
The original Star Trek jumps show vibration inside the ship, while in the jump of the Milennium Falcon, stars whiz past the audience and inspire a genuine thrill.īut Jedi do not live on special effects alone.

Shatner is right when he says that Star Wars borrowed the idea of hyperspace, but only Lucas’ effects fully expressed that idea.

Star Trek’s phasers proved a neat sci-fi innovation, but the lightsaber revolutionized hand-to-hand space combat. Passing over their superior dialogues and characters, the first three episodes of Star Wars still triumph over the first series of Star Trek. Even the major theme of Star Trek cannot claim the wide appeal of this one musical trope. The musical themes of Star Wars characters have become cultural icons, like the Imperial March. Star Trek is a convention - Star Wars is a phenomenon. You can say “beam me up, Scotty,” until you’re blue in the face, but only the Milennium Falcon’s hyperspace jump inspired viewers to watch the original Star Wars movie from different parts of the theater, facing sideways, upside-down, and backwards.

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