'Star Trek Into Darkness' teaser: Kirk, Spock battle Benny Batch

There are a great many beguiling, blink-and-you'll-miss-them moments packed into the new teaser trailer — or, to use the odd industry parlance, "announcement" trailer — for Star Trek Into Darkness. There's Kirk (Chris Pine) and McCoy (Karl Urban) running through some kind of dark red alien cornfield; a massive starship (the Enterprise?) rising out of the ocean; a teary Scotty (Simon Pegg) clutching a weepy Uhura (Zoe Saldana); and a determined Spock (Zachary Quinto) racing through what appears to be the streets of 23rd century San Francisco.

But the moment that is sure to spark the imaginations of Trekkies everywhere isn't seen, it's spoken — by the seeming villain played by Benedict Cumberbatch (i.e. Benny Batch). "You think your world is safe," he intones darkly over shots that start out on Earth. "It is an illusion, a comforting lie told to protect you. Enjoy these final moments of peace. For I have returned. To have. My. Vengeance."

You catch that? "For I have returned." Wonder who in the Trek universe would have left Earth, only to return, filled with…what's the right word? Wrath? Hmmm. I wonder…

UPDATE: Okay, coyness is over: As DigitalSpy first noted, the Japanese version of this teaser includes an obvious direct homage to 1982's Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. It comes at the very end, and is something of a possible spoiler, suggesting the fate of one of Trek's most beloved characters.

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