# Star Trek vs. Star Wars

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-vs-star-wars/229559>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 16, 2004, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-vs-star-wars/229559 "2004-02-16T22:24:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![BraheSilver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecccb3/32.png) [@BraheSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BraheSilver)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2004, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-vs-star-wars/229559/81 "2004-02-27T21:32:22Z")

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> [@tracer](#):
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> Top **that** , Star Wars universe!

Luke shouts “Artoo! Do something!” A couple of minutes later, it gets done.  
😃

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**Author:** ![Vlad\_Dracul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/50afbb/32.png) [@Vlad\_Dracul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vlad_Dracul)\
**Post date:** [February 28, 2004, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/star-trek-vs-star-wars/229559/82 "2004-02-28T04:43:34Z")

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Every time a Federation ship gets hit by weapons fire, a control panel explodes. Since Star Destroyers routinely pump out hundreds of shots, the Trek vessel will soon be helpless, because it has no functional controls.

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