Saavik

Lieutenant Saavik is a fictional character in the Star Trek universe.

Unrealized concepts

Also planned, but not featured in the final versions of Wrath of Khan and Search for Spock was a romantic relationship between Saavik and David Marcus. The novelizations of both films do, however, expand upon this plot point and establish that, by the time of David and Saavik's posting aboard the Grissom, they were already lovers. (David, in both the novel and final film versions of Search for Spock, would subsequently be killed by Klingons.)

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A significant character in ' was a young female Vulcan protege of Spock, who turned out to be working with the villains. In an early draft of the script, this was Saavik, in the hopes that Alley would return for the large role, using characters that had appeared in prior films (even in small parts) turning out to be significant players this time. Alley turned down the role and they instead created the character of Valeris, played by Kim Cattrall. Some sources, however, suggest the reason for the change was Gene Roddenberry objecting to the popular character becoming a villain and vetoing it. The novelization of this film actually includes a sequence in which Valeris, newly appointed to the Enterprise, meets Saavik, but it's not known if such a scene was ever planned for the movie.

Related Topics:
Valeris - Kim Cattrall

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The character was at one point to appear in the ' episode, "Cause and Effect" but the idea was dropped when Kirstie Alley was once again unavailable to reprise the role.

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