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You know, it’s been 42 years since Star Trek 2 came out and we’re still talking about The Battle of the Mutara Nebula. We’re not nerdy. Not at all.

Port engine nacelle. Not starboard. Your work is still 10/10. Thank you.

In submarine terms, what Khan did when he turned the ship around and nearly collides with Enterprise is called a "Crazy Ivan." Russian subs used to do this all the time. It was like a high stakes game of "chicken."

1:20 You're a one man army. Blender and similar programmes aren't particularly user friendly so props to you.

You got port and starboard mixed up. The Reliant's PORT nacelle was destroyed, not the STARBOARD one. Port = Left side / Starboard = Right side. An interesting history on where these names came from. Ships were built with the main gangway plank or cargo hold opening on the left side, hence this was the side they always came into port to transfer cargo and passengers. The Enterprise's main gangway hatch is on the PORT edge of the main saucer section. The main wheel house or rudder wheel was always offset slightly to the right of the main sailing mast. The "wheel" was also known as the "star" because of it's distinctive shape with radial spokes. Thus, that side of the ship was known as "star-board." Even on modern aircraft carriers the "bridge" or "island" is always on the "starboard" side of the flight deck. On aircraft with two front seats, the pilot's seat is always on the right or "starboard" side.

These breakdowns show just how much detail went into the Wrath of Khan's two fights. It's also one of the last films in the franchise to feature the inspiration for Star Trek; submarine fights. A cat and mouse chase that can make either ship the predator or the prey. The film from beginning to end is just a masterclass of how to have a consistent story. Despite being 40 years old, it holds up extremely well.

9:17 Khan was firing a warning shot.

In the novel, Spock explains that the Enterprise’s sensors are still down, but Regula One’s are fully functional.

The fact that you can do all this via Blender is just amazing. It's been awesome watching your skills grow across the 3d vfx pipeline

Showing how Kirk was always fighting against a stronger opponent is a point that I believe a lot of people miss about the story in "The Wrath of Kahn."

A brilliant analysis of one of Sci-fi's greatest ship duels. Well done

I like how there’s a sense of tightness to this battle. There’s a very real possibility they’ll run into one another, so Khan’s Crazy Ivan is more insane than most think. Also, while Khan’s thinking is two-dimensional, it’s the same flaw he had back in Space Seed. He’s superior in intellect, but inexperienced in his new arena. He’s used to thinking in terms of armies and battleships, not starships. Of weak modern humans, not the “evolved humans” of TOS. I’ve always assumed that Genesis was made from regula 1, but I could be wrong. My only real evidence is that it’s possible the reason it failed was because the Genesis Chamber within caused a feedback loop with the larger detonation. The Chamber itself wasn’t unstable, after all.

Nice work. What's brilliant about this movie is that it uses this universe to play in and battle in. The Enterprise uses the Nebula as a means to level the playing field and working technology to simple terms--captain to captain, ship to ship, battle conditions. Khan has always bragged about his superior abilities because he was part of the Eugenics War, but in truth it is Kirk who outsmarts him--genetics gives Khan an advantage in strength and speed, but it is Kirk's experience as a captain that beats Khan and his crew helps him. And, perhaps most importantly, his XO helps him the most and Kirk trusts him and follows his observation, meanwhile Khan only trusts himself, Joaquin is abandoned. Checkmate to Kirk and the Enterprise.

For years I never knew that when Spock says "Sauce for the goose" he's saying the early version of "What's good for the goose is good for the gander"; it's such an interesting character moment for alien science guy Spock to reference a centuries-old earth idiom

My license plate is KHAAAAN. I am not joking.

