▁One ▁draft , ▁for ▁example , ▁had ▁a ▁baby ▁in ▁Khan ' s ▁group , ▁who ▁is ▁killed ▁with ▁the ▁others ▁in ▁the ▁Gen esis ▁det on ation . ▁Meyer ▁later ▁said : ▁ ▁Meyer ▁described ▁his ▁script ▁as ▁"' H orn b lower ' ▁in ▁outer ▁space ", ▁util izing ▁na ut ical ▁references ▁and ▁a ▁sw ash bu ck ling ▁atmosphere . ▁( H orn b lower ▁was ▁an ▁insp iration ▁to ▁Rod den berry ▁and ▁Sh at ner ▁when ▁making ▁the ▁show , ▁although ▁Meyer ▁was ▁una ware ▁of ▁this .) ▁S all in ▁was ▁im pressed ▁with ▁Meyer ' s ▁vision ▁for ▁the ▁film : ▁" H is ▁ideas ▁brought ▁dimension ▁that ▁bro aden ed ▁the ▁scope ▁of ▁the ▁material ▁as ▁we ▁were ▁working ▁on ▁it ." ▁ ▁Gene ▁Rod den berry ▁disag re ed ▁with ▁the ▁script ' s ▁naval ▁texture ▁and ▁Khan ' s ▁Captain ▁A hab ▁undert ones , ▁but ▁was ▁mostly ▁ignored ▁by ▁the ▁cre ative ▁team . ▁ ▁As ▁a ▁gesture ▁of ▁good ▁faith , ▁Param ount ▁changed ▁the ▁film ' s ▁title ▁from ▁its ▁original ▁working ▁title , ▁The ▁Ven ge ance ▁of ▁Khan , ▁as ▁it ▁was ▁too ▁close ▁to ▁the ▁working ▁title ▁for ▁Lucas film ' s ▁up coming ▁Star ▁Wars ▁film . ▁However , ▁as ▁soon ▁as ▁the ▁name ▁change ▁was ▁made , ▁Lucas film ▁also ▁changed ▁their ▁Re ven ge ▁of ▁the ▁J edi ▁title ▁to ▁Return ▁of ▁the ▁J edi . ▁An ▁even ▁earlier ▁working ▁title ▁for ▁the