So, we had to fight somewhat to get the episode going.”Įxecutive producer Rick Berman and late TNG showrunner Michael Piller helped run interference on that front to get the episode greenlit, as they did earlier in season four for another Moore-scripted episode, “Family.” In fact, Piller and the staff originally planned for the “Redemption” Klingon civil war arc to be the cliffhanger for season three. And this was going to be the series’ 100th episode on top of it. This was the first time that Next Gen - that Star Trek, really - had ever done a big war story like this. “He didn’t really see Worf as a primary character.
“I remember that Gene was not fully on board with the idea,” Moore tells The Hollywood Reporter. The source of this conflict? Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry. How Sci-Fi Films Use Asian Characters to Telegraph the Future While Also Dehumanizing Them This landmark episode, which celebrates its 30th anniversary on June 17, almost never happened - thanks in large part to an internal conflict behind the scenes that mirrored the one audiences would see onscreen. In this epic installment, the Enterprise’s Klingon officer Worf ( Michael Dorn) is forced to choose between Starfleet and his people when a civil war threatens to tear the Klingon Empire apart. Moore’s crowning achievement in that regard was “Redemption, Parts I and II.” “Part I” served as the season four finale in 1991 and the series’ 100th episode.
Moore for helping us get to know more about the franchise’s iconic villains, as he was “the Klingon Guy” on Star Trek: The Next Generation whenever the series wanted to mine the popular alien race for more story and drama. Star Trek fans can thank writer Ronald D. But when you really broke it down, you didn’t know that much about them.” “When I started at Star Trek, the Klingons were already part and parcel of the franchise.