fans, and the fact that it didn't really sound that good.
Harve Bennett wrote a script that he described as ' Top Gun in space' and would feature a decidedly un- Treklike story of Spock having to deal with bullying, and Kirk avenging the death of his father. At the time, there was in fact a real possibility that Paramount wanted, for its next Star Trekfilm, to recast Spock and Kirk as young mavericks. Gene Roddenberry, in rapidly failing health, was using what was left of his clout as Next Generation showrunner (even if the day-to-day running of the show was something of a power vacuum due to said failing health) to try and get his Starfleet Academy story made. But Star Trek: The Next Generation fortunately found its feet not long after, and the franchise survived.īut what of the aging original cast? They were unwanted, unloved, too old, and too much of a financial risk. Let's take a look back at how this miraculous film came to be and why it deserves recognition in this franchise's 50-year history., the reception to Star Trek V: The Final Frontier was nothing short of disastrous: A Razzie for Worst Picture, derision across the board, enough fallout to kill the career of producer Harve Bennett and stop William Shatner from ever directing another movie. Star Trek: VI: The Undiscovered Country remains the final ensemble outing for the cast of Star Trek: The Original Series, the show that started it all.
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