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While the characters are important, the overall vision and mission statement of that show is what has held the franchise together. It doesn't have a well-formed 'mythos' per se. It's not as tightly connected, it is inconsistent, and many more writers have influenced it with a lot of retconning to compensate for so many people getting involved in the mix. Star Trek also has a canon, but it is scattered. It is a continuous, contiguous storyline with a vast canon of material, mostly crafted by a single creator, George Lucas, who liberally borrowed themes from the swashbuckling films of the 1930s, westerns, and even samurai movies he saw as a child and young adult to create his cultural masterpiece. Star Wars is also unique because it has endured without reboots. Still, it wasn't until after the first Star Wars came out in 1977 that Star Trek - and the other large franchises that emerged afterward, such as the various superhero films from Marvel and DC, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter, and juvenile series such as The Hunger Games (and its numerous dystopian copycats targeted toward young adults) - really came into their own. True, Star Trek came first with a television debut in 1966. It is the first genuinely great franchised sci-fi/fantasy property and the first to spawn a multi-billion dollar industry in terms of merchandising and licensed products. It's a uniquely American phenomenon, and its influence is all over the entertainment industry, particularly sci-fi and fantasy. Star Wars occupies a lofty position in our popular culture. And I suspect I know why many people in my social circle are mad about it as well. Now that I have had time to digest my feelings and think about it analytically, I understand why I am angry. The first truly great franchised sci-fi/fantasy property I felt a disturbance in the Force as if millions of fans cried out in anger. While I also had that feeling with The Force Awakens, I didn't quite exit the theatre as completely and utterly pissed off about the film itself as I was with The Last Jedi and The Rise of Skywalker. I walked out of the last two Star Wars films with a sense of anger and disappointment I'd never quite felt before. Was it work-related stress? The usual holiday malaise? The never-ending horribleness of the daily news cycle?Īnd then it dawned on me: Star Wars was bothering me. Something had been eating at me the last few days, and I couldn't put my finger on it.

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