sentences:  Shatner believes that "Star Wars" was only better than "Star Trek" in terms of special effects, and that once J.J. Abrams became involved, "Star Trek" was able to "supersede "Star Wars" on every level".Tim Russ, who played Tuvok on "", claims that it is difficult to find common enough elements to be able to compare the two.Among those common elements are their similar settings of unique characters and technologies.