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Star Trek III: The Search for Spock - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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As explained by William Shatner in the Star Trek 25th Anniversary Special (1991), there was tight security on the set to minimize theft, as occurred on Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982). Picture ID badges, codes and the works were used so much, that Shatner quipped it was like Paramount's real-life Mission: Impossible (1966).
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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The U.S.S. Grissom is named after astronaut Gus Grissom, who was killed when the Apollo 1 spacecraft caught fire on January 27, 1967, during an engine test. The fire also killed astronauts Ed White and Roger B. Chaffee.
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Mark Lenard reprised his role as Sarek from the original series. Mark Lenard made his first and only appearance as Sarek in Star Trek (1966) season two, episode ten, "Journey to Babel", and provided the voice of Sarek in Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973) season one, episode two, "Yesteryear".
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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In early 1982, Paramount toyed with the idea of having the film be 3-D. Instead, the studio decided that 3-D was better suited for Friday the 13th: Part III (1982).
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Chekov makes a remark in Russian (pronounced "ya ne sumasshedshiy, nu vot") to Scotty about the security breach in Spock's quarters. Translated, he is saying, "I'm not crazy! So there!"
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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In the novelization of this movie by Vonda N. McIntyre, Klingon Commander Kruge's dog was named "Warrigul", which is an Australian Aboriginal word for dog.
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Christopher Lloyd, who is most famous for playing Doc Brown, inventor of the time machine in the Back to the Future trilogy, plays the Klingon commander whose ship is taken over by Kirk and his crew. In Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986), Kirk coincidentally uses this same ship to travel back to the 1980s, near the 1985 date that Brown first used his famous DeLorean time machine.
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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Harve Bennett and Leonard Nimoy died only two days apart: Bennett on February 25, 2015, and Nimoy on February 27, 2015.
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts
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This film marks the first appearances of the Excelsior-class vessel, the Oberth-class vessel (namely the U.S.S. Grissom), and the Klingon Bird-of-Prey. The models were re-used as other, similar ships in numerous episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (1993).
Star Trek III: The Search for Spock - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts