This is a breath of fresh air after the mess that was The Final Frontier, and we can be thankful that the powers-that-were made this movie, to say goodbye to the original cast in some sort of style, rather than leaving a bitter taste in the mouth. And we get to see Janice Rand at least get a speaking role to bookend Grace Lee Whitney's career in Star Trek too.

And Sulu finally gets his own command, too. You get a good sense of how kick-ass he'd be as a captain in this film - a tantalising glimpse at what could have been if a series had been made chronicling the exploits of Captain Sulu and USS Excelsior.

Transcript

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Captain's log, Stardate 9521.9. Hikaru Sulu commanding USS Excelsior. Charting gaseous anomalies—
Valtane: A huge shock wave!!
SFX: Baruum
2
Kerla: This is the Klingon High Command. Our moon totally didn't explode. We're fine. We're all fine here now, thank you. How are you?
Rand: Do we report this?
Sulu: Are you frickin' kidding?
Caption: It's Janice Rand!
3
{Starfleet Command, Earth}
Commander-in-Chief: The Klingons want peace. Kirk, escort Chancellor Gorkon to Earth for peace talks.
Spock: I have personally vouched for you.
Kirk: You... personally... vouched.....
Spock: For your eloquence.
4
{Enterprise bridge}
Spock: My protégé, Lieutenant Valeris.
Kirk: What happened to Saavik?
Valeris: She had something more cheerful to do.
5
Uhura: Klingon battle cruiser.
Sulu: Finally, an actual Klingon ship in one of these movies instead of a repurposed Romulan wessel.
6
Kirk: Chancellor Gorkon. Please join us for dinner on Enterprise.
Gorkon: I'd be delighted.
Spock: Diplomacy. The art of asking for something you don't want, from someone who doesn't want to give it to you, and both accepting.
7
{transporter room}
Gorkon: My daughter Azetbur, my chief of staff General Chang.
Chang: Kirk, my fellow warrior. When the dog bites, when the bee stings...
8
{dining room}
Gorkon: A toast. The undiscovered country! The future!
Spock: Hamlet, act 3, scene 1. I thought it referred to death.
Gorkon: Eh, same difference.
9
{bridge}
Caption: Sure enough…
Spock: Captain, we have fired on the Klingon ship.
Kirk: What?!
SFX: Pow
10
Caption: Magnetic boot wearing assassins beam over:
SFX: Zap!
Gorkon: Aargh!
Caption: CGI blood
Caption: Daft punks
11
{Klingon ship}
Kirk: Bones! Save him!
McCoy: He's dead, Jim.
Chang: You will pay for this, Kirk! Bless my homeland forever!
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{Klingon court on Qo'noS}
Klingon judge: You are sentenced to life on the penal colony of Rura Penthe.
Kirk: Hmm. Are there any alien space babes there?