It again reteams Scorsese with his favorite actor, Robert De Niro, who had appeared inMean Streets (1973),Taxi Driver (1976), New York, New York (1977),Raging Bull (1980),andThe King of Comedy (1982).The little but aged, wizened, greenish fellow had large bright eyes and pointy ears, and assured Luke who had a blaster in his hand: "I mean you no harm.The blast of the torpedo birthed a new planet in the nebula.Soon after, Spock heroically and self-sacrificially died from radiation poisoning, next to his admiring and loyal friend Kirk.In the wind-blown dusty town, the men pass by a South Texas Temperance Union revival, being held under a tent where Mayor Wainscoat (Dub Taylor) preaches to the proper, black-clothed audience about the sinfulness of drink, quoting liberally from Leviticus 10:9, and Proverbs 23:31-32:Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou nor thy sons with thee least ye shall die.