You know you've made it when ....

[Nostromo]

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http://galacticasitrep.blogspot.com/2009/01/los-angeles-times-3-bsg.html

[alaristhered]

I once took a class called American Society on Film which focused on Sci-Fi. It was a huge class. At one point the professor asked what was about Star Wars was fundamentally different from previous Sci Fi.

People yelled out all kinds of answers, only a few of which were good (like "there's no Earth and no mention of Earth") but the answer that the professor was looking for, and the one that Yours Truly provided, was "It takes place in the PAST."