Space opera is a subgenre of science fiction that emphasizes space warfare, with use of melodramatic, risk-taking space adventures, relationships, and chivalric romance.

Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic by BioWare and Obsidian Entertainment.

The Expanse by Mark Fergus and Hawk Ostby.

Dark Matter by Joseph Mallozzi and Paul Mullie.

Stargate by Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin.

Macross franchise created by Shōji Kawamori.

Blake's 7 by Terry Nation with Chris Boucher as script editor.

Lexx by Lex Gigeroff and Jeffrey Hirschfield.

Gene Roddenberry's Andromeda and Star Trek.

Star Wars franchise created by George Lucas.

Space Battleship Yamato by Leiji Matsumoto & Yoshinobu Nishizaki.

Star Trek novels by William Shatner, Alan Dean Foster et al.

Star Wars novels by John Jackson Miller, Timothy Zahn, Jude Watson et al.

Remembrance of Earth's Past by Liu Cixin.Zones of Thought series by Vernor Vinge.Familias Regnant universe and Vatta's War by Elizabeth Moon.Commonwealth Saga, Void Trilogy, The Chronicle of the Fallers and The Night's Dawn Trilogy by Peter F.The Saga of Seven Suns and The Saga of Shadows by Kevin J.Revelation Space universe by Alastair Reynolds.Saga of the Skolian Empire by Catherine Asaro.The Sten Chronicles by Allan Cole and Chris Bunch.Galactic Center Saga by Gregory Benford.Ender's Game series and Homecoming Saga by Orson Scott Card.Hyperion Cantos and Ilium/Olympus by Dan Simmons.Vorkosigan Saga by Lois McMaster Bujold.

Legend of the Galactic Heroes by Yoshiki Tanaka.Alliance-Union universe and Foreigner universe by C.Frank Herbert's Dune prequel series by Brian Herbert and Kevin J.Skylark series and Lensman series by E.Cover of sci-fi magazine Imagination, June 1956 Space opera examples

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