I know the books aren't considered canon but from what I remember the Genesis Device was actually successful. What went wrong was there was not enough matter in the Nebula to make a planet and a star for the planet. Star Fleet told the galaxy the device was no good in order to suppress it (along with destroying all data about it) because even though the scientists were making it to make life easier for everyone plenty of people in the Federation and other empires like the Klingons also saw it for what it was: A perfect weapon. Wipe out your enemy and terraform his planet so you can live on it. The novel was Star Trek The Next Generation: Genesis Wave (2000)

One of the best damn space battles in cinema gets one of the best damn breakdowns. good video sir! To quote Bones at the end; "He's really not dead, as long as we remember him..." I was a kid when I saw this in theaters. My cousin who was a HUGE Trekkie took us all to see it. Her and I were in tears when Spock died, and admittedly I still get misty when that scene comes.

15:09 I agree that Kirk didn't outright destroy the Reliant due to how close they were and the risk of releasing anti-matter into the surroundings. That was immediate death or crippling the Enterprise at best. Letting the Genisis device countdown gave the crew time to somehow get warp power back online, which we know works in the end due to Spock's solution to a no-win scenario. Amazing how much this movie can be analyzed so many years later.

The Mutara Nebula may have a pulsar at its center. One exterior shot shows a bright flickering light - not a discharge, but an area of thinner gases that allowed light momentarily from the pulsar to shine through. This also may be the unmentioned ‘sun’ that lit the surface of the newborn Genesis planet (the novelization mentions that the Genesis device also provided a small sun to warm and light the new world-but credibility is strained paper thin already, so I don’t accept the premise. The Marcus’s said they were going to reconfigure worlds in already established solar systems. No mention was made of providing a star as well. Why would they? Their intent was to reconfigure uninhabited planets that already had stars).

That nebula you've created looks absolutely gorgeous 11/10

I always thought that the torpedo fired before entering the nebula was a warning shot.

Thank you so much for caring about this movie to take the time for this project. This is probably the greatest battle scene in all of science fiction. Great job. My younger brother passed away three years ago, he and I loved this movie since it came out. He would have loved this video. P.S. Khan's buddy was named Joakim, like Joakim Noah who played for the Chicago Bulls

Joaquin was more then just Khan's number one, he was his son. Born from Lt. Marla McGivers, Khans wife, who left the Enterprise in Space Seed to be with Khan.

This is outstanding. I have been a Trekkie for over 30 years and have been creatively active for most of that time, either doing 3D work, organizing conventions and so forth. I have to say that this is by far THE best battle simulation from any Star Trek, movie or series, that I have seen. The 3D is very nice, the audio is excellent, as well as the commentary. I know from own experience how time consuming these multi-discipline projects are, but this was clearly a time well spent for you. This was a pure joy to watch, thank you.

9:20 - We actually do see the torpedo miss the Enterprise. It passes within meters of the secondary hull and the turbulence from its engines causes the ship to shutter.

I managed to catch a re-escreening of WoK at a local cinema for its anniversary, and My God, the effects still hold up, beautiful!! And framing the fight like two old sailing ships of war was inspired.

OMFG! HAHAHAHA! Forty years I've always thought Scotty said, "a fuses short" or "the fuses short" but you're right he actually says "a few shots sir" in response. I opened the movie and went right to that scene and put on the captions. Right there in writing. "A few shots sir." Now I can also hear it clear as day as well. Amazing. Great video as well. Keep it up. Edit: The torpedo Khan fires before the nebula misses. It flies past the pylon and under the saucer of the ship. Why does Enterprise shake? Movie stuff to provide atmosphere for the viewer. But if you want to play the technobabble game you can say the torp pushing into the nebula caused waves to shake the Enterprise.

The one thing that is obviously missing in the movie is what Khan plans to do with the Genesis device. Since he demanded from Kirk all data and materiel one might get the idea that he already has a plan for it. I can imagine that either he just plans use it to either find himself a suitable planet and terraform it, disregarding any lifeforms that are upon it or he might even go after Earth since he had been kicked from that planet and since by then he already would've finished off Kirk it was time to finish off Earth as well and take possession of earth in it's new form, not knowing that even that new "Earth" would destroy itself shortly afterwards.

This movie still stands up as one of the best sci fi movies ever made and with some of the best military tactical battle sequences ever put on film. Ricardo Montalban is superb portraying the villain Khan, who is as obsessed with Admiral Kirk as Captain Ahab is with Moby Dick.

