Alley appeared as the Vulcan Lt. Saavik in 1982’s “Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan,” and it was a role so beloved that fans wanted Paramount to bring it back for the next film. She had ...

Kirstie Alley's performance as Saavik in 'Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan,' set her career into motion. But this performance also changed Star Trek for the better.

Reports are coming in that Kirstie Alley, who played Rebecca Howe in Cheers and Saavik in Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan, has sadly passed away at the age of 71 after a short battle with cancer.

In 2016, Alley participated in the Star Trek 50th Anniversary Con in Las Vegas where she talked about being a part of 1982's Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, in which she played Saavik, Spock's ...

The director of "Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan" remembered Kirstie Alley's audition for his movie, as well as her excitement for the role. She was so happy she wore her ears to bed.

Kirstie Alley may have had to “fake” her résumé to get in the room for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, but according to filmmaker Nicholas Meyer, he was all in on casting her to play Saavik ...

The Wrath Of Khan experience turned out to be sauce for the goose for Ms. Alley's Star Trek future. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

Star Trek is watching it's most celebrated film ever, The Wrath of Khan, head into the Library of Congress's National Film Registry, and here are five things you probably didn't know about this film.

Five years before she first pulled up a barstool on “Cheers,” Kirstie Alley made her big-screen debut in a role that couldn’t be more different than businesswoman Rebecca Howe on NBC’s ...