Science Fiction Franchises - How many Star Wars and Star Trek series/films have you seen?

[shadowkat]

List Memeage, only culture junkies need apply.

Bold = Watched Entirety
Italic = Watched Part
* Watched more than once.
† Watched in the first few weeks of release (at least initially, for TV shows).

Star Wars Franchise

RELEASE ORDER

* † Star Wars (A New Hope) (1977) [I literally saw it the first or second week of release, and was the first kid in my neighborhood or school to see it - my father was determined. We drove an hour out of our way to see it - (first time sold out), so came back.]
* † The Empire Strikes Back (1980) [Also among the first to see it - and read the book, saw it at a huge theater, double decker in Kansas City, that was an hour away.]
* † Return of the Jedi (1983)
*† The Phantom Menace (1999)
* † Attack of the Clones (2002)
*† Clone Wars (2003-2005)
*† Revenge of the Sith (2005)
The Clone Wars (2008-2020)
LEGO Star Wars stuff* (2013-??) - the appeal of lego animation and legos is completely lost on me. (Also they are a nasty organization to work for - my cousin worked for them, so no love, sorry folks.)
Rebels (2014-2018)
* † The Force Awakens (2015)
* Rogue One (2016)
Forces of Destiny* (2017-2018) [I've never heard of this one, so until this list, didn't know it existed. Must be animated.]
*† The Last Jedi (2017)
Solo (2018)[saw it on a plane]
Resistance (2018-2019) - also never heard of it.
Galaxy of Adventures* (2019-2020) - never heard of it.
The Rise of Skywalker (2019) - among the few that I didn't bother to see in the theater.
The Mandalorian (2019-2023)
The Book of Boba Fett (2021-2022)
The Bad Batch (2021-2024)
Visions (2021-2025)
Obi-Wan Kenobi (2022)
Andor (2022-2025) [three quarters of the way through]
Ahsoka (2023-2026)
Young Jedi Adventures (2023-2025)
Tales of the Empire (2024)
The Acolyte (2024)
Skeleton Crew (2024-2025)
Tales of the Underground (2025)

I've not watched most of the computer animated series - because video game computer animation jars me - it gives me headache. The people kind of move like robots or stiffly, and my eyes keep trying to make it work, and it doesn't, and I just can't watch it. There's certain types of computer animation that I can't watch. The Star Wars computer animation, Lego movie, and video game animation - it gives me a headache for some reason or other, which is another reason I'm not a gamer.


I've actually seen more of the MCU stuff than the Star Wars stuff. Although I have admittedly watched more of the Star Wars than Star Trek - at least I think I have? Let's see?

Bold = Watched Entirety
Italic = Watched Part
* Watched more than once.
† Watched in the first few weeks of release (at least initially, for TV shows).

Star Trek

RELEASE ORDER

* Star Trek - Original Series (1966-1969) 80 episodes
†Star Trek - the Animated Series (1973-1975) - 22 episodes
†* Star Trek - the Motion Picture (1979) [my parents were fans of Star Trek - so my father was insistent, he loved Trek.]
†* Star Trek II - The Wrath of Khan (1982)
†* Star Trek III - The Search for Spock (1984)
†* Star Trek IV - The Voyage Home (1986)
†* Star Trek The Next Generation - 1987-1994 (176 episodes)
†Star Trek V : The Final Frontier (1989)
†Star Trek VI : The Undiscovered Country (1991)
†Star Trek: Deep Space Nine 1993-1999 (173 episodes)
†*Star Trek: Generations (1994)
†Star Trek: Voyager (1995-2001) 168 episodes
†Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
†Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
†Star Trek: Enterprise (2001-2005) 98 episodes
†Star Trek: Nemesis (2002)
†Star Trek (2009)
Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013)
Star Trek: Beyond (2016)
Star Trek: Discovery (2017-2024) 65 episodes
Star Trek: Short Treks (2018-2020) 10 episodes
Star Trek: Picard (2020-2023) 30 episodes
Star Trek: Lower Decks (2020-2024) - 50 episodes
Star Trek: Prodigy (2021-2024) - 40 episodes
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022-) 40 episodes
Star Trek: Very Short Treks (2023) - 6 episode

Hmm, I was wrong, I've seen more Trek than Star Wars. [Morale? Never assume without checking first.] There's only a handful that I've not seen. Who knew? Apparently I'm more of a Trekkie than a Star Wars fan. Granted Trek had more content availability when I was growing up - Star Wars didn't take off again until the 21st century.

