re: Another Thread About Star Wars NOT A Science Fiction Movie

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So, in other words...the science was fictional?

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Classic science fiction was developed as a genre to speculate on different ways that life and humans would situationally react given certain scientific advancements or situations. All the best science fiction writers tried to use at the very least plausible science*. Some of them were even scientists themselves. It is about dreaming about the future and sometimes our place in the cosmos.

The "science" in Star Wars isn't just fictional. It is fantastic. Star Wars is an action adventure, epic fantasy story that happens to take place in space. The science fiction genre is about more than just the setting.

*Plausible at the time anyway. I've read several Asimov novels that were written in the 50's where Asimov placed a foreward in later editions that some of his ideas had been proven to be incorrect by scientific discovery. He always apologized for his mistake and expressed his hope that the novel could still be enjoyed on its merits as a work of fiction.