Shocking as the Lt. Yar's death was, we know in hindsight that the untimely demise was the result of actress Denise Crosby succeeding in her wish to be released from contract. Her line deliveries are frequently cringe-worthy - Bow down to what Starfleet has become! Counselor Cleavage was good for ratings. Tasha Yar was a good character and given the improved writing, directing and acting of the later seasons she would've improved as well. Denise Michelle Crosby (/ ˈ k r ɒ z b i /; born November 24, 1957) is an American actress and … Anyway I never liked Denise Crosby or her character Tasha Yar and was glad that she left the series being it gave Worf a bigger role in TNG of which later on became a major character on DS9! Lieutenant Natasha Yar, better known as Tasha, was a Human Starfleet officer born on Turkana IV, and former security chief on the USS Enterprise-D. Tasha Yar was killed not … The writers responded by killing off her character like she was a total redshirt, slain by an energy discharge from a tar-like creature called Armus that murdered her simply for amusement. I only wish the skin of evil could have killed Wesley as well. You jewel! This was cruel on two levels, both to the character Tasha Yar and the actress who played her. (TNG: "Yesterday's Enterprise") I only wish the skin of evil could have killed Wesley as well. I thought she was great in trekkies. I think most of the time she's on camera she's just dressed really plainly, not really made to stand out or take focus away from anyone. Her line deliveries are frequently cringe-worthy - Bow down to what Starfleet has become! I thought she was great in trekkies. Shocking as the Lt. Yar's death was, we know in hindsight that the untimely demise was the result of actress Denise Crosby succeeding in her wish to be released from contract. If Crosby stayed around, it would have been terrible if she took Worf's place on DS9, if that happened the Federation would have lost the Dominion War. Her character of Tasha Yar was killed off in the episode "Skin of Evil." When the first away team arrives, Lt. Yar, thus far one of the ensemble cast’s key characters, is killed by a psychokinetic blast from the animate blob of tar. Yar was done away with because Denise wanted to leave, but seriously, she was such a terrible actress that the role couldn't really develop much. You jewel! Counselor Cleavage was good for ratings. Primarily because she didn't seem to be trying to make it about her. Yar's character was killed off in an April 1988 episode. Reader Drew G. wrote in to ask: Reader Drew G. wrote in to ask: One legend I heard, many years ago, that I have always wondered about, and maybe this was covered already and I missed it, was that Denise Crosby's Lt. Yar character was killed off in the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation because she had appeared nude in a Playboy magazine. Yar was done away with because Denise wanted to leave, but seriously, she was such a terrible actress that the role couldn't really develop much. When the first away team arrives, Lt. Yar, thus far one of the ensemble cast’s key characters, is killed by a psychokinetic blast from the animate blob of tar. I think most of the time she's on camera she's just dressed really plainly, not really made to stand out or take focus away from anyone. Guinan, who somehow knew of Tasha's other fate, described it as a "senseless death in the other timeline." Primarily because she didn't seem to be trying to make it about her. In an alternate timeline, Lieutenant Yar was not killed by Armus, and was still the security chief on the battleship USS Enterprise-D in 2366. Denise Crosby made the unfortunate career choice of quitting Star Trek: The Next Generation in its first season.