
Related: Star Trek: Spock's Time Travel & Nero Connection Explainedĭuring production on The Wrath of Khan, a script leak accidentally revealed to fans that plans were afoot to kill off Spock and the news did not go down well. To a 1982 crowd, however, Spock's fate looked far more uncertain and the prospect of Star Trek with one less set of pointy ears provoked a strong reaction. Abrams' movie reboot to create a brand new continuity for subsequent films to play around in. Furthermore, Spock would briefly pop up in Star Trek: The Next Generation and then time-travel into J. Leonard Nimoy returned for the follow-up and would go on to star in the next trilogy of big screen releases.

As everyone now knows, of course, The Wrath of Khan was very far from Spock's last appearance in the Star Trek franchise.
