[quote=@Delta 38]Speaking of which, could someone explain the appeal of Star Trek? [/quote]

To throw in a very, very simple response: For me, Star Trek is much more diverse. It's sort of the perfect mesh-together of political opinion (metaphorical, of course) and culture and people interacting. I find that Star Wars has less branches that I can allow my imagination to follow whereas Star Trek, the possibilities seem almost infinite. Though, it's very hard to compare the two truly because they're so vastly different! 

I find Star Trek more positive and in that sense, I think in some series it can be a little less bleak and some people can find that boring. I'm not sure if you particularly agree with that or not (perhaps you don't), but I'm just tossing out a very quick idea. (Saw 'Star Trek' and had to jump because I love it so much!) 

What first got me into the original Star Trek series was the utter equality of characters. Both in character and out of character there was really no discrimination. It opened up a lot of avenues and was mature in how it dealt with lessons that could be learned revolving around serious subjects like that without making things too dire or heavy. Sure, I love grit sometimes, but sometimes, I want to go into something knowing everything will be (for the [i]most[/i] part) okay. 

Edit: ...and damn, the original series is just so hilarious with Shatner and Nimoy and Kelley. The camp is great fun!