Star Wars is better than Star Trek

I'll start off with rebuttals, but first, I'll define the word, successful. Successfulaccomplishing an aim or purposeNow, onto rebuttals. Cultural ImpactMy opponent states that Star Wars had a huge impact on Hollywood and the general public. And he says evidence of this is that people still quote lines from the films, but people also quote lines from Star Trek, such as "Beam Me Up, Scotty. " Also, Kirk and Spock are considered to be among such great artistic pairings, such as Frodo and Sam, or Sherlock Holmes and Watson. And he says that Star Wars was released before Sci-Fi was popular. I'd like to point out that Star Trek came out 11 years before Star Wars did. And it's special effects brought much acclaim, and it drew a much greater audience than expected. The show was eventually cancelled, which led to protests. My opponent says that Star Trek hasn't had as much cultural impact as Star Wars did, and says that's because Star Trek gained it's popularity from its TV series, rather than it's movies. Which is also false, because besides the Original Series, the next Star Trek material came out much later, and that was the Next Generation, during the same time the movies were in production, so there wasn't that much of a gap between the following gained from the TV shows and the films. But getting back to the cultural impact, I will now state some important technologies inspired by Star Trek. Transparent Alumina - . http://www.azom.com...Also known as aluminum oxynitride, transparent alumina has many real world applications. I will list a few here. Optoelectronics - Optoelectronic devices can source, detect, and control life. Windows for laser communications Cell Phones - . http://www.inc.com... The idea of wireless communication from Star Trek came long before the first devices like these were invented. Real life versions of these devices were popularized many years later in the 90's by a company called Nextel. In later versions of Star Trek, these communicators turned into the Starfleet Insignia on the chest of the uniform. And a company called Vocera Communications has created a real life version of these as well, called the B2000 communication badge. Ion Drives - . http://www.dailygalaxy.com... Ion drives have been successfully tested by NASA, and they will be a great asset in future space exploration. But this technology was already there in Star Trek, 30 years before this happened. Google Earth - . http://www.edparsons.com...Michael Jones, chief technologist of Google Earth, has cited the tricorder from Star Trek as one of the inspirations for Google Earth. One cultural influence that I can't miss, is the 1st shuttle created in NASA's Space Shuttle Program. This space shuttle was called "Enterprise," and President Gerarld Ford had specifically requested this name, after many fans from across the nation sent letters to him, although he himself denies the letter's influence. But nevertheless, the name of this monumental step in space exploration was changed to "Enterprise," and the cast of the Original Series was invited to watch the launch live. Gene Roddenberry always wished to be in space, and after he died, NASA fullfilled this request, and sent his ashes into space. Star Trek also broke many racial barriers, there was a black woman who played a lieutenant, at a time when racial equality wasn't a popular notion, and many networks in the South refused to carry the show, but that didn't stop it's success. There was also a homosexual Japansese man, Sulu, and a Russian, Chekov, at a time when there were great tensions between Russia and the USA. But Gene Roddenberry chose specifically to include racial diversity in his show, because he believed, and wanted everyone to know, what an equal, and diverse society could look like. To conclude, saying that Star Trek didn't have any cultural impact is foolish. It had an amazing cultural impact, praised for it's stories, that examine the human nature, and it's pioneering effects. But it also had a monumental impact on the field of technology. Score - . http://www.imdb.com... . http://www.imdb.com... My opponents entire argument here rests on the fact that John Williams won the academy award for the best score. I'd like to point out, that the score for Star Trek: The Motion Picture, by Jerry Goldsmith, won the International Film Music Critics Award. Star Trek: Voyager, won many music awards in the Emmy's while it was on air. Goldsmith also won the BMI Film Music Award for his score for Star Trek: First Contact. So to conclude, my opponent provides no real argument in this category, his only argument is that John Williams won an award for the best score. And Jerry Goldsmith also won many awards for Star Trek. Merchandise - My opponent says that Star Wars is better because it sold more toys. Which I can believe. He aso says that the Star Wars Video games made 2.9 billion in profit. But the Star Trek franchise never focussed on games. I'd like to point out that the most popular Star Wars video games were made by LucasArts, and this is, obviously, owned by George Lucas. This matters because it means George Lucas himself wanted the video games to succeed, and, since he was the creator of Star Wars, he had much more creative license with the games, and he could introduce storylines and plots without worrying about angering the fanbase. This is different from Star Trek, because all of the Star Trek games were created by third party developers. Gene Roddenberry never cared for video games or action figures, because his aim with Star Trek was to write about and explore the human nature. Remember, the definition of successful is acheiving one's aims or goals, and selling video games was never an aim for the Star Trek. Characters - Star Trek had much better alien charcters. The most glaringly obvious one being Spock, who, even though was an alien, was portrayed in a way for the audience to relate to him. Anyone can relate to being an outsider, surrounded by those different from you. The same with Lt. Worf, on the Next Generation. In Star Wars, the alien characters are not understandable, as they speak in unknown languages, that sound like gibberish to the audience. Off the top of my head though, I can think of one Star Wars alien who could be understood, and that is, Jar Jar Binks. Story - The stories in Star Trek were richer than those of Star Wars. The stories in Star Trek explore the human nature, I cite episodes such as "The Drumhead. " This episodes features an Admiral, who is so convinced that there is a Romulan spy among the Enterprise, that she begins a witchunt, accusing one crewmember of being the spy, simply because his great grandfather was a Romulan. This episode explores that even in civilized societies, corruption can creep up, and it takes just a few incidences before it takes over the system. Many episodes in Star Trek explore ideals and humans in general, just like this one. "You know, there are some words I've known since I was a schoolboy: 'With the first link, the chain is forged. The first speech censured. .. the first thought forbidden. .. the first freedom denied--chains us all irrevocably. " Jean-Luc Picard And with that, I toss the ball back to my opponent.