Editing Spock (section)

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====''Star Trek'' (2009)====
[[File:Spock Zachary Quinto.jpg|thumbnail|upright|[[Zachary Quinto]] as Spock in the 2009 ''[[Star Trek (2009 film)|Star Trek]]'' film]]Spock's next appearance in the live action ''Star Trek'' franchise is the 2009 ''Star Trek'' film. Nimoy was given approval rights over Spock's casting and supported Quinto being cast as the role.<ref>John Hiscock, "''Star Trek'': J. J. Abrams Interview [2009]", in Brent Dunham, ed., ''J. J. Abrams: Interviews'' (Jackson: Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2018), 41-43.
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and online at
books.google.com/books?id=-fl0DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA41</ref> During the film's flashback, set 19 years after the events of "[[Unification (Star Trek: The Next Generation)|Unification]]", and as depicted in the comic miniseries ''Star Trek: Countdown'',<ref name="countdown" /> Ambassador Spock (Nimoy) promises the Romulans he will use Vulcan technology to save them from a rogue supernova that threatens to destroy their Empire. He pilots an advanced starship equipped with red matter, a powerful substance able to create artificial [[black hole]]s. The mission is only partially successful, and in the aftermath, Spock is pursued into the [[Timeline of Star Trek|past]] by Nero ([[Eric Bana]]), a Romulan driven mad by the loss of his homeworld and family, setting into motion the events of the film.

In the film's opening act, Nero's ship emerges in the year 2233, and through its interaction with the inhabitants, inadvertently creates an "alternate, parallel 'Star Trek' universe".<ref name="bglobe1">{{cite news |url=http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2009/05/05/a_fresh_frontier/ |title=Star Trek |work=[[The Boston Globe]] |access-date=May 6, 2009 |date=May 5, 2009 |first=Ty |last=Burr |archive-date=January 30, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150130041629/http://www.boston.com/ae/movies/articles/2009/05/05/a_fresh_frontier/ |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="ewcover4">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20233502,00.html |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |title='Star Trek': New Movie, New Vision |access-date=January 21, 2009 |page=4 |first=Jeff |last=Jensen |date=October 18, 2008 |archive-date=November 4, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081104040237/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20233502,00.html |url-status=dead}}</ref> Twenty-five years later, in the new reality, Spock's ship emerges and Nero captures him and the red matter. Stranded in the alternate past, the [[Earth prime|prime version]] of Spock helps the [[Parallel universe (fiction)|alternate]], younger version of himself and Kirk ([[Zachary Quinto]] and [[Chris Pine]], respectively) thwart Nero's attempt to destroy the Federation.

The film also features [[Jacob Kogan]] in several scenes depicting Spock's childhood, including his abuse at the hands of other Vulcan children due to his half-Human heritage, and his relationship with his parents ([[Ben Cross]] and [[Winona Ryder]]). The film also depicts Kirk and Spock's initial clashes at Starfleet Academy, and the gradual development of their friendship based on shared mutual respect,<ref name="bglobe1" /> what the elder Spock calls "...{{nbsp}}a friendship that will define them both in ways they cannot yet realize."<ref name="2009film">{{Cite video | people = Abrams, J.J. (Director) | title=Star Trek | medium=Film | publisher=Paramount Pictures | location=United States | date=2009 }}</ref> A major change in characterization from the primary timeline is alternate Spock's involvement with alternate [[Uhura]] ([[Zoe Saldana]]), his former student. At the end of the film, the young Spock opts to remain in Starfleet while his older self stays in the altered universe to aid the few surviving Vulcan refugees, as Nero had destroyed Vulcan, Spock's home planet.

====''Star Trek Into Darkness'' (2013)====
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In ''[[Star Trek Into Darkness]]'', Spock Prime is described as living on 'New Vulcan' while the younger Spock remains aboard the ''Enterprise'', struggling with the loss of his home world, as well as his relationships with [[Uhura]] and [[James T. Kirk]]. Spock nearly dies protecting a planet from an active volcano, but Kirk breaks the Prime Directive and saves him. Spock Prime is contacted by Spock on the ''Enterprise'', to find out details on Khan. Spock Prime initially reminds his alternate self that he will not interfere with the events in the alternate timeline. That being said, he then informs Spock that Khan was a dangerous man, and the greatest threat that the ''Enterprise'' ever faced in his own timeline, and warns that he is likely as dangerous in Spock's alternate timeline as well. When asked whether Khan was defeated, Spock Prime answers that he eventually was defeated, but at great cost (referring to the events of ''[[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan]]''). When Kirk contracts radiation poisoning and dies in front of Spock (a transposed parallel of events in the prime timeline where Spock dies in front of Kirk), an enraged and vengeful Spock attempts to kill Khan to avenge Kirk before Uhura informs him that Khan's regenerative blood can revive Kirk. Nearly a year later, Spock remains as Kirk's chief science officer and executive officer as the ''Enterprise'' departs on its first five-year mission of deep-space exploration.

''Into Darkness'' would be Nimoy's final appearance as Spock Prime, as well as the last role of his career. He died in 2015, shortly before production began on ''[[Star Trek Beyond]]''.

====''Star Trek Beyond'' (2016)====
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In ''[[Star Trek Beyond]]'', Spock receives word that Ambassador Spock (Spock Prime) has died. Impacted by this, Spock later tells McCoy that he intends to leave Starfleet to continue the ambassador's work on New Vulcan. At the end of the film, Spock receives a box containing some of Ambassador Spock's personal effects, and reflecting on a photograph of the older crew of the ''Enterprise'' from the series' original timeline, he chooses to remain in Starfleet.