Even after 40 years, the Klingon Battle Theme is still one of the best and most iconic songs of the franchise, and in my opinion, one of the best songs ever put to film. An absolute classic!

That last, desperate torpedo launch after the Klingon shields absorbed V'ger's first attack is awesome.

Ah yes, THAT'S more Klingon..a huge salvo of torpedoes from all three cruisers!

This Klingon battle scene is one of the best Star Trek movie scenes ever filmed, due to the fact that, because it’s so brief it leaves you wanting more.

Love that Klingon music. Wished they had used it more in the movies.

I don't know why this movie gets so much flack, I always enjoy it.

I love that the actor who plays Sarak, who also played the romulan Captain, is also the Klingon Captain. That is only my memory, so this may not be right, but if it is, then I think he is the only actor to play all 3 major powers. What a wonderful short. Great Job...

Fun Fact - that is Mark Lenard (Sarek) playing the Klingon commander in this scene 😊

Love this movie for its dead serious tone, characters, mystery/suspense, and music.

This is great. It also reminds me just how good the music was in this movie.

TMP gets panned but it was vastly better than it gets credit for. And it still, along with Wrath of Khan, has THE best music score in all of the Star Trek movies. RIP James Horner :(

Overheard in the briefing room... Klingon captain: OK guys, there's this huge cloud coming our way. We don't know anything about it, but top brass says go check it out. Klingon officer: Are we gonna shoot at it? Klingon captain: Only hell yeah!

OK I really Like the change that the Last klingon D7 actually took a Hit from that Plasma weapon cause the Last Photon Torpedo shortly before impact actually seemed to have weakened it!

A new director’s cut was released this year … saw this scene so many times that I could utter all the Klingon phrases! Saw it as a 6 year old back in 1979.

Fantastic job! I always had a soft spot for that movie; especially the first scene with the redesigned Klingons and their newly made-up language. Thanks James Doohan!

"Should we report this to Starfleet?" Captain Sulu: "Are you kidding?"

In the the original storyboards the lead Klingon ship survives after its engine is damaged and is last seen careening out of control flying towards then past the past the camera.

This was really cool. Liked the added resistance and the final second torpedo. The desperate last second shot really adds to the moment.

I'd always wondered what happened to that first cruiser - plus the placement of the Klingon crew getting thrown around seemed weird in the original cut. This arrangement makes absolute perfect sense.

Its like in nightmares where you are trying to run as fast as you can while being chased, but you're moving in slow motion 😂🤣

Can one even imagine the terror of watching your squadron's destruction and yet another plazma weapon coming straight for you?

Love the music for this section. And firing more torpedoes makes more sense than the few in the original film. I still love this movie. The refit Enterprise is breath taking. So very beautiful. Thank you for the additional scenes.

Now that's Star Trek dammit!!!

Nicely done, thanks for uploading. The way the music melds with seeing three Klingon D7s in formation is one of my favorite scenes of all time.

It was a stroke of genius to open the film with the most badass species in the universe getting their asses handed to them. It immediately characterized the threat as insurmountable. In my opinion this movie was brilliant from start to finish. It showed the vastness of the ST universe, and set up everything to follow. ST TMP deserves more historical credit. As a matter of fact, the Oort Cloud fly-thru remains the only thing comparable to the similar sequence in 2001: A Space Odyssey.

Nice editing, I really wish they’d done it this way. The middle partial disintegration of the Klingon ship I feel added to the dramatic action sequence. Also the extra Torpedo shot at the V’ger weapon was beautifully done.

I've always loved that high-pitch Screech Photon Torpedoes make when they fire after the pop

