IMHO,  Star Trek and later Star Trek TNG were far better than Star Wars.

The  theme of Star Trek was "to boldly go where no one had gone before".   Star Trek episodes showed that humanity doesn’t have to keep having wars, developing even more lethal weapons, some so horrible they even can vaporize planets.  Yes there were nasty Klingons, Romulans  and Cardasians. Remember that Kirk was chosen to make peace with the Klingons, Why?  Because, Spock reminded Kirk,  "only Nixon could go to China".

Star Trek includes issues of science, diversity, religion, ethics and more into its storytelling. T

here is evidence in our culture that Star Trek has made huge contributions by influencing changes in our technology and how we treat one another. Just to name a few of Star Trek's influences, NASA continues to try and develop faster than light travel, Qualcomm helped to develop a real tricorder, and Nichelle Nichols performance as Uhura broke social boundaries in television. 

On top of that the series has highly intelligent villains, like Khan Noonian Singh, that threaten the lives of the Enterprise crew with well thought out plans and motivations. In addition, Star Trek TNG includes heroes, like Captain Picard, that must think their way out of dangerous situations rather than using force. How can anything be better than that?

The theme of Star Wars was war, still more war, and still more evil to overcome.  It got very boring after the first trilogy.  

Bob Landman

> On Aug 30, 2018, at 2:49 PM, Sandy Gentry <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Would you prefer to defend the Federation and the tenants of Starfleet against all invaders, or would you rather join the Rebellion against the Galactic Empire? Who wins? Star Wars or Star Trek? We at IPC need to know. IPC APEX EXPO’s Passport to Prizes will reflect the winner of this eternal contest…