'Star Trek' vs. 'Star Wars': Who wore 'Sabotage' best?

There's nothing like a good nerd fight, and there's no nerd fight quite like Trek vs. Wars, especially if you throw a bit of Beastie Boys into the mix.

Let's back up: 2016 just happens to be the first year in more than a decade that both franchises have movies out -- Star Trek Beyond and Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, respectively.

If you've seen Beyond, you know that a key plot point revolves around the 1994 Beastie Boys track "Sabotage." But one YouTube user, Matthew Longua, was determined to prove that Rogue One is a much better fit for the famous rock-and-rap anthem.

Here's what it looks and sounds like when you layer "Sabotage" over Rogue One footage, all of it taken from teasers, trailers and a behind-the-scenes sizzle reel:

In part, the fan-cut trailer takes advantage of a key audio connection: that "vwoop!" klaxon sound used in the first Rogue One teaser lines up perfectly with the Beasties' guitar riff.

But there are other reasons to make the connection. First of all Gary Whitta, the screenwriter who wrote the initial drafts of Rogue One, says the track is utterly appropriate to the spirit of the script:

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Secondly, there's actually a history of Beastie Boys references in Star Wars. The Force Awakens features an X-Wing pilot which someone in the Lucasfilm creature department persuaded J.J. Abrams to call Ello Asty -- a reference, of course, to the Beasties' fifth studio album Hello Nasty (1998).

Taking that ball and running with it, Lucasfilm creative executive Pablo Hidalgo named several other creatures from the same species seen in the movie. That's why you can read all about Ilco Munica (Ill Communication) and Senator Brasmon Kee (Brass Monkey).

As for Star Trek Beyond, "Sabotage" was heard in the movie's first trailer. At the time it seemed an odd musical choice that, combined with the fact that Fast and Furious 3-6 director Justin Lin was helming the movie, led some fans to fear the result would be less true to the spirit of Trek than its other silver screen outings.

In the movie itself, the song turned out to play a pivotal role in the plot. (Spoiler alert: playing it loud through all communications systems is how our enterprising voyagers disrupt a swarm of alien ships attacking a space station.) Nevertheless, it still offended some Trek fans (including our reviewer).

We can't show you the scene itself, of course -- the movie hasn't even hit Blu-Ray yet, let alone YouTube. But here's another fan edit that uses "Sabotage" with the visuals from Beyond for you to stack up against the Rogue One version:

Whatever you make of all this, and whichever science fiction franchise you think pairs best with the 22-year old hit, there's one fact you can't deny. Throw in all the stunning CGI you want, but no one will ever make a better "Sabotage" music video than the Beasties themselves.

Director Spike Jonze -- now better known for his own science fiction movie, Her -- helped the trio come up with this fabulous homage to bad 1970s cop shows.

Will the track now become a staple of other flicks set in the future? On that question, our crystal ball ain't so crystal clear.