

The explosion in the wormhole was redone.The text is colored a bright gold, compared to the original version's white. The opening titles now have a slight fading effect and are now seen over a background of stars. New opening titles were commissioned for the film's opening.The shot from the original version remained intact, but a new element of the vessel imploding its energy for the explosion was added. The final explosion of V'Ger was slightly extended.The small black "empty matte" in the window when Decker and Ilia confront each other in the recreation deck was replaced with a CGI shot of the V'Ger cloud interior.It has a scene of Spock sharing a tear "for V'Ger" and Scotty ordered to self-destruct the ship if the landing party is unsuccessful.** The Enterprise's voyage to the center of V'Ger is slightly extended.There is now a walkway that materializes out of thin air, compared to the endless field in the original version. The long walk to V'Ger was totally redone.Ilia healing him with her empathic powers instead of Nurse Chapel.** The scene in which Chekov burns his hand is much longer and shows Lt.

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The matte painting of Starfleet Command was improved with CGI effects, including an original series shuttle launched in the background.It is actually slightly longer than the original version. The matte painting of the Golden Gate Bridge in the scene where Kirk arrives at Starfleet Headquarters was replaced by a new CGI scene that shows Kirk's shuttle arriving at Starfleet.The landscape of Vulcan was changed to include a yellowish sky and new landscape featuring massive statues.The material added to the film consists of the following:

On November 6, 2001, the Director's Edition supervised by Robert Wise was released on DVD and widescreen VHS, running 136 minutes.
