Star Wars vs. Star Trek

Why I believe The Star Trek Universe is more "realistic" (if you could say such a thing) then the Star Wars Universe.

1) Space travel
yes ST (star trek) ships are capable of faster then light travel, a fact that has been proven by science that is impossible. However it was a fact that the world was fact, it was a fact that Earth was the center of the universe, It was a fact that Earth was the only planet to sustain life. Well guess what, all those have been proven false. ST also does not say that the ships are traveling at a huge velocity, rather they use a very common theme in Sci-fi, and that is bending space. The warp core has the ability to bend space to travel from one point to the other. And being loyal to the concept of a limit on speed there is a top speed that you can reach Warp 9.9 Warp 10 is impossible to obtain. Now if you watch TOS (the original series) you will notice that Kirk throws around different speeds like warp 13 and such, this is not a continuity error, the scale on which to determine warp speed changed to match the meteric system, because warp drive was developed by an american using the English system, and it stuck for a while.

2) Ship design
the main thought process behind the ST design for ships is symetry, to have an incongruent ship that has all these bulges and points would be inefficent. It would not beable to make a sustanable warp field. SW has insemetrical designs (the Mellinium Falcon for example) which by the laws of physics would be incapable of withstanding the speeds at which they claim to go. And the X-wing for example, why would a ship need wings in space? For atmouspheric flight perhaps, but in space? There would be no reason for wings on a starship, and contrary to belief, ST ships only have wings on some of the shuttles, and even then they are saftey features, thrusters take most purpose away, and no large starships have wings, the things on the back are not wings they are warp nacelles, they take the bussards collected in space and convert them into a usable energy source.

3) Exsistance of humans
As most of you know the begining of every SW film it says, "a long time ago in a galaxy far far away..." Well I don't want to but your bubble but a long time ago humans did not have space travel, nor did they live in a galaxy far far away. Now many people claim that the people of SW are not human, rather they are Correlian, a lame excuse for a continuity error. ST however is set in the future where technological advancement may bring this as a logical future, with a real time line. Humans are humans. Also in SW you will notice that the vast majority in the senate chamber, pods appear to be human, now I find it hard to believe that of so many planets so few alien races are represented, or that humans colonized all so many planets and have become the dominant species in the universe. Where do you see all the aliens? never in the empire, all are in the rebelion, and even then you look at the shots they are mostly human. Yes I will admit the ST series' that have been produced are mainly based on human starships, but you must realize that Starfleet is an Earth based operation. If you know anything about Spock you will know that he faced huge critisim from Vulcans for joining starfleet, because he was breaking from tradition and vulcans saw starfleet as a human faction.

4) Weapons
Now Star Trek faces huge criticism from oponents that say the weapons are completely made up and never possible, I propose the opposite. One of the most known instruments in the ST universe is the phaser. The phaser is a weapon that emits a concentrated beem of energy to temporarly paralize (or sometimes kill) the victum. This is not far from our reality now. A new device was recently invented called a tetenizer (sp) it uses a laser beem to conduct a concentrated amount of energy that, upon striking the opponent, causes their muscles and organs to seize up and contract. This cause the person to be temporarly immoble so that restraints can be fasened. Unfortunatly, they are not yet on the market, and they are about the size of a suitcase, but progress is being made. SW uses lasers, a tiny amount of energy shot toward an object that blows it to bits. Perhaps this was "possible" in the 1970's but now we all know that for energy to travel through light there must be a constant beam of light. There is a line in TNG (Tne Next Generation) where Picard is informed that an enemy ship has lasers, his responce is something like, "lasers? Those wont even make a dent in our shields." enough said.

5) Technology
Again critics of star trek say that the technology is impossible, quite the contrary. Take the communicatior badge for example. They now are using the same thing in hospitals with nurses and doctors. The PADD that all orders and communications are on, are a direct decendent of today's Palm Pilots. As for the Phaser, well thats been covered, and the most controversial, the transporter. Could such a thing work? The answer is yes, it has been proven. So far scientists have been able to transport single atomic structures, from one location to another. They are now experimenting with molecules, and have had noteworthy attempts, the technology is not yet there but who can say that it wil never be. As for SW, what do they have that has basis in fact? The lightsaber? Show me the precorsor and I will apologize, but who has seen a beem of energy that ends one meter from its source and is able to slice through anything? Anyone? It is cool to watch on screen, no dispute there, and episode III is looking good, but in reality, not likely.

Now don't get me wrong, I love Star Wars, I just find it a little harder to grasp then Star Trek. So many people say they hat ST, but in all actuallity they don't even know enough to hate. You can not truly hate something unless you know it very well. I am not saying I hate SW, I love it, I am simply saying that Star Trek is better.