Compare And Contrast Star Wars And Star Trek
Does One “Star” Out Shine the Other?
Star Wars and Star Trek are both highly recognized as the two science fiction teams that battle it out, on and off screen with the fans determining which one is best. Constant debates about which one is better or worse then the other. How they have very similar stories, or that they are polar opposites. The two franchises have many similarities, including the word ‘Star’ in their respective titles, while they have similarities Star Trek and Star Wars are vastly different. Both of these two worlds are different. Star Wars is about fighting “the Man”, while Star Trek is more about being “the Man”. Usually, Star Wars is about the Rebels, whom stand up to the malicious Empire; other times it’s about the fraudulent Republic being trapped into war, while all the under-dogs suffer. But for Star Trek, basically very version revolves …show more content…
Both stories depict societies consisting of multiple planets and species. The main galaxy in Star Trek consists of various planets, each inhabited by different species, united into a single state, the United Federation of Planets. Star Wars depicts a galaxy that is mostly part of a single state known as the Old Republic, inhabited by humans and countless other species, which later became the Galactic Empire and was again later reformed into a new society called the New Republic after a series of wars. Both franchises promote philosophical and political messages, though Star Wars focuses more on the former while Star Trek focuses more on the latter. The main philosophies of Star Trek mainly convey the ethics of exploration and interference and how to properly confront and resolve a new situation. The main philosophical messages in Star Wars are the ethics of good against evil and how to distinguish them. Star Wars preaches against totalitarian systems and favors societies that offer
Star Wars and Star Trek are both highly recognized as the two science fiction teams that battle it out, on and off screen with the fans determining which one is best. Constant debates about which one is better or worse then the other. How they have very similar stories, or that they are polar opposites. The two franchises have many similarities, including the word ‘Star’ in their respective titles, while they have similarities Star Trek and Star Wars are vastly different. Both of these two worlds are different. Star Wars is about fighting “the Man”, while Star Trek is more about being “the Man”. Usually, Star Wars is about the Rebels, whom stand up to the malicious Empire; other times it’s about the fraudulent Republic being trapped into war, while all the under-dogs suffer. But for Star Trek, basically very version revolves …show more content…
Both stories depict societies consisting of multiple planets and species. The main galaxy in Star Trek consists of various planets, each inhabited by different species, united into a single state, the United Federation of Planets. Star Wars depicts a galaxy that is mostly part of a single state known as the Old Republic, inhabited by humans and countless other species, which later became the Galactic Empire and was again later reformed into a new society called the New Republic after a series of wars. Both franchises promote philosophical and political messages, though Star Wars focuses more on the former while Star Trek focuses more on the latter. The main philosophies of Star Trek mainly convey the ethics of exploration and interference and how to properly confront and resolve a new situation. The main philosophical messages in Star Wars are the ethics of good against evil and how to distinguish them. Star Wars preaches against totalitarian systems and favors societies that offer