This is what KZfaq was made for. Thank you for this post. May God bless you for it.

Love TWoK, just love it. Great breakdown. I always assumed, even as a kid, that Regula is what gets terraformed into Genesis. I was shocked when I got older to learn there isn't a clear consensus on this.

correction: The bridge shot to the Reliant actually connected. However, there is an outer shell layer over the bridge inner shell which houses a significant amount of equipment and mechanical spaces, which took the hit, combined with hitting on the very edge of the bridge structure.

I'd also heard it as "a few shorts, sir." I assumed that was a reference to the overall power. That they could manage a few short shots, and not a long continuous barrage. We know that phasers can fire long continuous beams from the series. But here, they fire a relatively short salvo.

I guess Khan wanted Kirk to die slowly because he could have beamed him onto the Reliant. Awesome video!

Loved the analysis of this battle. Still is probably the best battle in sci fi. Often imitated looking you Titan Shrike duel from Picard season 3. The sheer tension of it all. Edge of your seat boredom so to speak broken by moments of sheer terror. It really did feel so real as far as the cat and mouse game.

Did Khan’s torpedo, prior to the nebula, miss? Scotty says the shields were up at that point (energizer bypassed like a Christmas tree) and the ship shakes from an impact that a miss couldn’t have caused. Could be the nebula but we get a scene showing the entry later. So I’d say the torpedo hit the shields near the aft left nacelle pylon.

Kahn fought like a surface Navy Ahab. Kirk and Spock with years of space fighting fought like a sub driver. They took advantage of steath by elements and 3D warfare. Still the best battle in all Star Trek. Now starfighter and B5 uses a more airforce based fight though B5 combines Navy and Airforce methods in space, with a touch of marine at times.

Slight correction: Planetary nebulas aren't a result of a Super-nova, rather the ejection of the outer shell of a main-sequence star that underwent a red giant phase. This means, no stellar remnant of the neuron star or black hole type and the mother star is still alive, that is fusing elements at this point. Port = left.

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I was only expecting the excellent battle analysis; your brief yet deep comments on the film itself took things to a whole other level:)

Beautiful work on the videos! The ships look perfect. As far as what the Genesis Effect did, I always believed the new Genesis Planet was the terraformed Regula planetoid. In the nebula fight, the large flickering mass behind Reliant seemed to be a dead star, either neutron or a pulsar, and Genesis stabilized it to shine on the newly terraformed Regula. I just assumed that Genesis was powerful but not magical. It couldn't conjure up the matter to create a planet and a star. Just my two cents. Thanks for the videos!

From an old FASA gamer, thanks for breathing new life into a nostalgic classic .

Bro, You should start a series with these graphics. I LOVE THIS!!! Been watching since last year and loved it all.

I hadn't considered the idea that the nebula they went into was specifically the stellar nursery part of a nebula, but it makes sense. Terminology changes over time, so perhaps 'nebula' has by the 23rd century become a narrower term than it's used as today, and 'Mutara' was the name given that specific stellar nursery in a larger cloud with a different name.

"... YOURS ISsssaa SUPERIOR!!" Truly Superior Tactical rendition of this "space battle"....A CLASSIC in Star Trek lore. With a few minor/Major goofs, I give Your video a 9.7/10, due to previous comments of "starboard" nacelle shot-off and way the re-encounter of ENTERPRISE and RELIANT engagement at Mutara where the torpedo goes left instead of passing right, under the starboard nacelle strut of ENTERPRISE. BUT, other-than-those...a TRUE Work of ART. You, 'Resurrected Starships', are Truly talented!!! Your Graphics, narration, and ability of putting this together .......... there is Really No Words, except .... "KHAAAAAANNNNNNN!!!" A B I G Sci-Fi fan....Anything Sci-Fi, I'm watchin!!