Very nicely done! I must admit as to all the fan remakes of this battle sequence yours is the best overall IMO. While the graphics with time will improve I'm sure, the attention to details of what transpired is unmatched. Having the IKC Amar continuing to attack is an example. Also really like your creativity with the final few shots from the fleeing K'tinga. One thing I've never understood was the other 2 K'tinga's doing nothing while the Amar fired. Now I understand why the Klingons would have attacked something as immense as Vger (think Leonidas against the Persians mentality) but why would only one ship attack? Originally, Vger was "over 82 AU's in diameter..." directly quoted from the movie and later edited to 2 AU's in varion special edition releases. For perspective Pluto is approximately 39.5 AU's from the sun. So theoretically this cloud twice as big as the rough orbit of Pluto from the sun is attacked and the Klingons think only 3 torpedoes will get the job done!?!? Klingons are bad-ass but not THAT bad-ass... At least in your awesome rendition every ship is defending the Empire! In regards to the other posting question about battling in warp if you would indulge me... Roddenberry back in the 60's consulted with NASA on many aspects of the show wanting to keep Star Trek as closely based on science as possible. One major issue was the distances involved in traveling. To keep the Enterprise from having to be a generational ship due to the times needed to travel the vast distances and to allow the shows stories to be told in a single episode format bingo...warp drive became a reality. Back to the NASA advisors, they then brought to light that while in warp nobody could shoot as the Enterprise would quite literally outrun what we knew at the time as the fastest weapon...a laser. Roddenberrys experience with being in the military was another influencing factor. The fix; a torpedo. In Star Trek, a Photon Torpedo to be more precise. In terms of navel combat they're very deadly and far faster than the vessels they are intended to destroy. So the powers that be conceptualized the photon torpedo as being the only FTL (faster than light) weapon in the Federations arsenal. An added bonus for Roddenberry is it gave him a story tool that would allow the Enterprise to do things while at warp instead of having to come up with a reason to slow down all the time. In the case of V'ger, it was traveling to see what it deemed as its God/creator. To quote ST:TMP again, "its knowledge has reached the limits of this universe and it must evolve ", so a few Klingons although interesting in the sense of a new lifeform to add to V'gers database would not warrant slowing down and possibly delaying its moment in destiny with its God. The Klingons being Klingons attacked V'ger head on while it was warping through their territory per the novelization. This explains two things; one why you never see any form of phasers or disrupters being used...the vessels would have outrun anything being fired and why the K'tingas trying to escape were so slow in doing so. V'ger was traveling at close to the K'tinga's maximum warp greatly reducing their ability to escape with any haste. A side note not commonly know is thanks to Epsilon 9's sensor data and the Enterprise's newly enhanced and faster warp drive , the Enterprise actually flew around V'ger and approached from the rear. That is why once they traverse the cloud and approach the vessel itself they approach V'ger from the stern then fly over to the bow and finally enter.

I’ve seen much of your videos and I must say the amount of work you put into them is mind boggling. Very realistic, and many are superior to the originals. Hollywood needs to hire you.

Thank you! I was so excited when I first saw that demo real a year ago and realized that there was in fact more to the battle that was actually filmed, but that it was ultimate cut for whatever reason (I'm sure it wasn't for pacing LOL). Finally the shot of the bridge crew being knocked around as Epsilon 9 watched made sense, as I could never figure out what made the ship lurch like that given that V'Ger didn't use conventional weapons. But I was disappointed when I realized that we would probably never see that version as it was originally intended given the pore quality of the images that survived. But thanks to you, now we can see it! You not only did a great job recreating the missing effects shots, but also with the re-editing. Seriously, you could splice this into an HD version of the film and it would fit in seamlessly - as if it always belonged.

I enjoyed this movie thoroughly. The music for the Klingons was So fitting.

Boy, wasn't that Demo reel something else? I remember seeing it on December 31st just minutes away from New Years. To see visual effects unseen and existing effects uncut and open matte was a dream come true. Thank you for your efforts in incorporating them back in!

Klingons firing ineffectively at V'Ger's weapon is spot on. Nicely done. 3:33

Thank you for depicting the Klingon shields withstanding one hit before destruction. Later releases tried to shorten the battle by showing the kligon cruisers incinerating after just one hit. Another way to shorten the battle would have been to show multiple plasma weapons on way to target (as you did with the torpedoes) instead of just one at a time, as in the original.

Very Nice work Jason T. I love this scene sooooo much, I seem to have it on mental repeat with a couple other particular KZfaq vids who have done their own rework, now I'll have to add yours. I love the new quick pieces you were able to add to this. This entire scene + music is one of the all-time best ever in Sci-Fi film, in my book.

It took me several years to realize that the machine voice was supposed to be the Epsilon IX computer translating the Amar's message.

Holy crap that shot where they detonated the V'yger torpedo and it vaporized half the ship, that was such a no brainer as to why that second torpedo shot was left in, thats an astounding detail that your shot made much much clearer. And hell yes much more Klingon. I like the spacing of them actually seeing the ship being obliterated on their monitors, makes their reactions match up so much better. Man this sequence plays so much better here, I hope thats what the new 4k re-release plays like.

This makes more sense when the Starfleet crewman ask "who are they fighting?"

I love that opening scene! The music was great.

Glad you explained the Klingons getting flung around on the view screen rather than it never being explained

It makes sense they continued to fire as they retreated. Fantastic job!

Battle? Vger freaking ATE those battle cruisers as a between meal snack. Great job on rework!

