The Choc Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 Plus, from my admitted rudimentary knowledge of Star Trek, I think Trek tries to be more accurate scientifically. While Star Wars has a planet with 2 suns that is inhabited by humans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevil Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 There's nothing stopping a habitable planet existing in a binary system. It's all to do with the planet being in teh habitable zone of the system. Actually making it a desert planet with unpredicatble weather is a decent touch. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Habitability_of_binary_star_systems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Choc Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 With the suns as close to the planet as they appear to be on Tatooine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavonis Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 I don't expect much, or any, scientific or technological realism in Star Wars. My brain shuts off and doesn't nitpick the details of the science and tech displayed. If it didn't I'd never be able to watch any of the films. As for Star Trek, the creators have been far too conservative in regards to the consequences of transporters, warp drive, and weapons like photon torpedoes in their universe. Why should transporters have any range at all? If you're going to go faster than light, why shouldn't the travel time to any planet be 4 minutes instead of 4 days? Resurrecting the dead shouldn't be a problem at all by the 23rd century, since it's less and less of a problem now. No, the problem with Star Trek is the creators not being able to craft stories in a universe with no logical technological limitations. They're practically gods. What kind of stories deal with the problems of gods? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mara Jade Skywalker Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 I basically will forgive any kind of scientific weirdisms or plot holes if the characters and story are good. I care about Han's and Finn's reaction to Starkiller firing, so I'm not sitting there wondering how it works. Same with the end battle. I'm so invested in Han and Kylo and then Rey vs. Kylo that they can use any stupid science and I don't care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevil Posted May 8, 2016 Share Posted May 8, 2016 With the suns as close to the planet as they appear to be on Tatooine?It's not that the suns are close... it's that they are magnified in our heads by the horizon prior to sunset. The same things happen with our own sun. It's some sort of optical illusion. Really not much bigger than our own sun though: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Choc Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 I love how you've given this much thought to it and when it was thought it up they gave almost none. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevil Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 I'm just interested in Astronomy in general. When the points came up I thought I'd set you on the right path Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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