View Full Version : The Story Behind How Star Trek Created Klingon And Vulcan Is Great


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07-11-2018, 07:06 PM
https://www.cinemablend.com/news/2448239/the-story-behind-how-star-trek-created-klingon-and-vulcan-is-great

Star Trek went the extra mile in creating some of its alien languages like Klingon and Vulcan, giving them real form and grammar rather than simply creating gibberish. However, while the final product of these languages feels methodically crafted, it turns out the beginning of the process was far less planned and much more hilarious. Marc Okrand, the linguist who created both Klingon and Vulcan says he was first offered the job to create the Vulcan language in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn, and he actually was asked to create gibberish. Specifically, gibberish that would match the lip movements of the same words, that had already been spoken on the set in English. According to Okrand... ...