I'm fine with boring improvements that are nothing like space-opera craziness, such as:
- eating a hamburger that seems like a current hamburger, but with lab-grown meat
- costs of energy going down dramatically, and virtually all energy coming from renewable, safe sources
- most people who develop cancer or dementia or other serious conditions being pretty much ok once they get the affordable treatment
- cars that virtually never crash
- products that last a very long time, and are automatically recycled by the manufacturer when they are worn out
None of this stuff is what Star Wars talks about, but it could be part of a nice future, indeed.