Starring Nathan Fillion, Alan Tudyk, Ron Glass, Summer Glau, Morena Baccarin, Adam Baldwin, Jewel Staite, Gina Torres, and Sean Maher: Firefly

Gate. Because no one actually knows what stargate is, but it makes both the star wars, and star treck nerds mad

Galactica, Battle

Star.... Just kidding everyone knows The Expanse... [Is the best...]

Yup, fight me.

ship Troopers was a pretty good movie, unlike many other movies that start with Star.

...furies are awesome which is reason number 487 why Babylon 5...

Fox.

__vs the Forces of Evil___

(no justification, I'm rage baiting)

Star Trek, because Star Wars isn't sci-fi it's a space opera.

"Trek: Deep Space Nine"

Best mostly just meaning it's the one I love the most - Ben Sisko and Kira Nerys are two of my favorite characters in tv, and were a big influence on me as a kid. I started rewatching recently for the first time since it originally aired, and man, it's still so good.

Ship Troopers.

Becuase it’s campy and gritty and funny and serious.

Star -ting to think Dr Who- is the best franchise in the history of scifi

“... Trek: DS9, ripped off Babylon 5 which is ... "

Fox

Star Fox

Fox

If you want justification, DO A BARREL ROLL!

Citizen.

Now, take me back to the asylum, I'm more comfortable there.

starcraft,1,2. i dont have high hopes for the FSP coming out in 4years, what is with blizzard and decade long droughts. shouldnt they be working on SC3 instead(its not that hard to expand beyond the korpulu sector)? they already tried the failed ghost genre.

stargate, i like the 3 series. the first season and first half of second season sgu doomed the franchise. And AMAZON cancelled the new series a while ago, because it wasnt "targeting more audiences" as they said, also being an abysmal 10 episodes, is probably going to mid- the series.

trek, better not make kurtzman or MATALAS showrunning any new series going foward, they turned it into copaganda slop.

star wars doesnt count its more space drama/opera than actual scifi, also includes a no-no in scifi magic/magi-tech.

Firefly and Babylon 5 fans you can just... not.

JK - feel free to pipe up.

Fish

Many legs

Wars, wait shit I meant Dune

Its not hard sci fi, but damn its fun thinking about that universe. Its like a low fantasy star wars and 40k but made for adults.

Star Trek: TNG is awesome. But most of the franchise is meh and abused.

Stargate is mostly ok stuff. SG-1 being the goodest part.

The Star Wars franchise is mostly hot garbage. I liked jedi outcast and the original movies though.

So I guess the only thing that fits the sentence is 'gate'

Stargate

Go watch the movie and the multiple series.

"field"

::: spoiler (just kidding) :::

Star Jerry O'Connell remained in the cast for all seven seasons of Sliders, in another timeline where it is the best franchise in the history of sci-fi.

I won't pretend Sliders can hit among the real heavyweights, especially after season 3, but I think it could have. I know we're all sick of remakes, but if there's any show that deserves a second chance, it's Sliders.

Blazers. Just for nostalgia.

I'm surprised this hasn't been posted yet. It feels relevant.

Edit: Context is that this was a NYT crossword puzzle that could be solved either way, depending on whether the user preferred Star Wars or Star Trek.

Star...ring Alan Tudyk and Jewel Staire, Firefly... is the best franchise in the history of (video) Sci-Fi... because it's a space Western with sass.

(But really, Frank Herbert's Dune is the best franchise in Sci-Fi.)

"... vs. the Forces of Evil", mostly to watch my fellow sci-fi nerds squirm

Starboy and The Captain of Outer Space

Whores. I feel its self explanitory

Ocean.

Fun games.

Star Maker, by Olaf Stapledon

Star, Bright, by Mark Clifton

The Stars My Destination, by Alfred Bester

Stark Raving Dad (Simpsons episode)

???

I say these rankings are not smart. A true sci fi enjoyer doesn't rank. They see these creations exist simultaneously, manifests of our curiosity, imagination and awe for the incomprehensible vastness and variety of life and the universe. Having said that, Star Wars. Definetly Star Wars.

Ocean

Stardust. And no, that's not the name of the franchise, but it's the ship that started it.

Funny way to say Lexx, but ok.

Star 80.

Next comic con I'm cosplaying as Eric Roberts' sex chair.