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For the episode of , see Sarek (TNG Episode)
Sarek is a '' in which Jonathan Simpson played a younger version of the character (Mark Lenard did provide the voice-over). HISTORY A legendary Vulcan Ambassador to the United Federation Of Planets , Sarek was born in Terran year 2164 to Skon and a never-identifed Vulcan woman. (Skon's father, Solkar , was the first Vulcan ambassador to Earth .) Sarek was married three times during the course of an illustrious career that was taught in Vulcan and Federation history classes well before Sarek's death at age 203. Sarek's first wife was Sybok 's mother T'Rea, a Vulcan priestess; his second marriage was to Mr. Spock 's mother, a Human named Amanda Grayson ; his last wife, Perrin, survived him. Sarek's accomplishments were many, and included the Coridan admission debate in 2267 before the UFP Council, early Klingon Treaties , and his incredible 93-year effort to bring about a Federation-Legaran treaty. Contrastingly, his personal life was stormy, even for a Vulcan. T'Rea bore Sarek his first son, Sybok in 2224. At some point T'Rea died and Sybok came to live with Sarek, his stepmother, and his half-brother Spock. Sybok would later be banished from Vulcan for rejecting his logical upbringing and encouraging others to follow him. Sarek's second son, Spock, entered Starfleet Academy . Sarek opposed the decision, and the two were estranged for years. Following an Enterprise Mission where Spock helped save Sarek's life, father and son reconciled. After Spock's apparent death in '')'' Shortly after Spock's resurrection, Sarek traveled to Earth in order to intercede on behalf of then Admiral Kirk and the remainder of the ''Enterprise'' crew, who had violated orders to rescue their comrade Captain Spock. He remained on Earth when an alien probe approached Earth seeking answers as to why it lost contact with humpback whales. Kirk went back in time and recovered two humpback whales. Sarek was the first to spot the Klingon Bird-of-Prey as it made planetfall near Starfleet headquarters. Later, after the Probe had left Earth orbit, Sarek witnessed the session in which the Federation Council pronounced judgement on Kirk, and reduced him to Captain. Afterward, he had a private discussion with his son in which he admitted his son had done well in his life with a group of friends of rare caliber. ''()''. Sarek's next appearance in a Star Trek movie was in '''' were filmed before this movie. Sarek continued to work as an ambassador and negotiator for the United Federation of Planets for more than a Century . Some of his activities in this timeframe have been explored in non-canon novels. Spock and Sarek would continue to argue from time to time. During debates regarding the Cardassian s, Spock would publically criticize Sarek's position. While Sarek did not react and himself did not appear offended by Spock's criticisms, his third wife Perrin was deeply offended by them. In the '''' episode "Sarek", set in 2366, he was discovered to have Bendii Syndrome , an incurable degenerative disease of the mind, somewhat similar to Alzheimer's Disease , that resulted in him being unable to control his emotions. In order to complete the Legaran negotiations, Sarek entered into a mind-meld with Captain Jean-Luc Picard of the USS ''Enterprise''-D . Sarek was able to use some of Picard's emotional strength to complete the negotiations; in return, Picard received (and later retained) elements of Sarek's memory and even some Vulcan abilities such as knowledge of the Vulcan Nerve Pinch . Because of this mind-meld, Picard became the second Captain of a starship named ''Enterprise'' to be shown on screen entering into a mind meld with Sarek. Sarek then retired to Vulcan where he continued for fight the Bendii syndrome for two more years. He ultimately lost his battle against the disease. Shortly before his death, he met one final time with Captain Picard. Sarek provided Captain Picard with valuable information as to why Spock went to Romulus . As a final request, Sarek asked Picard to tell Spock that he loved Spock. A short while later, Sarek died in 2368. (" Unification "). Picard later offered Spock the chance to touch what he and Sarek shared in their mindmeld. In Star Trek books written by William Shatner , it is learned that Sarek had not actually been suffering from Bendii syndrome. Instead Sarek had been poisoned in a manner which made him appear to have Bendii Syndrome as part of a conspiracy. When these same conspirators tried to poison Spock in a similar manner, their complicity in Sarek's death was also discovered. These books are, however, considered non-canon. CHRONOLOGY Sarek appeared in the following episodes and films:
Mark Lenard also appeared as a '', becoming the first actor to play a member of all three of Trek's original major alien races. Mark Lenard died on November 22 , 1996 of Multiple Myeloma . This would preclude any further appearances of the character, unless either Sarek appears as a younger man played by another actor or archival footage is used. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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