ug ged ▁Minor ▁and ▁declared ▁that ▁he ▁had ▁saved ▁Star ▁Tre k . ▁In ▁recognition ▁of ▁the ▁Bib lic al ▁power ▁of ▁the ▁weapon , ▁S ow ards ▁renamed ▁the ▁" Omega ▁system " ▁to ▁the ▁" Gen esis ▁Device ". ▁ ▁By ▁April ▁ 1 9 8 1 , ▁S ow ards ▁had ▁produced ▁a ▁draft ▁that ▁moved ▁Spo ck ' s ▁death ▁to ▁later ▁in ▁the ▁story , ▁because ▁of ▁fan ▁diss atisf action ▁to ▁the ▁event ▁after ▁the ▁script ▁was ▁le aked . ▁Spo ck ▁had ▁originally ▁died ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁act , ▁in ▁a ▁shock ing ▁dem ise ▁that ▁Ben nett ▁compared ▁to ▁Jan et ▁Le igh ' s ▁early ▁death ▁in ▁Ps y cho . ▁This ▁draft ▁had ▁a ▁twelve - page ▁face - to - face ▁confront ation ▁between ▁Kirk ▁and ▁Khan . ▁S ow ards ' ▁draft ▁also ▁introduced ▁a ▁male ▁character ▁named ▁Sa av ik . ▁As ▁pre - production ▁began , ▁Samuel ▁A . ▁P ee ples , ▁writer ▁of ▁the ▁Star ▁Tre k ▁episode ▁" Where ▁No ▁Man ▁Has ▁G one ▁Before ", ▁was ▁invited ▁to ▁offer ▁his ▁own ▁script . ▁P ee ples ' ▁draft ▁replaced ▁Khan ▁with ▁two ▁new ▁villa ins ▁named ▁So jin ▁and ▁Mor ay ; ▁the ▁al ien ▁be ings ▁are ▁so ▁powerful ▁they ▁almost ▁destroy ▁Earth ▁by ▁mistake . ▁This ▁script ▁was ▁considered ▁in ade qu ate ; ▁the ▁al iens ▁res emble d ▁too ▁closely ▁the ▁villa ins ▁on ▁a ▁typical ▁T OS ▁( Star ▁Tre