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January 25, 2013 05:58 pm GMT
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Star Trek and Star Wars Have Been Hooking Up for Years
So J.J. Abrams, director of the rebooted Star Trek series, has been tapped by Disney to direct the next movie in the ever-expanding Star Wars saga. And by the tone of the tweets floating around the ether Thursday night, you'd be forgiven for thinking a Protestant had just been elected Pope.
Star Trek and Star Wars have some major built-in sectarian differences, which aren't immediately apparent to outsiders. One is science fiction, the other science fantasy. One is resolutely humanist, the other revolves around a mystical religion. One is set centuries into Earth's future, the other who-know-how-long ago in the past of a whole other galaxy. One began on TV and got cance…
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