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<blockquote data-quote="DialecticSkeptic" data-source="post: 77148505" data-attributes="member: 444966"><p>For me, I enjoy Star Trek more than Star Wars—at least for now.</p><p></p><p>It’s because Star Trek had a television franchise running for decades, well over 50 years now, which maintained its fan base in between movie releases. Admittedly, that was not until the 1980s with the arrival of <em>Star Trek: The Next Generation</em> (1987-1994), but then I was born in 1978 so that explains my bias. For nearly two decades we had one television series after another keeping fans engaged between movie releases, from 1987 until 2005 (<em>The Next Generation</em>, 1987-1994; <em>Deep Space Nine</em>, 1993-1999; <em>Voyager</em>, 1995-2001; [and the hideous] <em>Enterprise</em>, 2001-2005). I’m a ‘90s kid and there is no doubt that the 1990s was the decade of Star Trek.</p><p></p><p>For Star Wars, there was basically just <em>The Skywalker Saga</em>: the original three (1977-1983), and then nothing for 16 years; then there was a prequel trilogy (1999-2005), followed by a further ten years; and finally the last three movies in the saga (2015-2019). I mean, what did the average Star Wars fan have to hold them through those all those years with nothing Star Wars on the television or in theaters? (I said “average” because I know there are serious fans who will tout the novels, particularly the best-selling <em>Thrawn</em> series.)</p><p></p><p>But that might be starting to change. I absolutely loved the final trilogy in <em>The Skywalker Saga</em>—yes, including <em>The Rise of Skywalker</em> (2019)—and I continue to re-watch them almost every year. I also enjoyed the spin-offs, with <em>Rogue One: A Star Wars Story</em> (2016) easily being one of my all-time favorite Star Wars movies. But what really started to convert me was the live-action television series they have been releasing, starting with <em>The Mandalorian</em> (2019-Present) but especially <em>Andor</em> (2022-Present) which has really, really grabbed my attention. (I tried watching <em>Obi-Wan Kenobi</em> [2022] but couldn’t get past the first episode, and I haven’t watched <em>The Book of Boba Fett</em> [2021-2022].)</p><p></p><p>So, for me it's Star Trek—but that could be changing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DialecticSkeptic, post: 77148505, member: 444966"] For me, I enjoy Star Trek more than Star Wars—at least for now. It’s because Star Trek had a television franchise running for decades, well over 50 years now, which maintained its fan base in between movie releases. Admittedly, that was not until the 1980s with the arrival of [i]Star Trek: The Next Generation[/i] (1987-1994), but then I was born in 1978 so that explains my bias. For nearly two decades we had one television series after another keeping fans engaged between movie releases, from 1987 until 2005 ([i]The Next Generation[/i], 1987-1994; [i]Deep Space Nine[/i], 1993-1999; [i]Voyager[/i], 1995-2001; [and the hideous] [i]Enterprise[/i], 2001-2005). I’m a ‘90s kid and there is no doubt that the 1990s was the decade of Star Trek. For Star Wars, there was basically just [i]The Skywalker Saga[/i]: the original three (1977-1983), and then nothing for 16 years; then there was a prequel trilogy (1999-2005), followed by a further ten years; and finally the last three movies in the saga (2015-2019). I mean, what did the average Star Wars fan have to hold them through those all those years with nothing Star Wars on the television or in theaters? (I said “average” because I know there are serious fans who will tout the novels, particularly the best-selling [i]Thrawn[/i] series.) But that might be starting to change. I absolutely loved the final trilogy in [i]The Skywalker Saga[/i]—yes, including [i]The Rise of Skywalker[/i] (2019)—and I continue to re-watch them almost every year. I also enjoyed the spin-offs, with [i]Rogue One: A Star Wars Story[/i] (2016) easily being one of my all-time favorite Star Wars movies. But what really started to convert me was the live-action television series they have been releasing, starting with [i]The Mandalorian[/i] (2019-Present) but especially [i]Andor[/i] (2022-Present) which has really, really grabbed my attention. (I tried watching [i]Obi-Wan Kenobi[/i] [2022] but couldn’t get past the first episode, and I haven’t watched [i]The Book of Boba Fett[/i] [2021-2022].) So, for me it's Star Trek—but that could be changing. [/QUOTE]
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