I like that you added this epic battle had two, "yes, only two," starships. A lesson for today where no movie set in space can be "epic" without hundreds of CGI ships firing thousands of torpedoes to a point it's all meaningless. It's the same as how Kirk and Khan are never once in the same room at the same time in this movie. There was no need for Kirk and Khan to have a martial arts fist fight at the end, or break out conveniently placed swords, and then Kirk escapes seconds before Khan dies a horrible death. Indeed, Khan dies believing the Enterprise won't escape and never sees it warp away at the last second. That could never be allowed in a movie today; Khan would have to see Kirk escape and scream "KIIIIIIIRRRRRRRK!" or similar schlock.

Phenomenal analysis. You have made me reassess so many things about this movie. I love the idea that it was Khan vs. Spock at its core. It really was Spock's Kobayashi Maru.

Excellent! I would love to see you do a tactical breakdown of the "The Best Of Both Worlds, Part I" From the Borg Cube intercepting the Enterprise-D up to the point where the Enterprise-D flees the Paulson Nebula and the Borg seize the ship and capture Picard and then proceed to Earth. That would be so cool. Plus if you created those models I would so buy them. :D

We do see the torpedo graze Enterprise and then a cut to the interior showing everyone being shaken by its effects. In the novelization, Reliant strafes Enterprise several times with her phasers, but Enterprise's shields repel them.

You did a fantastic job..both episodes.! "2-DIMENSIONAL TACTICS", fighter pilots, and submarine commanders still fail to get over, today, in real combat, however, the visceral nature of their environments and fights..force most to adapt..usually, or you hear of the failings..in more than merely fine works of fiction.

Doing everything by yourself...that comment is what made me decide to subscribe to your channel...I don't do it often...only when I'm truly impressed with a channel do I subscribe....and I im truly impressed with what you do...and I love the "Id be Dead Inside" comment

I've always liked that Chekov -after going through all the crap with the eel- gets to be the one to blast the hell out of the Reliant.

It really comes through how much the writers and director wanted all of this to make sense tactically and visually. This movie has the best space battles for a good reason. They aren't even very long sequences, but there's so much packed into them, and it all just makes sense and plays out logically.

In the BIG picture, Kirk is still the real individual responsible for defeating Kahn. Command is a very tricky thing that many do not understand even when in Command. Because Kirk had set up the environment in which officers are encouraged to take the initiative when required, they are not afraid to make suggestions. In other words, Kirk made it possible to get the best out of his staff and have individuals like Spock to take the required steps. This is why in battle the individual in command will always be recognized, even when their "Spock" looks to be the most important individual. I have been in command and always strived to give my subordinates the latitude to take the required steps when following the formal chain of command would cause the action to be too late to make a difference.

I'm delighted anytime to see the Enterprise refit, just a gorgeous ship

God, Jefferies did an awesome job with the OG enterprise and what an amazing update they made it with the Conny refit. I grew up on TNG, but I always gushed over the Refit whenever the movies where on TV.

"We tried it once your way, Khan -- are you game for a rematch?" Geez, now I need to watch it again! I never pieced together that Khan didn't realize Kirk was on the Enterprise again right before they were entering the nebula. Really nice work on all of these, it's magical hearing the "buzzsaw" ST2 phasers again! Do you know why they never used ship phasers in the remaining TOS movies? Was alwas curious. I love how your tactical graphics tie into the GUI they had in ST2 also, sure that took some serious effort.

Great animations, models, and effects. Thanks for putting the time into making this dope video.

Fantastic work! This remains my favorite movie of all time. You do it justice.

Our shields are dropping. Well raise them! I can’t! Kirk orders, “Fire!” I love the dialogue too. Learn why things work on a starship. Now you know where the concept of Remote Desktop for computers or Sidecar came from

Great video, good sir! One small point, however. At 9:19 you mention the torpedo Khan launched at the Enterprise as she was trying to make for the Nebula. That torpedo wasn't intended to hit the Enterprise; it was a warning shot. Recall the scene: Khan's second in command says that they will loose the Enterprise if they enter the Nebula. Khan replies "Explain it to them!" The torpedo is fired and it passes close by the Enterprise, a fact that Savic comments on. Kirk then assures her: "They just don't want us going in there." Khan wanted to engage the Enterprise on his own terms, out in clear space. That torpedo was effectively saying "HEY! Get back here and fight me!"

