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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Ryujin" data-source="post: 7992634" data-attributes="member: 27897">I think that it comes down to being additive, rather than transformative. You can add to the depth and breadth of a storytelling universe without having to break it down, first. We've seen little of the Romular Star Empire in previous incarnations of Star Trek, except for the military and the governing bodies. The revelation of a group of warrior nuns, who only take on hopeless causes, adds the depth of our understanding, of the Romulan people.Similarly, we haven't seen a lot of the run-of-the-mill Federation citizen's life. I didn't expect that a tramp freighter captain's life would look anything like the spit & polish life of a Star Fleet officer, even if that captain was formerly a member of Star Fleet. We're seeing deeper into a culture.And when it comes to Star Wars, not all rebels get to drop land speeders on the enemy as a mere effort of will. We finally got to see how those simple soldiers, who Vader tosses into wall with a mental shrug, do their jobs on the daily. More that's additive to the universe, rather than transformative.</blockquote>