Chang (Star Trek)

General Chang is a fictional character from the Star Trek fictional universe who was portrayed by Christopher Plummer in The Undiscovered Country.

Chang is Chancellor Gorkon's chief of staff, and subsequently serves Chancellor Azetbur. He is an avid fan of William Shakespeare, whom he frequently quotes. He is almost completely bald, a trait not seen among Klingons prior to Star Trek VI's release. The Chang makeup originally included a wig appliance. However, Christopher Plummer felt removing the wig made the character more distinct; he also asked that Chang's Klingon makeup be made less severe. His costume is also unique in that an apparent eye injury is disguised with a metal eyepatch which is attached directly to his skull by bolts bearing the Klingon emblem; later depictions of Klingons with eye injuries, such as Deep Space Nine's Martok, had them flaunting their mutilations as battle scars.

Overview

Chang is aboard the chancellor's ship, Kronos One, when it enters Federation space to travel to Earth, and he is part of the dinner party aboard its escort, the USS Enterprise-A. The general is behind the assassination of Chancellor Gorkon, made possible by the use of an experimental bird of prey that can fire while cloaked to disable Kronos One<nowiki>'</nowiki>s gravitational field and carried out by two Starfleet officers who subsequently board the chancellor's ship. The Enterprise's commanding officer, Captain James T. Kirk, surrenders rather than foment...
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