George Lucas revealed the important role Star Trek played in the success of his space opera franchise Star Wars.

Alan Dean Foster, who wrote an uncredited draft of Star Trek: The Motion Picture, says: By then I’d worked with Gene Roddenberry and George Lucas. In a nutshell, Roddenberry was standard ...

While one might expect the sci-fi legend to have been influenced by the space operas of his day, now, unlike how George Lucas was with ... 1966 Creator Gene Roddenberry Cast Nichelle Nichols ...