Space Opera was an old rpg that basically had expies of elements of various science fiction franchises. So it had for instance equivalents of the Federation from Star Trek, various races, etc. I've been thinking, since homebrewers don't need to worry about copyright, why not have an rpg that includes the actual science fiction franchises crossed over? I figure either Age of Rebellion/Edge of the Empire would probably work very well.

The main problem would be creating all of the various ships and such that would be necessary to play the campaign. Especially since there might be some disagreement on how various things compare in power (see the Star Trek vs Star Wars debates). Part of solving this problem might be to focus on some specific area to start with and then expand. Perhaps Ferenginar and the nearby space might be a good place to start an "Edge of the Empire" campaign. Or perhaps put it near some sort of enclave of Imperial control within the Milky Way galaxy, which I think might be on the other side of the Klingon Empire from the Federation in the Beta Quadrant.

It's funny, but while Star Wars encapsulates everything I love about sci-fi, Star Trek incorporates everything I dislike about it.

Or perhaps, I'm simply willing to forgive SW it's flaws. Heck, I think 90% of the EU is bad fan-fiction, and even the original movies have their weak points. But I have such fondness for them, I'm happy to overlook these flaws in the way I'm not prepared to do so for ST.

Unless in merging SW and ST we're allowed to fill that fat freak Kirk full of blaster bolts. Then I'm in.

(Be happy to see something nasty happen to Wesley too, even if his actor seems like a nice guy).

Star Trek is science fiction, Star Wars is science fantasy. I like both but have no interest in combining both. I did pull out my Space Opera stuff a while back though just to look over for some ideas though.

(Be happy to see something nasty happen to Wesley too, even if his actor seems like a nice guy).

His actor can't help that his character was flat-out a Gary Stu stand-in for Gene Wesley Roddenberry, though he's apparently blamed the writers in particular for how that played out on camera, since the 23 March 1987 Writer's Bible basically only specified "superior memory and his insight into the mechanics of computer circuitry and starship warp engines".

There's better crossover material out there though... like SW (Qui-Gon and Obi-Wan are the only canon characters) x "old school" Sherlock Holmes (by which I mean 1800s Arthur Conan Doyle, not Robert Downey Jr. or Benedict "Curly-fu" Cumberbatch).