Posting again instead of editing, in case you already saw the other reply. I’d also like to point out that you’re talking about plot devices, not the plot itself. Trek tends to tackle serious philosophical issues, where Wars tends to stick with pretty basic good vs bad.

You also referred to the TOS exclusively, which would put it up against the original Wars movies. Honestly I think the original Star Wars movies were better than the Trek show. But as the franchises grew, Star Wars stayed really elementary, where Trek decided to get pretty advanced topic-wise. I think most of TNG is far better than anything Star Wars has put out since the original series. I’ve tried to get into the new stuff and I’m usually left going “oh come on!”. That holds true for new Trek too though. Picard was a disaster.

I’m glad some people like it, but it’s definitely not for me.