Yeah- as Todd says, ST and SW are completely different from orions arm in the way they're set up. Star wars and star trek started off as the creations of professional writers/ directors whereas OA is a community and-thus far- a worldbuilding project first- not primarily driven by people who create a story for the project on a professional level.
When you say that OA is better than star wars and star trek you're comparing apples and oranges.
Now, it's entirely conceivable that some author could show up one day and decide to write a story set in OA that ends up being wildly successful (maybe the first draft of that story has already been written on the site!) but honestly I think it's more likely that any author who wants to actually make a living off their stories wouldn't actually use OA as the world for their story. A universe very similar to OA perhaps, but one different enough that they wouldn't be accused of stealing the work of this community while still benefitting from the use of general concepts like mcyndree cylinders and beamrider networks. I still think the most likely path for OA to become really popular would be for a writer, or group of writers, to write a series of really good books set in the OA universe, given how that's the path most other hard sci fi settings have taken. That really takes individual initiative though.
Also, the entire media landscape has changed radically since star wars and star trek were conceived. We definitely get to have great independent sci fi films like the martian and the arrival or book series/TV shows like the expanse but they're definitely working on a much more competetive playing field than in the 70s.
When you say that OA is better than star wars and star trek you're comparing apples and oranges.
Now, it's entirely conceivable that some author could show up one day and decide to write a story set in OA that ends up being wildly successful (maybe the first draft of that story has already been written on the site!) but honestly I think it's more likely that any author who wants to actually make a living off their stories wouldn't actually use OA as the world for their story. A universe very similar to OA perhaps, but one different enough that they wouldn't be accused of stealing the work of this community while still benefitting from the use of general concepts like mcyndree cylinders and beamrider networks. I still think the most likely path for OA to become really popular would be for a writer, or group of writers, to write a series of really good books set in the OA universe, given how that's the path most other hard sci fi settings have taken. That really takes individual initiative though.
Also, the entire media landscape has changed radically since star wars and star trek were conceived. We definitely get to have great independent sci fi films like the martian and the arrival or book series/TV shows like the expanse but they're definitely working on a much more competetive playing field than in the 70s.