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"Elaan of Troyius" was written and directed by John Meredyth Lucas, the first person in Star Trek production history ever to both write and direct a filmed Star Trek television episode. Terry Matalas became the second with the Star Trek: Picard episode "The Last Generation" in 2023.
With William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley, France Nuyen. While transporting an arrogant, demanding princess for a political marriage, Captain Kirk must cope both with her biochemical ability to force him to love her, as well as sabotage on his ship.
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- Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
- John Meredyth Lucas
- 1968-12-20
According to author Daniel Leonard Bernardi, "'Elaan of Troyius' brings into play stereotypes of the Asian female – the manipulative dragon lady and the submissive female slave. Elaan is both irrational and primitive. She throws temper tantrums, eats with her hands, and drinks from the bottle.
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Kirk must take the arrogant, demanding and contemptuous Elaan (the Dohlman of Elas) to marry the ruler of Troyius on a slow impulse drive voyage, allowing time to indoctrinate her in the servile manners and customs of her new home world.
Jul 20, 2016 · Elaan of Troyius might easily be rewritten as a pulpy romance paperback about a spoilt princess who falls in love with a working-class no-nonsense military officer. Of course, Elaan of Troyius fails spectacularly on those terms, reducing its female lead to a sexist and racist cliché.
Written and directed by John Meredyth Lucas. Review by Jamahl Epsicokhan. A mission of diplomacy brings the Enterprise to Elas to transport warrior leader Elaan (France Nuyen) to Troyius, where she is to marry into their society as the first step of bridging the two peoples and ending the long-lasting hostilities between them.
