context: According to director Nicholas Meyer, writing in his autobiography, The View from the Bridge, Saavik was dropped from the film and Valeris created when Kirstie Alley proved unwilling to reprise the role, while Leonard Nimoy, in his autobiography I Am Spock, said there were also second thoughts about casting a popular, established character as a villain.
source: Saavik, however, does appear in the novelization of the film, as a recruiting officer who inspires Valeris to join Starfleet, and offers some insights on how to deal with a dual heritage.
reference_original: Saavik, sin embargo, aparece en la novelización de la película como un oficial de reclutamiento que inspira a Valeris a unirse a Starfeet, y ofrece algunas ideas sobre cómo lidiar con orígenes dobles.
reference_flipped: Saavik, sin embargo, aparece en la novelización de la película como una oficiala de reclutamiento que inspira a Valeris a unirse a Starfeet, y ofrece algunas ideas sobre cómo lidiar con orígenes dobles.