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Post #1241771

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RogueLeader
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Science Fiction or Space Fantasy - what is Star Wars
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20-Sep-2018, 7:51 PM

I’m not saying either side is right or wrong, but I do get yotsuya’s perspective.

If you worked at a bookstore, for example, and you had to choose whether to put Star Wars books in the fantasy section or the science fiction section, which section would you put them in?

Obviously you would put it in the science fiction section. That’s where Star Wars books are in most book stores (unless it has it’s own section). Yes, it is not traditional science fiction, because the science really doesn’t matter, it’s just set decoration. But because of that it is like a science fiction setting, but in the subgenre of space opera, because the sci-fi aspect is more about the aesthetic. I think that’s what you’re getting at, right?

I agree with that, but if I had to describe to someone who had never seen Star Wars before, I wouldn’t want to describe it as science fiction. I think that is sort of misleading, because it leads people to have a certain assumption about it’s content and themes. So space opera or space fantasy are definitely more accurate descriptors.