Ramin HonarySome Sci-Fi shower thoughts: I think the ideological division between #StarWars and #StarTrek can be summed up by the fact that there is no analogue for The #Jedi in Star Trek. In the original Star Wars films, the Jedi and #TheForce is left as some unexplained magical property which some of the characters just have, and it is strongly implied that this property is inherited. Star Trek, on the other hand consistently shows time and again the old atheist adage that “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.“
In Star Trek they never ascribe some unexplained telekinetic power or mind-reading ability to some magical “force,” there is always some Sci-Fi mumbo-jumbo explanation given, usually involving some make-believe wave/particle energy field. And if the “magic” power ever takes the characters by surprise, they study it to figure out how it works, especially if the “magic” is being used by an alien adversary against them. The lesson Star Trek teach us is that there is no real magic anywhere in the universe, only the yet-to-be explained, and that doesn’t make the universe any less awe-inspiring.
I lost all enthusiasm for Star Wars the day I saw George Lucas posing in a publicity photo with the Disney mascots, when the Disney Corporation bought the entire Star Wars franchise, so I really haven’t been paying attention. (I’ve been told I would very likely enjoy the “Andor” series, though I haven’t watched it.) Maybe the franchise writers have tried to canonicalize some scientific explanation for The Force beyond the “midichlorians” mentioned in the prequel series? I don’t know, or even really care at this point.
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