Q: Leonard, did you have a hand in the shaping auf Spock's death?
LN (amazed): Spock's death? (laughing) Probably. It was a lot of conversation about it. It went on for a long time, several month of conversation about how it could work and what the impact would be. Very nervous thing to do, you know? A dangerous thing to do.

Q: The Wall Street Journal indicated that the film might loose because of that fact.
LN: The Wall Street Journal picked up a story that was based on an ad which some lady took on the trade-pares in Los Angeles about the fact that it would be costly if the studio did this. She saw, that lady saw the film a couple of weeks ago and liked it very much and said 'Now when I see it I know it really works'. We thought about it long and hard and I think the decision was a right one. It is terribly moving and in a way exhilarating and a hopeful picture

Q: It brought tears to my eyes to see Spock die, he's such a national hero... Fans said 'if he's gonna die, I will not see the picture.' Do you think the film will affect the fandom's reaction to the picture?
LN: I think I'll go to see the picture. They'll miss a good picture.

Q: Do you have any remorse that he's dead now?
LN: When I saw it the first time I was very moved when the scene happened. And then, gradually, found myself very excited about the possibilities for the future because there are possibilities as Kirk says about Spock, in the picture Kirk says, 'There are always possibilities.' And I would say the best indications that there are possibilities are that the studio already called me about making another Star Trek movie to follow this one. So I think it is a terribly moving ending but a hopeful ending.

Q: Are you applying here or perhaps suggesting that perhaps Spock would be resurrected?
LN: Possible. There are always possibilities.

Q: If you would say a few words over Spock's body as Leonard Nimoy what would these words be?
LN: I would probably say something like 'See you soon'. (laughing)

The scene from Star Trek I is shown where Kirk and Spock talk about the needs of the many and their friendship.
LN: This is – for me – the film that needed to be made to fulfil everybody's expectations. And … it was a very well crafted film. Meticulously crafted, but I don't think it was a terribly exciting adventure, it was a cerebral film.

Q: I think we both agree it didn't have a villain. It needed a human villain.
LN: Yes, you are probably right. … it needed at least a villain, it needed a lot of other things. It needed the characters. We didn't have the characters, it needed the relationship between Kirk and Spock and McCoy, Uhura, Chekov, Sulu, the family, the people that I love to see interact when the story is working well. We didn't have a real space adventure. We had kind of an exploration of an idea that went on for a couple of hours and that was interesting and terribly exciting.

A attack scene from ST II is shown after which Khan wants to discuss the terms of surrender.
Q: I think the special effects in The Wrath of Khan are far more exciting than in the first film.
LN: I think there are brilliant. I would say, I 'm really not sure why that happened because I was not involved with the post production. I don't know why they are so much better this tome except for that in The Motion Picture we were so far behind schedule for the making of the picture that by the time they get around to doing the special effects they were really under pressure for the release date and everything had to be done too fast. I think this time there was meticulous planning and this is due to Harve Bennetts experience as a producer. So, if there was time to do the stuff well and properly the people who did the special effects in the first picture are just as talented and I think it was some of the same people if they had more time.

Q: I think most of the... work was done by the people of Industrial Light... which more or less established some new state of the art in terms of...
LN: They should have. I love it.

Q: So, you are looking forward into a third Star Trek film.
LN: I am, if they'll have me. If they come up with an interesting idea on how to deal with this question of 'Where is Mr. Spock' and

Q: Is it possible that you might go back to an earlier time before Spock dies?
LN: Possible. In science fiction anything is possible. (laughing) It would be a little difficult for me to go back to an earlier time because I am not getting any younger. (laughing)... I suppose we could do it that way. You must understand that in this film the body of Spock is resting on this planet where is still going on metamorphosis. There is chemical, biological activity going on that planet. It might affect the body in some way, I don't know. We'll have to figure out what happens next