eld , ▁telling ▁him ▁to ▁" rem ember ". ▁Spo ck ▁rep airs ▁the ▁war p ▁drive , ▁and ▁Enter prise ▁esc apes ▁the ▁explos ion , ▁which ▁forms ▁a ▁new ▁planet . ▁ ▁Before ▁dying ▁of ▁radiation ▁poison ing , ▁Spo ck ▁ur ges ▁Kirk ▁not ▁to ▁gr ieve , ▁as ▁his ▁decision ▁to ▁sacrifice ▁himself ▁to ▁save ▁the ▁ship ' s ▁crew ▁was ▁a ▁logical ▁one . ▁A ▁space ▁bur ial ▁is ▁held ▁and ▁Spo ck ' s ▁coff in ▁is ▁shot ▁into ▁orbit ▁around ▁the ▁new ▁planet . ▁The ▁crew ▁leaves ▁to ▁pick ▁up ▁R eli ant ▁mar oon ed ▁crew ▁from ▁Cet i ▁Al pha ▁V ; ▁Spo ck ' s ▁coff in ▁is ▁shown ▁having ▁soft - land ed ▁on ▁the ▁surface ▁of ▁the ▁Gen esis ▁planet . ▁ ▁Cast ▁The ▁W r ath ▁of ▁Kh ans ▁cast ▁includes ▁all ▁the ▁major ▁characters ▁from ▁the ▁original ▁television ▁series , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁new ▁actors ▁and ▁characters . ▁ ▁William ▁Sh at ner ▁as ▁James ▁T . ▁Kirk , ▁a ▁Star f le et ▁Admir al ▁and ▁former ▁commander ▁of ▁the ▁Enter prise . ▁Kirk ▁and ▁Khan ▁never ▁confront ▁each ▁other ▁face - to - face ▁during ▁the ▁film ; ▁all ▁of ▁their ▁interactions ▁are ▁over ▁a ▁views creen ▁or ▁through ▁communic ators , ▁and ▁their ▁scenes ▁were ▁fil med ▁four ▁months ▁apart . ▁Meyer ▁described ▁Sh at ner ▁as ▁an ▁actor ▁who ▁was ▁naturally ▁protect ive ▁of ▁his ▁character ▁and ▁himself , ▁and ▁who ▁performed ▁better ▁over ▁multiple