And that's a lot of Trek. I think that out does the Star Wars franchise ten to one.

Side note? The forgettable film, Star Trek Nemesis? The villain was written with James Marsters in mind - based on his performance as Spike. But Marsters is a die hard Trekkie, and blew the audition. He froze when he met James Patrick Stewart, had similar problem when he met Nimoy. So, Tom Hardy got the role and his career took off instead.

And I've seen more of the DCU and MCU franchise than of those two. Let's face it I'm a sci-fi/fantasy fan, with a weakness for superhero films. I tend to hide this side of myself from most of the folks that I know - current cubicle mate wouldn't understand. I miss my previous cubicle mate who loved superhero films and science fiction.

Comments

[shadowkat]

He keeps telling the story in interviews. I found it entertaining, considering how disappointly and bad Nemesis truly was. I also didn't realize it was a young Tom Hardy in the role.

[yourlibrarian]

That's really surprising that that's the spin he's put on it now. Back in 2006 he actually showed the footage of his Nemesis audition at a convention. I thought he was quite good in it. This was from my write-up:

Ever since I heard that James had been up for the role of Picard's clone in Star Trek: Nemesis, I'd been sorry he hadn't gotten it. Not because I enjoyed the film, because I didn't really, or because the actor chosen had not done well. I thought he was good. But for selfish reasons I loved the idea of being able to see James and Patrick Stewart facing off, and to see him sinking his teeth into that part. I don't think getting it would have done him much good given it was a genre film and didn't do well. But -- Patrick Stewart! And then he'd have been a part of Trek as well, which was my first fandom way back when.

So I was thrilled to get a few moments of that when they showed his screen test on Saturday night. I wasn't clear from seeing it if he had actually done it with Patrick Stewart, it looked like he was acting with a green screen. Stewart was in uniform and they were speaking in a corner of something that looked a bit like a ship nook. As it was S6 when this happened (11/1/2001 according to the reel, which misspelled November), he looked very Spike-like, in bleached hair, a black tank top and wearing a chunky silver necklace. It was a bit disconcerting (and sad also to think we won't see him like that again -- or likely much other fresh footage from that time). But watching it I thought he did an amazing job with the scene. It's hard to believe he didn't blow the producers/director out of the water with that performance. I wish I had a copy of this.

https://yourlibrarian.dreamwidth.org/30018.html

[shadowkat]

Interesting - because from what I understood - he did the audition in 2002 (at the end of the season - not in 2001) - they filmed his scenes separately and quickly in the finale of S6, so he could take off to do the audition. [He says this in all his Q&As and interviews, including Schmactors, going back years.)

What you may have seen was the audition tape that he sent in to Star Trek. Then he had to go back and film in person? Or maybe there were two auditions? One with Stewart and one prior?

But all of the interviews state that he did it at the end of 2002, and he blew it, because he fanboyed Stewart. He was too much of a Trekkie for his own good.

It did help Tom Hardy - this was his first role - and Hardy has had a sizable career since then.

Thanks for the link. I followed it, and I actually saw the play Teachers in London in 1988, or thereabouts. It was the same year I saw Head in Chess. It was okay, not great. I don't remember it well - just that I saw it. Chess, I remember much better.

[jesuswasbatman]

The failure of Nemesis almost destroyed Hardy's career - he had to go back to doing stage and TV work in the UK for years, and didn't become a big star until Bane in The Dark Knight and then Mad Max.

[shadowkat]

I did not know that. It was a forgettable film. I didn't realize it was Tom Hardy who played the role - until Marsters mentioned it off-hand in a podcast. Because he's unrecognizable in it.