5 Reasons Star Trek is Better than Star Wars

Yes, you read that headline correctly. Star Trek is better than Star Wars, and there's no doubt in my mind about it. A lot of strengths and weaknesses of both franchises are completely subjective, I get it. However, I have come up with five reasons that Star Trek trumps Star Wars any day of the week.

When someone says Star Wars is better, so you have to give
them the Worf eye.

 Number 5: The Holodeck

There may not be a more interesting plot device in the Star Trek universe than the Holodeck. It was first introduced in Star Trek: The Next Generation as a leisure device used by the crew. Of course, it is Star Trek, so things couldn't just workout right for the crew of the USS Enterprise. That would be too simple.

The fact of the matter is, though, that this simple device created a simple, yet effective, way of making plot elements for the Star Trek universe. The crew could easily find themselves in another time and place with no need to come up with some complicated time travel story line. There's nothing in the Star Wars universe that's truly this interesting. 

What does Star Wars have that rivals this? The Republic? Boring. The clones? Stupid and completely not creative at all. 

Number 4: Star Trek has a Plot

I know what you're thinking, "But Star Wars has a plot, too!" Yeah, but not much of one. If you actually look at the Star Wars movies they have very little plot in between drawn out action scenes. 

Truth be told, there's very little in terms of story in the Star Wars universe. It's mostly filler. That's all the action scenes really feature. 

What exactly does Star Wars have in terms of a plot, though? Well, what little Star Wars does have has been ripped off...err, sorry, "been inspired by" countless movies, including The Hidden Fortress and Gladiator (think Episode II here), and old sci-fi serials from the 30's and 40's, particularly Flash Gordon and Buck Rogers. There's nothing really original about the Star Wars franchise.

In Star Trek there is far more plot elements. There are far more stories being told. They may not always be the most unique, or interesting, but they're always there and there's plenty of story development to be found.

Number 3: Star Trek Featured a King

I know what you're thinking here, too. "Star Wars had plenty of royalty!" Yes, it did, and they were all fictional. Star Trek actually featured an actual king. The King of Jordan, King Abdullah II. This is more than just a superfan here, this is about royalty. Real life, honest to god royalty.

 In fact, King Abdullah II is such a big Star Trek fan that there's a Star Trek themed amusement park being created in Jordan right now. 

In other words, Star Trek is getting the royal treatment. Star Wars, not so much. 

Number 2: Star Trek would Win in a Fight

"BLASPHEMY!" you say. "There's no way, because Star Wars has the Jedi! Star Trek has nothing like that!" 

Well, I've actually heard that argument plenty of times, and let's start with this: the Jedi aren't invincible. They are very much beatable. I think some Star Wars fans, and even Star Trek fans, don't realize how strong some of the Star Trek villains have actually been. 

For example, Captain Kirk and the crew of the Enterprise once had to deal with the Greek God Apollo in the episode "Who Mourns for Adonis?" In Star Trek V: The Final Frontier they did battle with God himself, or at least a giant space being that claimed to be God (there, so you hyper religious folk don't have to be offended. He was just a pretender). 

There's also one other thing Star Wars fans need to keep in mind. The Jedi are actually few and far in between, even when they were large in number. They were also taken out by non-Jedi rather easily. 

But, let's throw that aside. The technology in Star Trek is far superior to that of Star Wars. The ships in Star Wars don't have shields, nor do they have any kind of radar technology, or anything like that. 

The ships in Star Trek do. They have superior firepower as well. The Klingon Birds of Prey also have cloaking technology, which no ship in Star Wars could even detect. Also, the Klingons would whoop the Storm Troopers asses, even in a land battle. The Klingon even look cooler. 

Number 1: Jar Jar Binks

Yup. This dumb looking thing right here is the reason that Star Trek is just simply better. There is not a single character in Star Trek, any series or movie, quite this stupid.