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Originally Posted by En Sabah Nerd

I consider Trek a much truer science fiction with some very cerebral elements consistently at play, Star Wars is a fantasy story set in a science fiction world so it is much easier for people to get into. With the Trek you have teleportation, time travel, superior cosmic entities (Q), matter materialization, and often heavy themes like racism, justice, or morality. With the Wars you have the force which is just magic, more colorful characters, and generally lighter (but no less poignant) themes focusing on good vs evil and redemption. Each is truly great but on different levels and from different approaches.

I couldn't have expressed it any better than you've laid out. To be fair though, had Star Wars been launched as a television serial, I think we may have seen some of the 'truer' scifi-fare (development of tech-concepts/introduction of real science). Additionally, 50 years of Trek provides a huge advantage in depth of story-telling and character/species (ie: Vulcans, Klingons, Romulans, Ferengi, etc) development. I think the extended canon of Star Wars, t.v. shows like Rebels, deliver 'meatier' human-interest stories than what has been enjoyed in the films. It's harder to compare the the two original vehicles given the platform/venue of release and target audiences (one being aimed at niche adult-scifi-television viewers and the other targeting a larger array of fantasy fans of all ages). But in the here and now, many more direct comparisons can be made between the two well-heeled licenses. May both universes live long and prosper...and hopefully...never cross-pollinate, because Trek would rule Wars!!