12:17 Minor detail to note here, in the actual movie itself, the phaser shot doesn't just hit close to the Reliant's bridge, it flat out scrapes the bridge module itself and rips out a good chunk of the airlock section just behind it.

Great graphics, the best of any breakdown of my most favourite space battle.

It is interesting that the sound of the phasers is different, if you look up the trailer for Star Trek 2 they sound a lot more like searing lightning bolts than the pew pew noise that they ended up using in the final cut of the movie.

A great breakdown and I also love you highlighting the message of the film in the year. I am much the same way for the passing of Spock it is a tear jerker for me too probably more in my adult life than as a kid because hardly a day goes by in which I'm not watching not only something Star Trek but having read the extended universe along with Nimoy's books, and to see Spock go through the trials of his life it really hits home even though he tried to be Vulcan his reaction much like the Galileo Seven ending was a human response in the end.

Wanted to echo a bit of what others have said. First a tremendous job with your simulations and videos. They are first rate. As to the Genesis planet - the novel isn't Canon (is anything anymore, lol) - but it essentially describes that the Genesis devise was still in proof of concept phase. Carol's proposal vid says that even in phase 3 it was still a prototype. In TWoK and TSfS novels, David talks about how many things they'd programmed into the matrix that they'd deactivated for testing purposes. He speaks of lifeforms like flying dragons they'd put in, whimsical things, that had been deactivated to allow the matrix to form at a simpler proof level. He wondered how much of the main operational programming Khan- in messing with the machinery - activated back into the matrix. One of his ongoing thoughts is half expecting to see his dragons tho they were just an "easter egg" in the code. David said that one reason why Genesis was unstable was that the AI - for lack of a better term - that directed matrix formation was forced into a full system terraform when it was only set up for a existing planet proof of concept test. That is - the AI was expecting to terraform an existing dead planet. But the groundwork had been laid in the code to create an entire star system, it just wasn't complete or turned on yet. But it found itself inside a nebula without a planet or a star. So it interpreted its instructions the best it could and thus used the deactivated programming that still existed in the system to force the creation of a star and planet as if it were a full system terraform. A fully operational full power set of matrix code was used - but it only had a proof of concept test amount of power to work with. Genesis was underpowered for what it tried to do. So the Genesis AI built what it was capable of - except the matrix was set up with the wrong set of initial conditions. It was expecting a dead but fully formed planet to work with but it had gas and dust without even a star. So the creation was incomplete. That's why the protomatter was unstable in the planet but the new Genesis star was stable. It took so much energy and computation power out of the matrix to form the star properly when it wasn't set up to do that yet, that the planet was incomplete and unstable. That was not what he was hoping for or expected. David said Genesis was a success beyond anyone's dreams considering what it had done with the material it had, bad initial conditions, no scientific control etc. And that's why it had to end. He understood the dangers of weaponizing the tech when it was properly set up when it did this with essentially a misfire. Which is why he led everyone to believe it was a failure.

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I found your channel today and I'm really impressed with your work. Congratulations.

Keep up the great work! I admire your ethical standards as well as your skill!

So... about the results of the Genesis detonation. I'm on Team "It Formed a Planet." I like the idea that one of the major components of the device is transporter technology -- breaking down matter to energy, but then filling it into a new pattern to convert it to organic matter. The graphic sequence that Kirk and crew watch implies that it just sweeps the surface but I like the idea that what the device does is envelop the entire planet, doing things through the core to guarantee that you have a life-giving planet. Things like making sure it has an aligned magnetic field for example. If the "pattern maker" inside the device can "design" an entire planet, it does suddenly make sense how it can cause a planet to spring from nowhere. (Probably something the Marcus'es would have theorized but weren't intent on making part of their test detonation.) Just to get all topical, maybe the device basically had machine learning embedded in it. Basically, Genesis was an AI-generated planet :D Making a sun is a bridge too far for me, in my mind there's just a star / protostar at the center of the Mutara. I loved this sequence of videos. There were honestly some points where I got confused whether I was looking at frames from the movie or at the work you did! Brilliant job.

