I Grew Up a Trekkie Before I Really Knew Star Wars

Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Previously on isoul.uk: We grew up in a house where the television was always on — older siblings, wrestling tapes, sci-fi reruns and films brought back from the video shop. Television wasn’t background noise. It was the recommendation engine.

There is a slightly odd thing about my childhood relationship with science fiction: I remember Star Trek far more clearly than I remember Star Wars.

That isn’t because Star Wars was obscure. It obviously wasn’t. It just wasn’t the centre of science fiction in our house.

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I Grew Up a Trekkie Before I Really Knew Star Wars