Star Wars, Sci FI or Fantasy?

Slydice · 13-03-2002 2:21am #1

A friend of mine says its Fantasy

c0y0te · 13-03-2002 9:28am

It's actually sci-fi, or more accurately space opera. The sheer scope of the story, backgrounds/context and characters makes it more than just sci-fi, but not fantasy.

The correct way to describe this in my opinion is a space opera.

c0y0te

EvilGeorge · 13-03-2002 12:15pm

I personally think of it as just sci-fi , my idea of fantasy is the usual wizards, elves and all that garbage - the force dosent come close.

Samson · 13-03-2002 12:25pm

I say it's both.

azezil · 13-03-2002 3:02pm

its sci-fi

scipio_major · 13-03-2002 3:59pm

I feel that StarWars is both Fantasy and SciFi. Mainly because it uses elements from both genres. In my mind SciFi is fiction that could possibly happen. Where as Fantasy is fiction that couldn't ever ever happen in this universe without a serious chaes to known science.

StarWars is largly science fiction because a hell of a lot of it could happen. We "could" build faster-than-light spacecraft. If someone was truely inspired they could build a light sabre, afaik there is no theoretical reason why you couldn't. However SW also uses a load of Fantasy stables. The Jedi knights or their equivalent appear in an awful lot of Fantasy. SW has magic, they call it the Force but it is magic none the less. All the weird and wonderful races of Fantasy appear in SW as well.

This is all pretty acedamic though as both SciFi and Fantasy are sub-genres of Speculative Fiction and Star Wars is definatly that.

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Terminator · 14-03-2002 3:41pm

I'd says its more childish fantasy.

IMHO It doesn't sit well with the more mature Bladerunner or even Star Trek for that matter

azezil · 14-03-2002 4:01pm

I don't see how its fantasy?
You may say using the force is magic, but i seen that as being able to manipulate their surroundings by harnessing the power of their minds. They maintain this notion that the universe is made up of particles (i can't remember the name of) and through much mental training they can become aware of these and manipulate them in a way that appears 'magical'.

suppafly · 14-03-2002 4:02pm

Its definetly sci-fi!

The_Bullman · 14-03-2002 11:07pm

The first 3 where definitly a combination of sci-fi and fantasy. It was set in the future but there was other fantasy-like storyline threads to even things out.

Episode 1 on the other hand was more like sci-fi. the sci-fi talk about the metaclorians. It was concentrating more on the machines and gadgets than the others did. (it was all about the merchandising)

StarScream · 16-03-2002 1:54am

its more fantasy than anything else one of the most common plotlines of fantasys run through it.............................. a young boy sets out on a quest aided by a wiseman and meets all kinds of strange creatures along the way and faces his nemesis at the end just like lord of the rings and countless rpgs, imo the space travel is just its setting it never gets over-technical in explanations about technology like star trek etc