Being the last film focusing solely on the original Star Trek cast and characters, there was early consideration to feature Captain Picard from Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) in the story. At the time however, The Next Generation was still in the midst of its run on television, and Paramount had no plans to transition this to a film series, or give any impression of such. In addition, Gene Roddenberry was long opposed to such crossovers between Star Trek (1966) and The Next Generation, even though Bones had already appeared in Star Trek: The Next Generation: Encounter at Farpoint (1987) at Roddenberry's insistence, and Spock's father Sarek appeared in Star Trek: The Next Generation: Sarek (1990) (when Roddenberry's personal involvement with TNG was decreasing). Both Sarek and Spock himself appeared in Star Trek: The Next Generation: Unification I (1991)/Star Trek: The Next Generation: Unification II (1991), filmed around the same time as this film. After Roddenberry's death, Star Trek: The Next Generation: Relics (1992) featured an appearance by Scotty.

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