Star Trek: The Next Generation
Summary
Star Trekseries creator Gene Roddenberry hated the idea of Lt . Worf ( Michael Dorn ) being a main character inStar Trek : The Next Generation , andconsidered Starfleet ’s first Klingon officer a background character . Worf ’s bearing as a evaluate phallus of the USS Enterprise - D ’s bridge crew meant that hostilities between the Federation and the Klingon Empire had cooled since the Clarence Shepard Day Jr. ofStar Trek : The Original Series . Worf had also been part ofTNG ’s regular form since season 1 , and a compelling fictional character in his own right , particularly after Lt . Tasha Yar ’s ( Denise Crosby ) destruction meant Worf ’s promotion to the Enterprise ’s Chief Tactical Officer and Chief of Security .
Writer Ronald D. Moore penned theStar Trek : The Next Generationseason 4 cliffhanger , " Redemption , " a script that turn over into the political relation of theKlingon Empire and Worf ’s rolerelative to the High Council after previously accepting discommendation to protect the Klingon Empire . InThe Fifty - Year Mission : The Next 25 Yearsby Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross , Moore recalls a conversation withTNGexecutive producer Rick Berman regardingRoddenberry ’s negatively charged opinion of Worf . Read his quote below .
Worf is the Star Trek fictitious character with the most regular appearing , so he has legion salutary episodes to choose from across TNG , DS9 , and now Picard .
Worf’s Character Arc Evolved The Klingons As Star Trek Aliens
The Klingons became better characters thanks to Worf.
Worf played a huge purpose in making Klingons one of the most important exotic species inStar Trekby bridging the gap between Starfleet and the Klingon Empire . Because Worf was in Starfleet , he was a sympathetic vantage point character , and as a Klingon , Worf was also regard in the government of the Empire . Worf ’s stories offereda rare windowpane into Klingon culture from the position of someone within it , who was n’t an antagonist . New Klingon traditional knowledge , cultivation , and rituals were created to tell rich story about Worf ’s heritage and craftgreat Klingon instalment , which bothStar Trek : The Next GenerationandStar Trek : Deep Space Ninedelivered in spade .
That ’s not to say Klingons prior to Worf were all two - dimensional baddie . Commander Kruge ( Christopher Lloyd ) inStar Trek III : The Search for Spockmade his intentions known with a memorable functioning thatelevated previous depictions of Klingons . Star Trek VI : The Undiscovered Countryshowed gradually easing hostilities between the Empire and the Federation , with Klingons depicted as nuanced , literal people with true motives beyond bare ruthlessness . Klingons were n’t as complex inStar Trek : The Original Series , however , so it ’s possible Gene Roddenberry still had that image in mind when guess of Worf as less important inStar Trek : The Next genesis .
Star Trek : The Next Generationis usable to stream on Paramount+ .
Source : The Fifty - Year Mission : The Next 25 Years : From The Next Generation to J. J. Abrams : The Complete , Uncensored , and Unauthorized Oral story of Star Trekby Mark A. Altman and Edward Gross