I really like that Klingon theme

So glad you were able to replicate the photon torpedo effect when you had the other K't'ingas firing (as was portrayed in the movie tie-in written by Gene Roddenberry). TMP has the best iteration of the photon torpedo effect (both visually and audibly). I remember when I was a kid seeing this on the big screen in '79, that photon torpedo effect stuck with me for life. The bright, blazing effect and the bang/whistle sound effect. Blew me away, and still does to this day. Star Trek Generations at least seemed to manage to recreate this effect, especially when the Enterprise D fired its one shot on the Bird of Prey. Also, nice touch with having the Amar take a partial hit when the point-blank torpedo shot struck the incoming V'ger attack.

Interesting fact the station commander was part of Star trek phase II's cast to replace Spock as Nimoy didn't want to be involved in tv again

I enjoyed this alot. Much better than the theatrical release. A job well done sir. 😎👍

"So anyway we started blastin" - the Klingons

Thank you. I saw this in the theater on opening night. As I was watching this scene, I thought I was going to see the greatest sci-fi movie of all time, but alas, no. The music is amazing, it captures the Klingon spirit to a T. Now in this reworked scene, seeing the multiple ships firing, and a second barage, yeah that's Klingon. This is so much better. Thanks again!

So I'm guessing that the Klingons haven't discovered "warp drive".

USS Columbia (NCC-621) HERMES SCOUT USS Revere (NCC-595) HERMES SCOUT USS Entente (NCC-2120) FEDERATION DREADNOUGHT USS Merrimac (NCC-1715) CONSTITUTION HEAVY CRUISER Love these minute references to other Starfleet assets. It's reasonable to assume they are all still in their TOS configuration as the TMP Refit for the Enterprise is a testbed for the entire Starfleet.

Come to think about it all these years later. It's almost exactly like Braniac returning to Earth.

You got this VERY accurate with the actual deleted footage. I found the original deleted scenes after watching this and had to double check lol. Brilliant!

Has anyone ever seen "Run Silent, Run Deep" from 1958, a submarine warfare film, also directed by Robert Wise? Seems like there's a little bit of Run Silent, Run Deep in this picture. It's said that Wise learned every detail of how the WWII electromechanical targeting computers worked, and made sure that the sets for the submarine were anatomically correct and showed the right firing solutions. No wonder he was also good at making science fiction films.

WOW! Needless to say this is one of the best scenes from the movie and you edits and enhancements make it better. I love the Klingon Battle Anthem and my only stupid comment to this would be to add more base and really bring the sound up! This really glorifies the Klingon Empire and I suspect would make this awesome video over the top. Nicely Done!

Ahhh yes... the Star Fleet pyjama era. Looks like everyone on the station is dressed for a slumber party. :) Boldly going where no casual wear has gone before.

That was AWESOME!!! It felt more real than the original! NICE!!

This is awesome :) I'm glad I posted it when I realized most people had never seen that footage before!

4:27 ... I always loved that low pitch plucked spring reverb (or maybe it's a guitar sound) when I first saw TMP in 1979. It's a unique sound & I've never heard it in any other movie. The reason is I used to play with the spring reverb in a Conn home/church manual organ that we owned (& still own) & the sound is very similar.

IN THE MOTION PICTURE: They have automatic Klingon translation IN STAR TREK 6: "we iz carrying stuff to Rura Penthe" PASS ME THE DICTIONARY AND ENCYCLOPEDIA CADET!!!

The great Jerry Goldsmith!!! What do I miss him!!! The usage of the blaster beam instrument is fantastic. (That metal sounding sound)

🖖😎👍Very cool and very nicely well done and executed in every detail way shape and form and format indeed, And this has always been one of my favorite scenes from ST-TMP, A job very greatly well done indeed guys!,👌.

But V'Ger is still not green. That was how it was in the cinema release. Blue V'Ger is the TV showings and later. This is why Klingon ships are mostly green, after all. The model kits and pics from this movie established that after this film and all the subsequent films, but for Q'Onos 1 in the Shakespeare-misquoting movie. The models made for the first film were actually bare metal colour, reflecting the colour of V'Ger.

The one thing I never really understood. Unlike the Enterprise being assigned to stay and investigate, their warp engines were not disabled. If the Klingons made an attempt to turn and high-tail it outta there, why in the world didn't they just go to warp?

That music... still some of the best ever used in Star Trek.

Absolutely fantastic. I love this film. Over all the trek films and I cant say why I always end up popping TMP on . And trust me I love all of them but I always go back to this, visually and thoughtfully provoking masterpiece.

I think this was the best of the Star Trek movies. this was made 44 years ago, I would like Paramount to redo the special effects as they did for the tv series.

That is awesome. I have seen the original footage in another video, but this is outstanding. You reworked it beautifully! Great to see more of the battle.

When they do the 4K Director's Cut this should be a part of that cut!

