Star Trek II (development)

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==Gene Roddenberry's script==
===Plot===
In his plot, the crew of the Enterprise travel back in time to set right a corrupted time line after Klingons use the Guardian of Forever to prevent the assassination of John F. Kennedy.
===Rejection===
This was rejected by Paramount executives, who blamed the poor performance and inflated budget ($46 million) of the first movie on its plodding pace and the constant rewrites Roddenberry demanded.
==Star Trek: War of the Generations==
===Development===
Bennett wrote his first film treatment in November 1980.
===Plot===
Kirk investigates a rebellion on a distant world and discovers that his son is the leader of the rebels. Khan is the mastermind behind the plot, and Kirk and son join forces to defeat the tyrant.
==The Omega Syndrome==
===Development===
Bennett then hired Jack B. Sowards, an avid Star Trek fan, to turn his outline into a filmable script. Sowards wrote an initial script before a writer's strike in 1981.
===Plot===
Involved the theft of the Federation's ultimate weapon, the "Omega system".
===Rejection===
Sowards was concerned that his weapon was too negative, and Bennett wanted something more uplifting "and as fundamental in the 23rd century as recombinant DNA is in our time," Minor recalled. Minor suggested to Bennett that the device be turned into a terraforming tool instead.
===Legacy===
At the story conference the next day, Bennett hugged Minor and declared that he had saved Star Trek. In recognition of the Biblical power of the weapon, Sowards renamed the "Omega system" to the "Genesis Device".
Category:Unused Star Trek (TOS) II scripts