Summary
Laurence Luckinbill, who played Sybok inStar Trek V: The Final Frontier, has important advice for the next actor to play Spock’s Vulcan half-brother inStar Trek: Strange New Worlds. Although no one was officially cast in the role, Sybok made a shocking comeback inStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 1, episode 7, “The Serene Squall” - 33 years after Luckinbill originated the role of Sybok inStar Trek V. Sybok did not appear inStrange New Worldsseason 2, butit’s possible Spock’s older half-brother who eschewed logic for emotion could return inStar Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 3.
In an upcoming exclusive interview withScreen Rantto discuss his memoir, “Affective Memories: How Chance and the Theater Saved My Life”, andStar Trek V: The Final Frontier,Laurence Luckinbill offered his words of wisdom for whoever is eventually cast to play SybokinStar Trek: Strange New Worlds. Luckinbill also spoke in depth about how he never saw Sybok as a villain and his conversations withStar Trek Vdirector William Shatner. Check out Laurence’s quote below:
Hold on very hard to the idea that this is a man who really wanted to change the world that he knew to a better one, to a better world. And I’ve told the story before, but when Bill [Shatner] said, ‘Let’s meet to talk about how you see the role,’ we were supposed to have dinner, but we ended up at an orange juice bar with [us] standing in the corner. And he said, ‘Well, how do you see the part?’ and I said, ‘Lenin.’ And he said, ‘John?’ And I said, ‘No Vladimir Ilyich.’ And he said, ‘Wait a minute, this isn’t a commie movie.’ I said, ‘No, no, that’s not my intention.’
My intention is the fact that all of these reformers start with the intention of making things better for people, for humans, freedom, equality, justice, all those things. But when they reach obstacles, and there are many people who don’t want the kind of government that the guy is projecting, then they start to get dictatorial. And that’s what happened when Sybok decided the key thing was to steal the Enterprise, which was a criminal act, and he knew that. But if you recall the ending, which I’m very, very fond of, where Leonard and I became brothers, and then I sacrificed myself for the community.
And so, I would tell anyone who’s got the new Sybok robes to remember, really, that his impulse is good, is really good. He is not a villain. He is someone who has made mistakes. You and I might make those mistakes. And in terms of trying to change your family or hold the community better, or something like that, you might get nuts and say, ‘No, you will do it this way.’ But the impulse [is] to make things better, and really, at its heart, is let me take your pain away. Let me make life better for you. So, that was what that is. That is my take on it. And I resisted the idea of being the villain. And I told Bill that. I said he’s not a villain. He’s a heroic guy. And he’s just, he’s just in the way of the legal stuff, you know. That’s what I would say.
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How Spock’s Brother Sybok Fits Into Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Sybok is still a secret Spock is keeping from the rest of the Starship Enterprise
InStar Trek: Strange New Worlds, Lt. Spock (Ethan Peck) keeps hisolder half-brother Sybok’s existence a secret, but this is also to preserveStar Trekcanon since Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) never knew Spock had a brother inStar Trek V: The Final Frontier. InStrange New Worlds, Sybok is married to a space pirate named Captain Angel (Jesse James Keitel), who tries to liberate their husband from his confinement at the Ankeshtan K’Til Vulcan Criminal Rehabilitation Center overseen by T’Pring (Gia Sandhu), Spock’s fiancée.Sybok uses the alias Xaverius, which means T’Pring may not even know she’s holding Spock’s brother.
Captain Angel hijacked the USS Enterprise as part of their plot to free Sybok, decades before Sybok will steal the Starship Enterprise inStar Trek V: The Final Frontier.
Star Trek: Strange New Worldsseason 2 not following up on the dangling Sybok thread was surprising, but the opportunity for Sybok’s return is somethingStrange New Worldsseason 3 will hopefully take advantage of. With Captain Angel still on the loose and Sybok still in a Vulcan rehabilitation center, the pieces are there to continue Sybok’s story.Much of Sybok’s backstory remains to be told,andStar Trek: Strange New Worldscan reveal new facets to Sybok that could explain the Vulcan revolutionary’s desire to find God inStar Trek V: The Final Frontier.
“Affective Memories: How Chance and the Theater Saved My Life” by Laurence Luckilbillcan bepurchased at this link.
