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** They couldn't get [[Leonard Nimoy]] or [[DeForest Kelley]] to return as Spock and Bones for the opening scene, so Kirk is instead accompanied by Scotty and Chekhov. As a result, Chekhov seems to be acting in the capacity of a doctor when they pick up the refugees and Scotty calls Kirk "Jim".

** In the alternate opening scene, Kirk boasts about his precision skydiving. Scotty 'helpfully' announces that Kirk was off by a few meters. Definitely a Spock line.

* [[Recycled Script]]:

** The Duras sisters' attack against the ''Enterprise''-D is essentially the same as Khan's first attack against the ''Enterprise'' from ''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]'', and they're defeated the same way: the ''Enterprise'' forces their ship to lower their shields, becoming vulnerable to an attack.

* [[Show Accuracy, Toy Accuracy]]: An example of the "both being made together" type. The action figures from the movie reflected certain aspects of the pre-production version, but did not accurately reflect the movie as released in theaters. For example, one problem was an action figure based around Captain Kirk in an orbital skydiving suit, which was from a scene which was filmed but cut from the theatrical release. Another, more famous problem with the figures was that '''all''' the ''Next Generation'' characters appear in new versions of their standard television uniforms: these new uniforms were intended to debut in the film, and were even designed by the costume department, but a last minute decision seen them pulled before filming began, replaced with the jumpsuits from ''Deep Space Nine'' (and ''Voyager''). Nobody told the people making the action figures that these new costumes had been pulled, however, so all the action figures are wearing Starfleet uniforms that were never actually seen on screen...

* [[Troubled Production]]: The Paramount execs were determined to have the film released the autumn after ''The Next Generation'' ended, resulting in an absurdly rushed schedule that started literally one week after filming on the series wrapped. Poor Ron Moore and Brannon Braga were also given an unusually short deadline to write the script, on top of numerous demands about elements that had to be put in the film. They eagerly take the opportunity to complain about this on the DVD commentary, pointing out things like how they probably could have come up with a less silly-looking way for Picard to get past Soran's force field if they'd had more time, and pointing out a blown line that was left in the final cut with Riker talking about a "big" margin of error. "If you just listen to that line, it's wrong! And ''nobody'' caught it!"

** The concept of the ''Enterprise''-D being destroyed and the saucer section crashing on a planet was devised in the sixth season of the show as a possible season cliffhanger. It was dismissed as being far too expensive and would require too much time to reestablish a new ship in the final season.

** The original plans for the film involved the ''Enterprise''-A fighting the ''Enterprise''-D. Problems: a) there was no way for either crew to come out the good guy, and b) this would require budgeting, logistics, and all the other headaches for ''two full Enterprise crews at once''. The plan was scrapped. Plus, a 23rd century ''Constitution''-class starship vs a 24th century ''Galaxy''-class starship would have been an utter [[Curb Stomp Battle]], advantage Picard. Course, the D12 class ''Bird-of-Prey'' effortlessly trounced the ''Enterprise''-D...

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