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In J.J. Abrams ' Kelvin TimelineStar Trekmovies , Chris Pine ’s rendering of Captain James T. Kirk confront death long before William Shatner ’s Kirk does in the Prime Timeline . After Mr. Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ) gives his spirit to save others from Khan Noonien Singh ( Ricardo Montalbán ) inStar Trek II : The Wrath of Khan , Shatner ’s Kirk holds it together for the sake of the gang . Kirk ’s Word , David Marcus ( Merritt Butrick ) , comforts Kirk in private after Spock ’s memorial , and David points out,“You never have faced death . “Kirk has to agree ; despite the deaths of numerous red - shirted Enterprise crew members , Spock ’s death hits differently .
Star Trek Into Darknessexplores the same stem asStar Trek II : The Wrath of Khan , demand what might find if the USS Enterprise crew run into Khan Noonien Singh ( Benedict Cumberbatch ) originally in theStar Trektimeline , before the events ofStar Trek : The Original Seriesseason 1 , episode 22 , " Space Seed " . Perhapsthe biggest twist inStar Trek Into Darkness ' flipped script is that it ’s Kirk , not Spock ( Zachary Quinto ) , who die for"the motive of the many”,but this is n’t just there to sabotage audience expectations . There ’s a good reason that Pine ’s Kirk makes this call .
Chris Pine star as the iconic Captain James T. Kirk in J.J. Abrams ' Star Trek movie trilogy set in the alternating Kelvin Timeline .
Chris Pine’s Captain Kirk Faced Death Long Before William Shatner’s Kirk In Star Trek
Chris Pine’s Kirk Was Born From Death
In J.J. Abrams’Star Trekmovies , Chris Pine ’s Captain Kirk understand the price of death at a far other age than William Shatner ’s Prime Timeline Kirk does . The birth of Pine ’s James Kirk coincides with the death of Jim ’s Padre , Lieutenant George Kirk ( Chris Hemsworth ) , who relieve 800 lives by going down with the USS Kelvin . Kirk ’s rebellious run is only tempered into confidence after meet Captain Christopher Pike ( Bruce Greenwood ) , who campaign Kirk into link Starfleet by urging Kirk to do well than George . Kirk faces last again when Pike dies before Kirk ’s eyes inStar Trek Into Darkness .
George Kirk ’s expiry changes the total direction of James Kirk ’s living . InStar Trek ’s Prime Timeline , James Kirk grows up surrounded by Starfleet influences , following George ’s card from base to foot . Shatner ’s Kirk fulfills his potency easily ; it ’s a pass on that Prime Kirk will do great thing in his lifespan . Without George ’s influence pushing Jim to excel , Pine ’s Kirk is rootless until Christopher Pike steps in . In both timeline , Kirk upholds his father ’s bequest by doing comfortably than George : Prime Kirk beat his Father of the Church ’s record asStarfleet ’s youngest first officer , and Kelvin Kirk is a sufferer who saves more life .
Even the outcome of Kirk get the Kobayashi Maru alter whether George Kirk inhabit or cash in one’s chips . Alive , George ’s military service record give Shatner ’s Kirk the perquisite of a long Starfleet legacy , so he ’s praised for originative cerebration . Dead , George is only a chieftain for 12 minute of arc , so Pine ’s Kirk is seen as a brash kip and censure for cheating .
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Showed Prime Kirk Understood Death
Spock’s Wrath of Khan Death Becomes Even More Important
Star Trek : unusual New Worlds’younger Lieutenant James T. Kirk ( Paul Wesley ) prove a greater awareness of destruction in the Prime Timeline than Kirk ever showed attempt to cheat death as a captain . InStar Trek : unknown New Worldsseason 2 , episode 6 , " recede in Translation " , Ensign Nyota Uhura ( Celia Rose Gooding ) query her fitness for Starfleet , since accepting the death of her mentor Lt . Hemmer ( Bruce Horak ) is so difficult . Kirk ’s frank response to Uhura is that being in Starfleet does have a great endangerment of death , butit ’s better to admit expiry and hold onto the memory board of departed friends , otherwise dying wins .
Chris Pine ’s Kirk has always been acutely aware of the shock one person ’s death can have .
or else of negating established canon , Star Trek : foreign New Worldsrecontextualizes how voiceless Spock ’s death was for Kirk . Wesley ’s Lieutenant Kirk has seen destruction and grieve others , andKirk still believes the reward of help others is worth the risk of losing loved I . When David points out that Kirk has never confront death , Kirk underscore that it’s,“Not like this . “Chris Pine ’s Kirk has always been acutely cognizant of the shock one person ’s destruction can have , but Shatner ’s Kirk has a very differentStar Trekjourney , never truly face death until Spock ’s sacrifice inStar Trek II : The Wrath of Khan .
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