Summary Laurence Luckinbill, who played Sybok in Star Trek V: The Final Frontier, has important advice for the next actor to play Spock's Vulcan half-brother in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds. Sybok made a shocking comeback in Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1, episode 7, "The Serene Squall" - 33 years after Luckinbill originated the role of Sybok in Star Trek V.
Hold on very hard to the idea that this is a man who really wanted to change the world that he knew to a better one, to a better world. And I've told the story before, but when Bill said, ‘Let's meet to talk about how you see the role,’ we were supposed to have dinner, but we ended up at an orange juice bar with standing in the corner. And he said, ‘Well, how do you see the part?’ and I said, ‘Lenin.’ And he said, ‘John?’ And I said, ‘No Vladimir Ilyich.
And so, I would tell anyone who's got the new Sybok robes to remember, really, that his impulse is good, is really good. He is not a villain. He is someone who has made mistakes. You and I might make those mistakes. And in terms of trying to change your family or hold the community better, or something like that, you might get nuts and say, ‘No, you will do it this way.’ But the impulse to make things better, and really, at its heart, is let me take your pain away.