Kirstie Alley not returning to portray Lieutenant Saavik in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country led to a different character becoming a traitor, according to director Nicholas Meyer.

But if I get Star Trek, that will be my happiest ... Everything about Robin Curtis’ version of the character is wonderful, but Kirstie Alley’s version is, for some fans, still a bit more ...

He left PEOPLE in 2023. Kirstie Alley fibbed in order to play her iconic Star Trek character who was, ironically, incapable of lying. In 2016, Alley participated in the Star Trek 50th Anniversary ...

I had just gotten to LA, I was like 20 years old, and I was playing this character ... Kirstie Alley and those in charge. It’s for certain that you don’t get a franchise like Star Trek to ...

Five years before she first pulled up a barstool on “Cheers,” Kirstie Alley ... a pair of pointy ears. Alley appeared as the Vulcan Lt. Saavik in 1982’s “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan ...

Since the announcement of her sudden passing from colon cancer on Monday, Kirstie Alley has been remembered and eulogized throughout Hollywood. Director of "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan ...

Nicholas Meyer knew there was something special about Kirstie Alley the moment he met her for a possible role in his film, Star Trek II ... originality" that the character required, Meyer says ...

Kirstie Alley, the two-time Emmy-winning star of the classic sitcom “Cheers” and the comedy “Veronica’s Closet,” has died. She was 71. Her passing was announced Monday evening on her ...

More from IndieWire Ted Danson Remembers 'Cheers' Co-Star Kirstie Alley ... as the Vulcan in “Star Trek III: The Search for Spock” — and brought little of the character’s inner fire.