Recognizing the plot of "" (1984) was otherwise predictable, producer Harve Bennett decided to have the "Enterprise" destroyed. Though he meant for the event to be kept secret, news leaked. Visual effects supervisor Ken Ralston hated the "Enterprise" model and reveled in its destruction. Rather than damaging the large and expensive original model, several less expensive miniatures and modules were created and destroyed. One of the destroyed models had been created by Brick Price Movie Miniatures for "Star Trek Phase II". A new ship designed for the film, the USS "Excelsior", was meant to make the "Enterprise" "look old and out of date". Model maker Bill George tried to imagine what the "Enterprise" would look like if it were designed by the Japanese, and he used that impression as the basis for his refinement of the "Excelsior" model.