![]() ![]() ![]() Worse, Kirk dies without uttering his now famous last words: "It was. Kirk's demise was also more clearly aimed at passing the torch as Captain of the Enterprise to Picard. Soran shooting Kirk in the back is cowardly, and Picard's retaliation in equal measure was also out of character for the cerebral Captain, who took on more action hero traits in the sequel First Contact. Moore and Brannon Braga, was more straightforwardly violent. The original showdown and death of Kirk written by Star Trek Generation's screenwriters, Ronald D. Picard promises the mortally wounded Kirk he'll be fine and that Jean-Luc will find a way to contact his starship, but Kirk dies, assuring Picard that, "It's the least I can do for the Captain of the Enterprise." Too late to save Jim, Picard gets revenge by shooting Soran with his own phaser, killing the El-Aurian. Armed with a phaser he hid in his boot, Soran blasts Kirk. Kirk then retrieved the control PADD from Soran's belt, unaware the doctor had regained consciousness. In the original orders of events, the pair had a grueling fistfight and Soran and was knocked unconscious. In the scripted ending, Soran murders Kirk by shooting him in the back. Star Trek Generation's climactic action sequence with Kirk, Picard, and Soran was actually the result of multiple reshoots. Related: Why The TNG Cast Hated Star Trek: Nemesis But it was too late for Jean-Luc to save Jim Kirk, and the original Captain of the Enterprise died after his final heroic act. ![]() Meanwhile, Picard enabled the missile's docking clamp so that it exploded in place when Soran tried to launch it, killing the villain. Kirk was killed when he fell from Soran's collapsing scaffolding and was crushed by twisted metal after he retrieved the madman's control PADD. As Kirk fought Soran, Picard tried to disable the doctor's star-crushing missile. Soran needed the star's explosion to change the course of a space ribbon called the Nexus so the El-Aurian scientist could return to its otherworldly dimension. Tolian Soran from destroying a star and the planet Veridian III. In Star Trek Generations' theatrical cut, Kirk joined Captain Jean-Luc Picard's (Patrick Stewart) mission to stop Dr. ![]()
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