Sybok

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Caption = Laurence Luckinbill as Sybok in ""
Species = Vulcan
Gender = Male
Birth = ca. 2225
Death = ca. 2287
Planet = Vulcan
Affiliation = None
Portrayed = Laurence Luckinbill

Sybok, played by Laurence Luckinbill, is the antagonist in the Star Trek film "".

Overview

Sybok was the son of Ambassador Sarek by a Vulcan princess; he is Spock's half-brother. As a youth, Sybok was exceptionally gifted and possessed great intelligence. It was assumed that he would become a scholar. Sybok believed that he had (or gained) the power to remove people's "secret pain." Sybok rejected the Vulcan ways of pure logic and the suppression of emotions. For this, and his belief in (Eden), he was banished from Vulcan. Eventually, Sybok hatched a plot to get to Sha Ka Ree. In order to reach this location, he first made his way to the planet Nimbus III. There he and his army of followers hijacked the USS "Enterprise"-A. Sybok attempted to recruit Spock, but was unsuccessful. The "Enterprise" eventually reached Sha Ka Ree, but Sha Ka Ree was not Eden.

At Sha Ka Ree Sybok realized that the being dwelling there was not God, but a non-corporeal being, and that he had been duped. Sybok sacrificed himself in a diversion intended to allow his half-brother, James T. Kirk and Leonard McCoy to escape.

Note

* "Sha-Ka-Ree" is a reference to the actor who was originally set to play Sybok: Sean Connery. However, Connery was unavailable because of his commitment with "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade".fact|date=February 2007

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