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Shatner’s Kirk and Nimoy’s Spock never got to say goodbye to each other on the silver screen. But in the NEW short film " 765874 – Unification "
Actor Sam Witwer was transformed into William Shatner's Captain Kirk for an emotional new Star Trek short.
Thirty years ago, William Shatner took his final bow as Captain James T. Kirk in the film Star Trek: Generations . Kirk died, with a grieving Captain Picard at his side, saving an inhabited planet from annihilation. However, most fans were not satisfied with Captain Kirk’s final goodbye. Sure, it was neat to see him share the screen with Patrick Stewart as Picard. But they had only just met. It would have meant ten times more to have Leonard Nimoy’s Spock there as Kirk departed this mortal plane of existence. Alas, it was not to be. Until now, that is. Via Trek Movie, we’ve learned that three decades after Star Trek: Generations hit theaters, the Roddenberry Archive, together with OTOY, has rectified this mistake with a short film called 765874 – Unification. Directed by Spanish filmmaker Carlos Baena, it was made with the involvement of Shatner himself, along with the Leonard Nimoy estate.
Using a combination of live-action footage and computer-generated imagery, this short imagines what would have happened if Captain Kirk had left the other dimensional Nexus (where he existed for 80 years in a suspended state) to visit Spock as he died many decades later. (Or did Section 31 bring him back to life? That part is unclear). 765874 – Unification is filled to the brim with Star Trek Easter eggs. In fact, the name Unification is also the name of a Star Trek: The Next Generation episode centered on Spock in his middle-aged years. (Which, for Vulcans, is around 120 or so). Actor Lawrence Selleck plays Spock, with CGI and makeup enhancement to appear like Nimoy.
765874 - Unification
Shatner’s Kirk and Nimoy’s Spock never got to say goodbye to each other on the silver screen. But in the NEW short film " 765874 – Unification "
Actor Sam Witwer was transformed into William Shatner's Captain Kirk for an emotional new Star Trek short. Thirty years ago, William Shatner took his final bow as Captain James T. Kirk in the film Star Trek: Generations . Kirk died, with a grieving Captai...
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