See the TV Adaptation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star_(The_Twilight_Zone) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star_(The_Twilight_Zone) for a different endi

See the TV Adaptation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star_(The_Twilight_Zone) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Star_(The_Twilight_Zone) for a different ending, and in my opinion, less edgy ending: > While Clarke's story ended with the priest in despair after the revelation that the alien civilization had perished in order to light "the Christmas star," the TV episode added an epitaph by the aliens, revealing their acceptance of their place in the universe. Brennert later commented that "Over the years I've taken a little bit of heat from certain fans in the science fiction community for changing the ending of this story. I actually maintain that the ending as it is in this episode is implicit in the story and is not really at odds with the kind of metaphysical work that Clarke did in Childhood's End."[1]