Amanda Grayson was portrayed by Winona Ryder. Additional scenes featuring Amanda were shot for the film Star Trek , but cut before the final release. Another involves Amanda arguing with Sarek about the boyhood Spock and how he should react to bullying, after he has been involved in a fight with another Vulcan boy.
Though Amanda at one point admits she wants Spock to embrace being Vulcan, she is of the opinion he should, every now and then, do the "Human" thing by occasionally walking away from conflict. Frustrated with Sarek, she goes on to do precisely that. The writers expected that, because Spock was to lose his mother later in the film, writing Amanda into a lot of the early scenes of the movie would increase the impact of that loss.
According to Producer Damon Lindelof , however, the writing team actually found the opposite turned out to be true. One reason why the writers decided to have Amanda die in the film Star Trek was that their depiction of the friendship between Kirk and Spock was inspired by that between Paul McCartney and John Lennon , both of whom suffered through the death of a parent in childhood Kirk loses his father, George Kirk , in the film. To be scared. Concerning Ryder's performance as Amanda Grayson, Spock actor Zachary Quinto once stated, " Winona brought a real tenderness to the role and she really highlights the juxtaposition between her heartfelt way of being and Sarek's logic.
In the first issue of the IDW comic mini-series Star Trek: Countdown to Darkness , Spock would have a recurring nightmare where during the destruction of Vulcan, he was able to successfully transport Amanda safely to the Enterprise , only for a hull breach to occur in the transporter room.
Amanda's last words to Spock were that she blames him for dooming everyone as Spock is sucked out into space while the ship soon explodes and kills everyone, including Amanda. In the comic crossover mini-series Star Trek - Green Lantern: The Spectrum War , an ancient cosmic being named Nekron , who had crossed over from another universe arrives where Vulcan used to be in and used his power to resurrect the planet and its inhabitants, including Amanda so that he could begin a new conquest of death in the universe.
The Enterprise arrives with several Lanterns from the same universe as Nekron and battle him and his undead army. Spock, not realizing that Mudd was speaking metaphorically i.
TOS : " I, Mudd ". During the Babel Conference of , Amanda accompanied her husband, Sarek, aboard the USS Enterprise , and helped him and Spock to reconcile some of their differences. Spock wondered why his father would marry an emotional woman. Sarek replied that, at the time, it had seemed the logical thing to do, a comment Amanda found quite charming. TOS : " Journey to Babel ". During this journey, Captain Kirk was unsure how to properly refer to her, calling her "Mrs.
Amanda said that her married name was usually unpronounceable by Humans, although she could do it "after a fashion, and with many years of practice.
TAS : " Yesteryear ". In , Amanda helped her son to re-educate himself after his death and rebirth on the Genesis Planet and fal-tor-pan rejoining. In particular, she tried to help Spock rediscover his Human side.
Years after her death, Sarek hadn't forgotten her. While suffering from Bendii Syndrome , he regretted not having been tender to her and having never told her how much he loved her. TNG : " Sarek ". In an alternate timeline created by the death of Spock in , Amanda and Sarek separated and she returned to Earth, where she was killed in a shuttle accident at Lunaport.
Amanda in , as voiced by Majel Barrett. Winona Ryder , who played Amanda's alternate reality counterpart in 's Star Trek , appeared as "this" Amanda in a deleted scene from that film , a scene set before a divergence in the timeline created the alternate reality.
The fact this Human was Spock's mother was first established in the next installment to be produced, " The Corbomite Maneuver ". According to D. Fontana , the reason this character was named "Amanda" was that it means "worthy of being loved. The script of "Journey to Babel" included a description of Amanda that read, " She's in her late fifties and still a fascinating woman She married a Vulcan and came to live on his world where her human-woman emotions had no place.
She has accepted every bit of the unemotionalism Vulcan could dish out with no loss of her own warmth and human caring When it came time to cast "Journey to Babel", the role of Amanda Grayson was initially offered to Anne Baxter , who turned it down. Star Trek Magazine issue , p. According to Director Leonard Nimoy , " When we first constructed the story, the scene which subsequently played between Kirk and Spock's father [in Kirk's apartment] was originally intended to also include Amanda.
It was supposed to be Spock's parents coming to Kirk to say, 'How dare you do this to our son? Last Name. Email Address. Year Helena St. Lucia St. Martin St. In the movie, why was Spock's mother part of the Vulcan High Council? Ask Question. Asked 7 years, 3 months ago. Active 6 years, 3 months ago.
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