Summary
- In J.J. Abrams' Star Trek, Spock Prime had the chance to reconcile with his father's counterpart, Sarek, in the Kelvin universe.
- Sarek's push for Spock to embrace his Vulcan nature created a rift between them, while Spock found comfort and acceptance in Starfleet.
- Spock Prime's legacy extends across multiple universes, leaving behind a profound impact on humanity, Vulcan idealism, and peace.
The older Spock (Leonard Nimoy) travels to the Kelvin universe in J.J. Abram's Star Trek (2009), inadvertently creating an opportunity to reconcile with his father, Ambassasor Sarek (Ben Cross). First introduced in Star Trek: The Original Series season 2, episode 10 “Journey to Babel,” Sarek’s (Mark Lenard) relationship with Spock was complex and distantly chaotic. Spock struggled with the half-Vulcan half-human duality of his identity for many years, finally finding acceptance in Starfleet. Though initially following Sarek’s examples, he ultimately decided against joining the Vulcan Expeditionary Group. In “Journey To Babel,” Spock’s mother, Amanda Greyson (Jane Wyatt), explained that this decision had led to an eighteen-year estrangement between them.
In Star Trek: Discovery, it's later revealed that Sarek’s objection to Spock's Starfleet career partly originated from the Vulcan Expeditionary Group's rejection of Sarek’s adopted human daughter, Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green). Spock finds recognition and a level of comfort in himself in Starfleet that Sarek’s continuous push for Spock to embrace only his Vulcan nature had consistently denied him. In Star Trek: The Next Generation season 5, episode 7 “Unification, Part I,” the dying Sarek reveals to Captain Jean-Luc Picard (Patrick Stewart) that a disagreement over the handling of the Federation-Cardassian border conflict had, years later, created another rift between them.
