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** [[Patrick Stewart]] wanted [[Brian Blessed]] to play Admiral Dougherty.

** There were some serious rumblings that fan-favorite Q would appear. That ultimately did not pan out and Jonathan Frakes is on record as being disappointed with that.

** According to Michael Piller's unpublished book, Fade In, the first draft was about Picard hunting down his old friend from the academy, Duffy, who has gone native with the Baku against the Romulans. ~~Baku~~ ~~was~~ ~~being~~ ~~used~~ as a ~~fall~~ ~~guy~~ by the ~~Federation~~ to ~~ensure~~ ~~peace~~ ~~with~~ ~~the~~ ~~Romulans~~. It eventually ended with a [[Mr. Smith Goes to Washington]] like speech by Picard in front of the Federation council, the crew of the Enterprise about to be arrested, but stopped by a [[Slow Clap]] started by Boothby.

** According to Michael Piller's unpublished book ''Fade In'', the first draft was about Picard hunting down his old friend from the academy, Duffy, who has gone native with the Baku against the Romulans. The effect of the Fountain of Youth is amplified as the ''Enterprise'' closes in on Duffy, essentially de-aging Patrick Stewart back to Season 1 Picard. It eventually ended with a ''[[Mr. Smith Goes to Washington]]''-like speech by Picard in front of the Federation council, the crew of the Enterprise about to be arrested, but stopped by a [[Slow Clap]] started by Boothby.

** That... sounds quite a bit like ''[[Wing Commander (video game)|Wing Commander]] IV'', actually. (Except Picard killed [[Malcolm McDowell]] two movies back, so he can't be the bad guy again here.)

** Internet reviewer [[SF Debris]] provided a rather interesting premise for the film: the family argument. Only half the officers would go with Picard to defend the Ba'ku while Riker and the others would stay on the Enterprise to help the Son'a. The whole outline is in [http://blip.tv/sf-debris-opinionated-reviews/star-trek-insurrection-part-4-review-5301203 Part 4] of his review.