Sure a few tropes would fit there like the cantina and bounty hunters.

Apr 25, 2015
8:46:09am

SCcoug

however, Star Wars follows the hero's journey to a T. Add in the cast of character archetypes found in SW (knights, rouge, dark mage, princess, young hero etc.) typically found in fantasy it is hard for me to not see it as a fantasy.

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POLL: Do you consider Star Wars to be science fiction?

Nathanael Greene

4/25/15 6:37am

It clearly states: a long time ago, in a galaxy far far away

BigYfan

4/25/15 7:10am

Science Fiction doesn't have to be set in the future.

Cougarrr

4/25/15 7:24am

The question to me is not past, present or future...it is fiction or non fiction

BigYfan

4/25/15 3:25pm

As opposed to historical documents?

bluerhyno

4/25/15 7:10am

Ah, yes, the "historical documents."

Archaeovagrant

4/25/15 8:00am

The Jar Jar Scrolls.

Nathanael Greene

4/25/15 8:28am

By Grabthar's Hammer, you have missed the reference.

SuperTank

4/25/15 8:46am

Obviously he's not a progenitor of Warvane.

ByuMba90

4/25/15 8:48am

Hey, don't open that. It's an alien planet. Is there AIR? You don't know!

mannheimadler

4/25/15 10:04am

Maybe he's the plucky comic relief?

SpiffCoug

4/25/15 11:53am

It happened in a galaxy far, far away. Who knows what goes on in those far away

Texas Hammer

4/25/15 7:25am

Star Wars is more correctly identified as "Space Opera"

mannheimadler

4/25/15 7:25am

You must have missed the discussion of midichlorians

Gustav

4/25/15 8:04am

Space opera is a sub-genre of science fiction.

byujacob

4/25/15 9:35am

What I think of when I hear "Space Opera"

maizecoug

4/25/15 9:42am

No, best descriptor is "Space Fable"

Six Foot Seven

4/25/15 10:39am

It's fantasy.

SCcoug

4/25/15 7:45am

George described it as a space western

mottman

4/25/15 8:22am

Sure a few tropes would fit there like the cantina and bounty hunters.

SCcoug

4/25/15 8:46am

I consider it to be awesome.

Cougarrr

4/25/15 8:40am

It's scripture from another galaxy.

cucciolo25

4/25/15 9:29am

It's got robots, aliens, spaceships and clones.

eddog

4/25/15 10:06am

I always thought it was categorized as space fantasy/science fantasy.

k2coug

4/25/15 10:12pm

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