As Kirk and a competing Klingon Commander seeking glory move to rescue the hostages, Sybok upends their plans, captures the Enterprise and propels it on his religious quest to regain Sha Ka Ree (Eden). An altruistic Vulcan named Sybok (Spock’s half brother) who has rejected his Vulcan upbringing and embraced emotion, has taken Klingon, Romulan and Terran ambassadors hostage on the planet Nimbus III. Turning to the movie, the starship Enterprise’s shakedown cruise is interrupted by an urgent rescue mission. It suffices to say that the lack of resources served to mortally wound the story’s narrative and resulted in what many believe to be the weakest film in the Star Trek franchise. Production and financing problems forced a dramatic scaling back of the movie’s climactic scene where he had planned a dramatic display of immense stone gollums and the earth opening up to reveal scenes of Dante’s ten levels of Hell. William Shatner lobbied very hard to direct the film and although he managed to win the directorship, he regretfully would not enjoy critical success. It is from this inner longing, this yearning that the saga which is Star Trek V unfolds. In metaphysics Eden symbolizes primordial perfection, the source of all life and the state of perfect communion between humanity and God. It explores our search for that sacred omphalos from whence we arose – the Garden of Eden. Star Trek V is at its heart a mystical quest film concerned with a question that has aroused humanity’s curiosity for millennia.
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