# Things you wanted to see in Star Wars or Star Trek

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 12, 2011, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-wanted-to-see-in-star-wars-or-star-trek/602672 "2011-11-12T05:01:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Namkcalb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Namkcalb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Namkcalb)\
**Post date:** [December 15, 2011, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-wanted-to-see-in-star-wars-or-star-trek/602672/81 "2011-12-15T10:25:35Z")

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> [@SunSandSuffering](#):
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> I always wanted to see Star Wars light sabers used for other purposes. I got all excited when they were using them to cut through a door in Episode One but the scene didn’t go anywhere. It looked like Qui-Gon-Booze was having a lot of trouble with it as well, it should just slice through metal easy peasy.

I got the opposite vibe from that scene, even the control room’s thick bulkheads couldn’t halt the relentless Jedi. Try to see it from the aliens perspective, the Republic was kept together by minute number of superhumans, they trusted Sideous/Palp because they thought they were safe, and now there was one of them not only on your ship, but pushing through even their strongest doors, think how trapped they were, the slow cutting would just add to their terror.

Besides, metal has resisted lightsabres before, just look at Vader’s armour

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**Author:** ![GreenElf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9de053/32.png) [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-wanted-to-see-in-star-wars-or-star-trek/602672/82 "2011-12-17T18:09:11Z")

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I always wanted Star Trek The Next Generation to engage in more battles, like versus the klingons, with the people getting tossed around the room more like the original series. It always seemed too staid, with much of the action, in the holodeck, not even really happening.

Also would like to have seen a Star Trek episode encountering life on Mars or Venus.

In Star Wars, I wished Luke’s mom hadn’t been killed.

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**Author:** ![Bloodless\_Turnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@Bloodless\_Turnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bloodless_Turnip)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-wanted-to-see-in-star-wars-or-star-trek/602672/83 "2011-12-17T18:53:16Z")

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> [@ExTank](#):
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> Star Trek: circuit breakers, and seat belts.

I yell SEAT BELTS at the screen every time I watch.

And I love ST too.

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**Author:** ![toofs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2011, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-wanted-to-see-in-star-wars-or-star-trek/602672/84 "2011-12-17T19:35:45Z")

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Seven of Nine’s tits.

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