One of the things cut from the original version of Star Trek II, along with the revelation that Saavik was half-Romulan, was the mysterious child marooned on Ceti Alpha V.
During the original discovery of Khan’s hideaway by Khan and Captain Terrell, a child walked by the window, which was so brief and uncanny that one wonders if it was a hallucination. The child reappeared at the end, right next to the Genesis Device when it went off in a white flash, adding to the horror of the moment in a way similar to the “Daisy” nuclear war ad. This finale implied the child’s horrific end without seeing it, to emotionally drive home how Khan’s drive for vengeance was a choice made at the cost of his followers and a possible future.
Though the child was not in the final film, photos of the child on set beside the exploding Genesis Device made fans ask: was this meant to be Khan’s son, with Marla? Kirk having a son and Khan having one as well would be thematically appropriate, as a theme of the movie was renewal and the next generation.
According to Nick Meyer, the answer is no. Remember, the timeline doesn’t add up: Marla died eighteen months after arriving on the planet, so Khan’s son would have been much older. The child was there to show that Khan’s marooned people were not idle and were actually reproducing.
A quick trip on the us inflation calcuator, basing this on 1983 prices (assuming this is when the VHS came out, turnaround time was usually a year from cinema to vhs), that would put it around 119.00 USD today.
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