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This episode serves as a sequel of sorts to the
episode "Life Support" and it contains numerous references to the
death of Vedek Bareil and the signing of the Bajoran-Cardassian
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An early idea for this episode was to have a museum
on Bajor reopened to protests from Shakaar and others who believed
it would be better to use the resources to feed the Bajoran people.
No one was happy with the state of the screenplay however until
Ronald D. Moore came up with the idea that Kai Winn could attempt to
become political leader of Bajor, as well as its spiritual leader.
This injected some much needed conflict into the plot, and
everything else fell into place after that. (Star Trek: Deep Space
Nine Companion) |
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Robert Hewitt Wolfe commented
"We developed the idea of doing an episode based on Zapata, who rose
up to overthrow the unjust government of Mexico and then put in a
government that he rose up to overthrow as well. He kept fighting
well after the war was won. I think that was the idea here, just to
see Kira's mentor and the fact that it's not easy to end a war even
when your side has won." (Captains' Logs Supplemental - The
Unauthorized Guide to the New Trek Voyages p 97) |
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Gordon Dawson and Ira Steven Behr had previously
worked together on the television series Bret Maverick. Indeed,
Dawson had actually given Behr his first writing assignment. (Star
Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion) |
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In a possible deleted scene, Syvar mentioned he was
the science officer of the USS Garuda. The script called for the
Garuda to be depicted by stock footage of the USS Prometheus from
"Second Sight", although the script described it as being a
Prometheus-class starship, rather than Nebula-class. The script
specified for the Garuda to appear twice. (Star Trek: Deep Space
Nine Companion - A Series Guide and Script Library) |
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The prayer which Kira recites for Bareil at the
start of the episode is a request to the Prophets that Bareil be
guided and protected on his journey to the gates of heaven. (Star
Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion) |
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The exteriors in this episode were shot in Bronson
Canyon, but the weather was so cold that a number of scheduled shots
were never completed, and were instead rewritten so they could be
filmed in the studio. Indeed, so many shots were dropped that the
crew ended up with some free time while at the canyon, so they went
into the real caves at the canyon and shot the cave scenes scheduled
for shooting in the studio. (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion)
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Director Jonathan West describes Shakaar as "a good
leader and a good killer," and he explains that while filming, "we
had to give him that edge." (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Companion) |
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Ira Behr commented "Without a
doubt, an episode that was severely truncated by time. It ended way
too abruptly, and I thought that hurt the show. I do, however, think
that Duncan Regehr is a much worthier love interest for Kira than
Bareil. I also think it was one of Louise Fletcher's best
performances, and Jonathan West did a nice job directing".
(Captains' Logs Supplemental - The Unauthorized Guide to the New
Trek Voyages p 97) |
