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Ultimate Geek Out Reference Guide 2025: Star Trek vs. Star Wars

The Reference Department's Guide to your favorite sci-fi, graphic novel, and table-top gaming resources.

Books and More

Discover many books about both franchises including behind the scenes info, history and criticism, untold stories, and even some Star Trek graphic novels. Below is a sampling of books available. 

Star trek. Strange new worlds. Season two DVD coverStar trek. Strange new worlds. Season two

2023

 PlayStation 5 : Star Wars: Outlaws coverPlayStation 5: Star Wars: Outlaws

2024

Discover many books about both franchises including behind the scenes info, history and criticism, untold stories, and even some Star Trek graphic novels. Below is a sampling of books available. 

Explore a mind-boggling array of audiobooks, ebooks, comic books, movies, and soundtracks of both the Star Trek and Star Wars universes. Below is a sampling of available items.

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Star Wars vs Star Trek: The Rivalry Continues Movie

2001

 

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The Star Trek Album

2022

Dozens of ebooks, audiobooks, and magazines (Oh, the magazines!) about your favorite Star Trek and Star Wars stories await you in this collection. Below is a sampling of items from Libby. Use the Force and Engage! 

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Original Series Trivia Book: Star Trek Magazine

2022

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TIME The Story of Star Wars Magazine

2022

LinkedIn Learning

Image of a guy holding a picture of a hologram

If you have a little background in Photoshop CS6, you can learn to create holograms like you'd see in Star Wars. (If you don't have a background in Photoshop, LinkedIn Learning and Udemy can teach you all about it!). Check out this course called "Creating a Star Wars Hologram Effect."

Kanopy

The docuseries Sci-Phi: Science Fiction as Philosophy is a 24-lecture series hosted by Professor David Kyle Johnson of King's College that explores how science fiction allows us to ponder deep philosophical questions. Be sure to check out "Star Trek: TNG and Alternate Worlds" and "Star Wars: Good versus Evil." You can also stream the documentaries For the Love of Spock: The Life of Star Trek's Leonard Nimoy, and Elstree 1976: Reminiscing with Actors and Extras of Star Wars.