Jor Tallen said:

Siliconmaster482 said:

focuspuller said:

What the hell is Star Trek??

I'll pretend I didn't read that. Sure, Star Wars and Trek may have an unofficial (and overstated) rivalry, but personally I am a trekkie as well, and Trek is a monumental franchise in science fiction history. Even if you don't like it, it is still important- it came before Star Wars, and was the first serious science fiction show on television. Here's a wikipedia link.

And if you were joking, I stand as a Trekkie fool. :P

But this is all extremely off-topic.

I agree, all rivalries should be limited to purists v. lucas apologists, otherwise things will get very confusing. Though I will say that I'm probably disqualified as a Trekkie since Voyager is my favorite of the series. And as I understand it, it is not held in such high regard by true fans...

Back to the topic: I was wondering if the shield generator model was created from scratch or made from existing items, like so many SW props...

I was joking actually. But bringing it back on topic, Lucas has made statements about bieng a fan of Star Trek. I believe he even went so far as to say that was influenced by elements of Star Trek. The problem with Lucas saying anything about anything is he goes back and forth.