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But one is a space western ๐ค
...what do you think space westerns are, romantic comedies?
And they're both space westerns. Trek is about a frontier, and Star Wars is a literal western with space cowboys, set in space.
Of course, space westerns aren't science fiction. Cowboys were constantly traveling to other worlds. Why do you think they always ride off into the sunset? They're doing a slingshot around the sun so that they don't wear out their horses.
Exactly! But fair point. They do lean a lot more into the fiction though.