Product Details

• Actors: LeVar Burton, Gates McFadden
• Directors: LeVar Burton, Gates McFadden, Gabrielle Beaumont, Robert Becker, Cliff Bole
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Language: English, French
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Paramount
• VHS Release Date: January 1, 1998
• Run Time: 46 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303954391
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #476,552 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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When the Enterprise responds to a distress signal from a Federation freighter, it leads them to Turkana IV, birth planet of their late comrade Tasha Yar. The freighter crew has been forced down onto the planet and the men are being held underground by the Alliance, one of two warring factions fighting for control of the planet.

The rival faction, the Coalition, contacts the Enterprise and assigns Ishara Yar (Beth Toussaint), Tasha's sister, to help them find the captured men. Once on the Enterprise, Ishara proves to have extensive knowledge of how to penetrate the Alliance's defenses.

As the crew prepares for the rescue mission, Ishara befriends Data (Brent Spiner) and tells him she would like to leave Turkana IV and attend the Starfleet Academy. She has begun to gain the trust of the crew, but has she really given up her allegiance to the Coalition?

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3.0 out of 5 stars The mysterious sister of Tasha Yar, December 10, 2000

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Lawrance M. Bernabo (The Zenith City, Duluth, Minnesota) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Star Trek - The Next Generation, Episode 80: Legacy [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Next Generation fans got to resolve the death of Tasha Yar in the classic episode "Yesterday's Enterprise," but in the Star Trek universe the crew still has issues to resolve. When an escape pod from a Federation freighter lands on Turkana Four, the brutal colony world from which Tasha escaped, the Enterprise shows up for the rescue armed to the teeth. The leader of the Coalition claims that their opponents, the Alliance, hold the men from the pod hostage. As proof of their good word, the Coalition provides the services of Ishara Yar, who they say is Tasha's sister. Although there are initial doubts about her, the crew warms to Ishara. She is willing to help them with their rescue mission but there is this one little problem: Ishara has a proximity detector implanted in her body, which will set off the alarms. Of course Dr. Crusher removes the device, which is exactly what Ishara and the Coalition wanted her to do.

Certainly the viewers are more suspicious of Ishara Yar than the Enterprise crew, mainly because "Legacy" is a little heavy handed in how it develops the mystery, which is to say that it just begs you to be suspicious every step of the way. It is something of a shame that the good memories of their fallen comrade are so abused. This is one of the few Next Generation episodes that truly leaves you with a bad feeling. Fortunately all future episodes dealing with the fate of Tasha Yar are a lot better than this one.

5.0 out of 5 stars Trust and betrayal, September 6, 2006

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This review is from: Star Trek - The Next Generation, Episode 80: Legacy [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I like this one a lot. It deals with trust, betrayal, and being vulnerable-- something we have to do to live life fully but yet something that, having been burned many times, we may be reluctant to do. The last dialog between Riker and Data is one to be cherished.