Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Star Trek III: The Search for Spock Star Trek III: The Search for Spock is a 1984 American science fiction film directed by Leonard Nimoy and based on the created by Gene Roddenberry. It is the third film in the "Star Trek" film series, and is the second part of a three-film story arc that begins with "" (1982) and concludes with "" (1986). After the death of Spock (Nimoy), the crew of the USS "Enterprise" returns to Earth. When James T. Kirk (William Shatner) learns that Spock's spirit, or katra, is held in the mind of Dr. Leonard "Bones"
Star Trek: The Role Playing Game which either were never introduced into what later became canon "Star Trek", or which differ significantly from how canon "Star Trek" presents them, include: The game's depiction of the Klingons, the result of work by science fiction author John M. Ford, differs greatly from later canon. Ford's Klingons not only appear in the supplement "The Klingons" for the game, but also in his Star Trek novel "The Final Reflection", whose story is told almost entirely from a Klingon perspective. Ford designed his Klingon society to provide a logical basis for the actions and statements of onscreen Klingons in the original