Star Trek writer Ronald D. Moore points out one bad way Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan impacted the Star Trek movies that followed.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is regarded as one of the best, if not the best, Star Trek movie of all, but Star Trek Generations and Star Trek: First Contact co-writer Ronald D. Moore also points out the "bad way" Star Trek II impacted the movie franchise.
In the oral history "The Center Seat: 55 Years of Star Trek" by Peter Holmstrom, Ronald D. Moore hailed Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan as "a classic" and "a fan's dream" that "works on every level." However, Moore also describes the negative impact Wrath of Khan made on every Star Trek movie that followed, as Paramount continually demanded that each film had a villain like Khan.
It's the one that's referenced over and over again. In some ways, in a bad way. Because I could easily make the argument that what Wrath of Khan did was it permanently sent every Star Trek film down the same path. They all then, with the exception of IV, went, "We need a villain like Khan." I can't tell you how many times I heard that. "We need a Khan. Who's the Khan in this movie?" It all became about emulating that story.
As co-writers of Star Trek Generations and Star Trek: First Contact, Moore and Brannon Braga indeed had "Khans" for both films in Dr. Tolian Soran and the Borg Queen .Star Trek Movies & TV Have Continually Remade Wrath of Khan Most Star Trek movie villains are made in Khan's mold. Close Along with nearly every Star Trek movie villain being modeled after Khan, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan has also been remade twice.
Other Khan-like Star Trek movie villains who followed Ricardo Montalbán's seminal heavy were Kruge in Star Trek III: The Seach for Spock, Sybok in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, General Chang in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, Dr. Tolian Soran in Star Trek Generations, The Borg Queen in Star Trek: First Contact, Ru'afo in Star Trek: Insurrection, Nero in Star Trek 2009, and Krall in Star Trek Beyond.
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