Nice job. Made the Klingon attack more real. All 3 Klingon ships firing torpedoes

I love the look and feel of the newly updated Star Trek universe. Even though the uniforms are panned... I love it. V'GER was an awesome opponent. Critics said this movie was too intellectual... that was the whole *point*. You can't fight it. You have to figure it out. You can't go play chess and whip out a phaser and shoot your opponent. And, we got the new look, with the action and suspense of a submarine battle in TWOK. This one is an excellent standalone in its context, but it took 30 years for me to love it. Excellent rework of the battle scene, BTW. Fun fact: The commander of the Epsilon 9 station was the same actor who was going to play the Vulcan Xon in Star Trek: Phase II.

Allot of people did not like the first movie....our family LOVED it, and I especially loved the Klingon music from the scene!

I love how these feel like actual huge warships, from the bridge with its multiple gunnery stations to the ponderous evasive turn... even the bridge outside looks a warships conning-tower. The tactical displays, the neccessity of mulstiple stations to controll a 3D arced firing system... They don't move like fighter-planes like the newtrek ones, these feel like the hundreds of meters long warships they supposedly are. And of course the iconic klingon fanfare, so good that every ST series so far used it in some form. Tadaaa-tadaaa...dadadadada-dada-dadaa

There were FIVE lights!😆 Some of this footage, I believe, *was* in the original theatrical release for the first week, and I thought that I had remembered seeing it on Release Day minus one. I was friends with the local theater manager, and he invited us out for the check run for the employees the night before. The five torps on the screen brought back that memory. Thanks!

Very nice re-work of that famous scene!!!

I always wondered why the commander of the Federation station didn't order an evacuation. If that thing smoked the Klingons like they were standing still my station has zero chance to surviving. I would try to get my people out alive.

I don 't know if anyone has ever noticed but... The last ship fires a torpedo at the oncoming VGER torpedo which has no affect upon impact and continues to advance to the back of the Klingon vessel. If you look carefully, just before the VGER torpedo impacts the back of the Klingon ship it fires another torpedo as a last ditch attempt to stop it but to no avail. Check it out.

I’ve been watching this battle in various forms since it aired on NBC movie of the week in the early 80s and I happened to tape it. Mainly for the Klingon theme. You’ve totally nailed it and made it better. Great job!

As a Trekkie who watched endless reruns of the original series, when I saw this first scene of the movie with the Klingons actually looking like aliens and speaking Klingon I was just blown away.

I like the way you reworked the scenes a little. Ramps up the action nicely.

Verry interesting change near the end when the plasma attack digitalized only part of the ship. 👌

This movie when I was 4 is the reason I fell in love with star trek now 38 still love it.

Don't worry. The Klingons have only been put into V'gers archive under section K.

The Klingon theme song is awesome and badass, Right up there with the Imperial March theme.

Nicely done. More torpedoes, shields actually working, much better.

Very Very Cool. The last Torpedo didn't have, no effect, after all. Thank you for that. This one was much more energetic.

I like how one ship stayed behind to cover the retreat of the other two ships.

I keep rooting for the Klingons. Would have solved a lot of problems if they won.

Much better . Also adds more depth to building character understanding of VGER cloud ,the klingons , and how the Federation became aware. This looks less thrown together. Way to go !

Nice reworking of a pivotal sequence! Greatly underrated movie.

I LOVE the editing. Better than either official version.

If only the storyline in that movie was as good as the music

Always love watching the Klingons running from V’ger. First time I’ve seen that 👍🏻

Seeing this in the theater, after this scene I thought, whoa this is going to be a great movie.

Before seeing this it was kind of unclear why the Klingons were being jolted around, but now it's obvious their shields repelled one attack before a second one came. In the movie I've always seen it looked like there was only one attack. Nice work.

I remember being 9 when my mom took me to see TMP. I was so excited when it opened with a trio of Klingon Battle Cruisers heading into battle - how could this movie go wrong? Then, well, the rest of the movie happened.

Without the complete scenes of the original (and the director's cut), there are continuity gaps that make this sequence more of a synopsis than cohesive storytelling. Shorter doesn't make it better.

I love the Klingons, as a kid and now , I felt bad they got taken out like this and wished at least one ship would’ve survived. Also wish they hadda kept the look of the Klingons like this

James Doonan created the Klingon language for this film. And Spock’s father Sarak played the Klingon commander.

The K’Tinga class battlecruiser is definitely one of my top five fav ships outside Starfleet. The D’Derridix, Romulan Scout Ship, Dkora class Ferengi vessel and the son’s science ship rounds it off 🖖🏾

Still sends a shiver down my spine.