I have to ask

[Flying Spaghetti Monster]

don't think I'm insensitive to as this. In fact I wrote a lengthy tribute to Nimoy in the general trek discussion.

That being established.. will they address the fate of Spock Prime at all?

 

[BillJ]

I really hope they don't. He should still have a couple of decades of life by Vulcan standards.

 

[bbailey861]

I also hope they don't address it. If ever there was a case to let the new crew fly alone in their own adventure, this is it.

 

[M'Sharak]

I have to ask... will they address the fate of Spock Prime at all?

Well, you could also have checked the active threads in which this question was already being discussed.

Poll: should Nimoy be in XIII?

Memo to Bad Robot: Please include a tribute to Leonard in the new film

No doubt others, as well.

 

[Dukhat]

In TNG, they didn't address anything about McCoy when DeForrest Kelley died, nor did they about Scotty when James Doohan died. But who knows?

 

[RandyS]

In TNG, they didn't address anything about McCoy when DeForrest Kelley died, nor did they about Scotty when James Doohan died. But who knows?

They couldn't have anyway. De Kelley died five years after TNG ended, and Doohan died three months after ENTERPRISE ended.

That said, I hope they don't address it either. There's no need. Unless they want to dedicate the movie to his memory, but that would be in the end credits like 2009 did for Roddenberry and Barrett. They could leave Spock (Nimoy version) out of it.

 

[-Brett-]

There could be some halfway interesting material there. Young Spock would know more or less exactly how long he'll live, and it would be significantly less than average for a Vulcan (because of his human heritage, presumably).

I suppose they need some excuse for Spocks obligatory temper tantrum.

 

[F. King Daniel]

I'd rather Spock Prime live on. Similar to Scotty and McCoy in the TNG-era, there's some comfort in knowing the characters are still "out there" in Trek's world, even through their actors are no longer in ours.

As I suggested in another thread, if anything, take the Babylon 5 approach - someone says he took a ship and went exploring beyond the rim. Which was code for, "We won't see him again, but he's off on a new adventure."

 

[Lance]

I'm going to play "the devil's advocate" here and say, here's an idea I've been formulating:

We all know that the 2009 movie script originally had a scene near the end giving Shatner a cameo, as a holographic keep sake of Spock Prime. The idea being that he'd show this thing to nuSpock of Kirk, a few days before he went to the Enterprise-B ceremony from Generations, doing some speech about their friendship. The scene was cut from the 2009 movie, but just suppose..... if they actually addressed Spock Prime's passing in the next movie (in a clean, respectful way), perhaps nuSpock could come across this holographic thing while looking through Spock Prime's personal effects, and upon activating it he sees Kirk Prime's message, suitably tweaked from the dialogue originally intended in the 2009 to now give tribute to his old friend. Might be a nice opportunity to finally have that Shatner cameo, and use it to pay tribute to Nimoy.

 

[The Wormhole]

In TNG, they didn't address anything about McCoy when DeForrest Kelley died, nor did they about Scotty when James Doohan died. But who knows?

The situation is a bit different. DeForrest Kelley died summer 1999, the only Trek show still in production was Voyager, and being stranded in the Delta Quadrant makes it rather hard to acknowledge anything about Dr. McCoy. Likewise, James Doohan died summer 2005, Enterprise had recently ended and there were no Trek productions to acknowledge him in. Now we have an active movie series, which Nimoy was involved in, making it theoretically easier to acknowledge him this time.

Not that I think they have to. In fact, the comic series had Spock Prime disappear shortly after STID, giving the movies an easy out for him.

 

[Kemaiku]

The Enterprise having to collect NuSpock from New Vulcan, where he is paying repects to the passing of Spock Prime could work.

But that's if they want to go down that route and have him referenced in all 3 of the films or the post production for New Vulcan. But, we do get to see something of it and the Vulcan society in general.

 

[arch101]

The Enterprise having to collect NuSpock from New Vulcan, where he is paying repects to the passing of Spock Prime could work.

But that's if they want to go down that route and have him referenced in all 3 of the films or the post production for New Vulcan. But, we do get to see something of it and the Vulcan society in general.

See, this is how I think they should handle it. Brief in-universe acknowledgment right at the beginning of the film. Makes the audience think of him, then it's done. Move on.

 

[TRON JA307020]

don't think I'm insensitive to as this. In fact I wrote a lengthy tribute to Nimoy in the general trek discussion.

That being established.. will they address the fate of Spock Prime at all?

Spocks father lived to be 210. Spock would be about about 160 in the current tng timeline. Spock could go on for another half century. If they want to mention he went back to his own reality that would be fine but other than that I say leave it alone.

 

[Amaris]

The Enterprise having to collect NuSpock from New Vulcan, where he is paying repects to the passing of Spock Prime could work.

But that's if they want to go down that route and have him referenced in all 3 of the films or the post production for New Vulcan. But, we do get to see something of it and the Vulcan society in general.

While I think it would be best if they just put a dedication at the beginning of the film, I think this idea is a really good one, too. Discreet, understated, but memorable.

 

[Sparky]

don't think I'm insensitive to as this. In fact I wrote a lengthy tribute to Nimoy in the general trek discussion.

That being established.. will they address the fate of Spock Prime at all?

Spocks father lived to be 210. Spock would be about about 160 in the current tng timeline. Spock could go on for another half century. If they want to mention he went back to his own reality that would be fine but other than that I say leave it alone.

Sarek was full Vulcan. Spock is half human, as far as I know there are no data points on the life span of a Human/Vulcan hybrid. That being said, if they do decide to do a tribute and have the Spock Prime character pass away off screen, I hope that they handle it in a respectful manner, respectful to the character and to the actor who was so much more than just that character.

 

[Peach Wookiee]

don't think I'm insensitive to as this. In fact I wrote a lengthy tribute to Nimoy in the general trek discussion.

That being established.. will they address the fate of Spock Prime at all?

Spocks father lived to be 210. Spock would be about about 160 in the current tng timeline. Spock could go on for another half century. If they want to mention he went back to his own reality that would be fine but other than that I say leave it alone.

Sarek was full Vulcan. Spock is half human, as far as I know there are no data points on the life span of a Human/Vulcan hybrid. That being said, if they do decide to do a tribute and have the Spock Prime character pass away off screen, I hope that they handle it in a respectful manner, respectful to the character and to the actor who was so much more than just that character.

I think they can do that.

 

[BlueMetroid]

I mentioned this in the other Leonard Nimoy/Spock thread, but it's worth saying again...and this time, with pictures!

http://s11.photobucket.com/user/Bluemetroid/media/spock_zpsp4jwdahr.jpg.html

That's from After Darkness, the official comic sequel. It's also the last time in the ongoing comic series that Spock Prime's whereabouts are mentioned. Obviously it's soft cannon, but Orci has said that the comics are very much a part of the new universe and are designed to jive with the moves (with a couple unintended continuity hiccups along the way).

My guess is that Leonard Nimoy was set to reprise his iconic role one more time, and this was a set up for just that. The crew would've encountered him on their five-year mission in deep space. Obviously now that's not possible, but even if Star Trek 3 makes no mention of Spock Prime, or no mention is ever made (similar to the other actors who passed that are mentioned in this thread), at least we have. I for one am satisfied with it....he's still "out there"

 

[shapeshifter]

I wonder if Mr. Nimoy ever expressed his wishes on the matter to anyone? His desires would be what matters most.

But, given a choice, I do not want Leonard Nimoy's death to be the end of Spock's journey.

McCoy and Scott fates are unknown and I wish for that to be the case here as well.