That was absolutely amazing! I'm only 34 but ST II and III were my intro to trek at age 7. And my favorite trek media. Thanks for this!! And please keep em coming.. man that last shot of firing Spocks coffin down to genesis . The way you framed that shot. Goosebumps!!

I thought you missed that Z-Axis maneuver, that was the game changer for the enterprise, well done sir.

Your self plug was awesome! You have amazing talent!

Enjoyed your analysis my friend of this classic battle one of my favorites. Well done

I think this is the best video that you’ve ever done. Also, the ending was amazing with what you said.

Fabulous job! Did not disappoint!!!

Great video and awesome job on the modeling and graphics

Love your videos thank you so much for making them

Wonderful analysis witht wonderful animations. Thank you

I love watching your growth with this channel - you have some excellent talent..

Of course an amazing video! Also great plug for yourself and your production company! I wish you well because your talent is extraordinary…blessings

Dude you can see the pulsar in the Mutara nebula in the scene where the Reliant and Enterprise have a near head-on collision and Kirk yells “Evasive starboard!” Also the Genesis explosion created the star from the nearby pulsar.

You should do the battle in ST6 between the Enterprise-A, The Excelsior, and General Chang's Bird of Prey.

Your work is excellent! Absolutely superb!!

Great breakdown. You make a really great point when you say that this over 40 year old movie's visual effects still look good. The fans are still taking about this battle... meanwhile all the pew pews of modern trek just looks foolish.

Your videos are so well done.

Well done. This was really cool to watch

Excellent. Amazingly well done

A few SHORTS???? WOW. Glad you corrected that glaring error.

Thanks for that great video and acknowledgment

This is great! I often re-create this battle in Starfleet Command Orion Pirates. It's a tough battle given the damage the Enterprise was inflicted.

A thought. I have, on an occasion or two, had Yellow Alert explained to me as a time when energy was shunted into the ship's defensive systems. This would also include cycling phaser capacitors and inducers, located near the turrets. So there's a possibility that Scotty's comments about having "a few shots" came from Kirk's yellow alert order, which would have primed the ship's phasers for their first shots if they wound up in a dogfight. I'm not sure if battery power alone would have been enough. I do agree in either case that the Enterprise was barely manuverable enough and didn't have enough offensive armament left to do more damage in the counterattack.

VERY WELL DONE ! EXCELLENT VIDEO !

In the novelization of Star Trek III - The Search for Spock - the first hints that something is deeply flawed with the Genesis Device is when David and Saavik go visit the underground cave at the Regula-1 Planetoid (I forget why they are there - gathering testing data and personal effects of the murdered scientists perhaps? I'll have to find the book and reread it sometime) but as per the novel, both the Regula-1 station and the planetoid are still there. So - not subsumed by the Genesis wave. HOWEVER - the find that the CAVE has gone... strange. With overgrown plants filling up spaces they weren't supposed to. Tectonic shifts and weird temperature fluctuations. A foreshadowing of what they would find on the Genesis planet itself.

Thanks for the excellent coverage and the quality of the production. Definitely accurate to what Star Trek II depicted.

Excellent! Nicely done.

Fantastiv video! Very well done!!

Khan intentionally missed when the Enterprise was luring them into the Nebula. When it's mentioned just how close it came, Kirk replies - with what seems like a smirk - by saying "They just don't want us going in there."

A brilliant review of STTWOK. Unlike all the other films, director Nicholas Meyer really brought a sense of naval warfare and drama that helps make this one of the best (if not the best) in the series. FWIW, years ago I read the official novelization to Star Trek III. In that they specifically stated that the Genesis device transformed the gaseous matter of the nebula to create both the Genesis planet and the star it revolved around. It never explained why (maybe there's an "add star" option menu on the device 😅). I believe that in the novel both the planet and its sun were unstable and ended up blowing up.