Star Trek: The Next Generation
Summary
K’Ehleyr ( Suzie Plakson ) , the lover ofStar Trek : The Next Generation ’s Lt . Worf ( Michael Dorn ) was earlier offered to Robin Curtis , who supercede Kirstie Alley as Lt . Saavik inStar Trek III : The Search for Spock . A dispute over earnings meant that Kirstie Alley did n’t reprise the function of Saavik forStar Trek 3 , although there are contravene level about the basis of that dispute . Alley believed that she was offered a low-toned pay so that she would n’t return , while Leonard Nimoy enounce that a " reasonable " offer was made , to which Kirstie Alley ’s agent sent an exuberant counteroffer .
Whatever the rationality for the earnings dispute , it meant that Robin Curtis replaced Kirstie Alley for bothThe Search for SpockandStar Trek IV : The Voyage base . Nicholas Meyer wanted to bring Kirstie Alley back asSaavik inStar Trek VI : The Undiscovered Country , but once again , the fee would be too mellow , given her success inCheers . However , Michael Dorn did look inStar Trek 6 , two years after Robin Curtis was bid a role inStar Trek : The Next Generation .
Saavik ’s Starfleet calling happens X after Captain Pike ’s USS Enterprise voyages but a unseasoned Saavik can possibly appear in Strange New Worlds .
Star Trek’s Replacement Saavik Actor Robin Curtis Was Offered The Role Of Worf’s Lover In TNG
Robin Curtis was offered the office of K’Ehleyr in theStar Trek : The Next Generationepisode " The Emissary . " In the episode , K’Ehleyr do aboard the USS Enterprise - D to assist the crew in manage with a Klingon ship that is unaware that the Federation and the Empire are at peace . It ’s quickly revealed that K’Ehleyr is the ex - lover of Worf , and the two rekindle their relationship . However , because K’Ehleyr is half - human , she turn down Worf ’s proposal of marriage in the traditional Klingon fashion . Robin Curtis turned down this use due to commitments to a movie , and Suzie Plakson was cast or else .
K’Ehleyr would return later inStar Trek : The Next Generation , bringingWorf ’s son Alexander Rozhenkoalong with her . It ’s technically the second clip that Robin Curtis has avoided playing a character impregnated by aStar Treklegend . Leonard Nimoy famously objected to Saavik being fraught with Spock ’s tiddler inStar Trek IV : The Voyage Home . This was n’t the end of Robin Curtis ' family relationship withTNG , however , and she returned to very conversant ground for the season 7 two - parter " Gambit . "
Robin Curtis' Other Star Trek Role Explained
Robin Curtis take on Vulcan villain Tallera inStar Trek : The Next Generationseason 7 episodes 4 and 5 , " Gambit . " An undercover extremity of the ultra Vulcan Isolationist Group , Tallera was seek an ancient weapon with which to overthrow the government . Captain Jean - Luc Picard ( Patrick Stewart ) infiltrated Tallera ’s group , after he faked his own dying in a bar on Dessica II . As a passionate archaeologist , Picard want to solve the mystery of why pirates were pillaging Romulan religious sites .
For fans that wanted Saavik to be a villain inStar Trek VI : The Undiscovered Country , " Gambit " is the closest that they ’ll get . Star Trek ’s female Vulcanvillain , Tallera is a reactionary bigot , who opposes all exotic influence on Vulcan acculturation and wants it extirpate . Tallera was defeated by Picard and placed in custody by the Vulcan authorities . It ’s unclear what come about to the Isolationists afterStar Trek : The Next genesis . However , it ’s potential that they were steady down out and incarcerated for their attempted political coup , give that Vulcan continues to be a fellow member of the Federation inStar Trek ’s future .
