The 1982 science fiction film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan used " Amazing Grace " amid a context of Christian symbolism, to memorialize the death of Mr. Spock but more practically, because the song has become " instantly recognizable to many in the audience as music that sounds appropriate for a funeral " according to a Star Trek scholar.

Star Trek and Sacred Ground: Explorations of Star Trek, Religion, and American Culture, State University of New York Press, ISBN 0-585-29190-X

The subspace radio, best known today from Star Trek and named for the method used in the series for achieving faster-than-light travel, was the most commonly used name for such a faster-than-light communicator in the science fiction of the 1930s to the 1950s.

* In the episode " 11: 59 " of Star Trek: Voyager's fifth season ( original air date: May 5, 1999 ), Earth's first self-contained ecosystem known as " The Millennium Gate " is referenced and described as one kilometer tall and having begun construction in 2001.

* In the television series Star Trek: The Next Generation, one of the Enterprise-D's Shuttlecraft is named after Sakharov, and is featured prominently in several episodes.

This follows the Star Trek tradition of naming Shuttlecraft after prominent scientists, and particularly in The Next Generation, physicists.

It was during this period that a number of simple computer games were written in BASIC, most notably Mike Mayfield's Star Trek.

* Some Klingons wear baldrics in Star Trek.

Jean-Luc Picard admonishes Worf in Star Trek: Insurrection, " Straighten your baldric.

He played a Starfleet member in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode " The Siege of AR-558 " ( November 1998 ).

* Columbus ( Star Trek ), a shuttlecraft in Star Trek series

Caltech undergraduates have historically been so apathetic to politics that there has been only one organized student protest in January 1968 outside the Burbank studios of NBC, in response to rumors that NBC was to cancel Star Trek.

The Borg ( Star Trek ) | Borg from Star Trek.

This was shortly after the release of Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, about which he joked stating that, since he views the entire Star Wars series as one film, he could actually receive the award now that he had finally " gone back and finished the movie.

In the Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith film, the temple is attacked.

For Star Trek III: The Search for Spock ( 1984 ) director Leonard Nimoy and writer-producer Harve Bennett wanted the Klingons to speak a proper language instead of made-up gibberish and so commissioned Okrand to develop the phrases Doohan had come up with into a full language.

The Deep Star III built by General Dynamics and an unnamed two-man submersible built by Westinghouse were scheduled to sail but never did.

The fountain is a campus landmark and was featured prominently in the 1984 film Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.

One element from Yesteryear that has become canon by depiction within Star Trek: The Original Series is the Vulcan city of ShiKahr, depicted in a background scene wherein Kirk, Spock and McCoy walk across a natural stone bridge ( first depicted in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock ) in the remastered " Amok Time ".

This causes mental anguish for McCoy, who in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock ( 1984 ) helps restore Spock's katra to his reanimated body.

Several other episodes and licensed materials such as the Next Generation episode Face of the Enemy and the video game Star Trek: Starfleet Command III support this, and give the indication that the force multipliers of cloaking technology and other such secrecy is the only way they can maintain an even footing with the numerically superior Federation.

Having undergone an extensive rebuilding and refitting, the Enterprise then appears in Star Trek: The Motion Picture ( 1979 ) and Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan ( 1982 ), before being destroyed in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock ( 1984 ).

* The 20 highest-grossing films of the decade are ( in order from highest to lowest grossing ): Avatar, The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest, The Dark Knight, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, Shrek 2, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Spider-Man 3, Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Finding Nemo, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Shrek the Third.

In the film Star Trek III: The Search for Spock the Federation starship sent to survey the newly formed Genesis Planet is named USS Grissom.

In Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, Kirk leads his surviving officers in a successful mission to rescue Spock from a planet on which he is reborn.

* According to the movie Star Trek: First Contact, World War III will end in 2053.

Jar Jar Binks is a fictional character from the Star Wars Saga ( appears in: Episode I: The Phantom Menace, Episode II: Attack of the Clones, Episode III: Revenge of the Sith ), and the television series Star Wars: The Clone Wars.

Aiden Barton appeared as an infant Leia in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.

( All of these scenes were originally portrayed in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith.

It appears in Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, when Bail Organa has a conversation with Obi-Wan Kenobi about adopting her.

Fett was played by Dee Bradley Baker in a Star Wars: The Force Unleashed expansion and its sequel: Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, by Chris Cox in Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike, and by Tom Kane in three other Star Wars video games.

# Star Search ( 1984 )

There remains some disagreement over whether talent-search shows such as the Idol series, America's Got Talent, Dancing with the Stars, and Celebrity Duets are truly reality television, or just newer incarnations of shows such as Star Search.

Other examples include The Apprentice ( which judges business skills ), Hell's Kitchen and Top Chef ( for chefs ), Shear Genius ( for hair styling ), Project Runway ( for clothing design ), Top Design ( for interior design ), Stylista ( for fashion editors ), Last Comic Standing ( for comedians ), The Starlet and Scream Queens ( for actresses ), I Know My Kid's a Star ( for child performers ), On the Lot ( for filmmakers ), The Shot ( for photographers ), So You Think You Can Dance ( for dancers ), MuchMusic VJ Search ( for television hosts ), Dream Job ( for sportscasters ), Face Off ( for make-up artists ), and The Tester ( for game testers ).

Likewise in the film Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, the regenerated adolescent Spock went through at least two pon farr episodes at accelerated speed.

Leonard McCoy attempted to use the " neck pinch " while carrying Spock's katra in Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, but was unsuccessful for reasons unknown.

" It also appeared in Spock's quarters in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock, and Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country.

After the original Star Trek series, Nimoy starred in Mission: Impossible for two seasons, hosted the documentary series In Search of ..., and narrated Civilization IV, as well as making several well-received stage appearances.

The sequel, Star Trek III: The Search for Spock ( 1984 ), focuses on his crewmates ' quest to recover Spock's body, resurrected by the Genesis matrix in the previous film.

GSN also added reruns of The Mole, Average Joe, Arsenio Hall's Star Search, Kenny vs. Spenny, and Spy TV, all of which were eventually removed from the schedule ( though Kenny vs. Spenny was picked up for new episodes by Comedy Central in 2007 ).

Breaking the fourth wall, the possibility of a sequel was already included in the film itself, with Yogurt's quote: " God willing, we'll all meet again in Spaceballs 2: The Search for More Money ", a play on the film title Star Trek III: The Search for Spock.

* 1984 Star Trek III: The Search for Spock