Good to read that you are near to a forum solution. I hope the new forum will be able to handle everything you want.
With your planking link, i realized that this is about 10 years old and that makes me feel old too (35) hahaha
To be able to live from ads you need to make a youtube channel but not with arduino and electronics. Just react to some other content….but this will only work if you are under 30 and look like a model and behave like a 12 year old child with midlife crisis hahahaha
Star Trek is more about how to live and work together and how to find a solution for problems and how to handle bad situations. I think thats why it is so much more inspiring. But because of Star Trek and Star Wars never meant to play in the same league, it is hard to compare both. And maybe it is not neccessary as long as it is entertaining….the one or the other way.
I was also thinking about the Radar display. From what I know it is not possible to play a videofile by only using arduino. But what about GIF?!
Im curious about next week and the new forum. Im sure you will get the goal.