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For two days in September, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan will return to more than 600 theaters to commemorate the epic film’s 35th anniversary.

Fathom Events and Paramount Pictures will present screenings of the digitally remastered Director’s Cut of the film on Sunday, September 10 and Wednesday, September 13 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. (local time) on those days. Each screening will open with an introduction by William Shatner, the original Captain Kirk.

Tickets can be purchased in advance FathomEvents.com and at the Regal Cinema’s website regmovies.com.

A continuation of the original Star Trek series episode “The Space Seed,” the film finds longtime Starfleet nemesis Khan Noonien Singh (Ricardo Montalban) alive and well, marooned on a seemingly lifeless planet. When he’s discovered by Chekov (Walter Koenig), Khan will stop at nothing to exact revenge against the man who exiled him on the barren world: Admiral James T. Kirk.

Kirk must lead his loyal crew — including Spock (Leonard Nimoy), Bones (DeForest Kelley), Uhura (Nichelle Nichols), Sulu (George Takei), Scotty (James Doohan) — and an unprepared group of trainees led by half-human, half-Klingon Lt. Saavik (Kirstie Alley) in a race against time to stop Khan from deploying a device that threatens the entire universe. Bibi Besch, Paul Winfield and Merritt Butrick also star in the film, which features an unforgettable musical score by the late James Horner.

Star Trek II was the sixth highest grossing film of 1982, following E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial, Tootsie, An Officer and a Gentleman, Rocky III, and Porky’s.

The restored Director’s Cut of Star Trek II is available on Blu-ray.

The original trailer: