So before circa 1978 or 1979 or whenever StarWars was first released?

Space: 1999 which was a 1975 series.
Star Trek the original series.

Space Odyssey might fall into this too. It a science fiction series of novels and films created from 1953 to 1997

"It is good to see ourselves as others see us. Try as we may, we are never
able to know ourselves fully as we are, especially the evil side of us.
This we can do only if we are not angry with our critics but will take in good
heart whatever they might have to say." - Ghandi