In the original version of the ending, Captain Kirk dies when Soran shoots him in the back, and Soran then dies when Captain Picard shoots him with his own disruptor pistol. The first edition of the novelization told the story this way, but was later edited and republished. When this ending was shown to a test audience, producer Rick Berman remembered that an ominous silence was present in the room. The executives at Paramount Pictures told Berman and writers Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga that the ending had to be re-shot. The writers considered multiple scenarios, including forcefields and tunnels, amongst others. They finally settled on having a bridge present that would eventually collapse and provide an action sequence with Captain Picard, Captain Kirk, and Soran. A sixty-five foot bridge was flown in by helicopter, and placed at the Valley of Fire. The set decorators had four days time to rebuild the scaffolding sets, even though it had taken them many weeks the first time; fortunately, the State of Nevada had kept the metal at the park following original filming. The actors returned, the ending was re-shot to what was seen in this film. Rick Berman recalled that original photography occurred during the summer months in one hundred ten degree heat, and when they returned, it was September and October, and only about eighty degrees. Braga and Moore though expressed dissatisfaction with how the ending turned out, even though many fans believed it was better than Captain Kirk being shot in the back.

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