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January 25, 2013 05:58 pm GMT

Star Trek and Star Wars Have Been Hooking Up for Years


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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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