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Sun Wukong said

Traditionalists believe that "true" sci-fi should have a real science component or deal explicitly with science and it's impact on people. See these definitions from Asimov and Heinlein:



Star Wars uses robots and spaceships to tell a fantasy story set in a space faring society, so by traditional definitions it's not really sci-fi. Its a space opera.

I'd argue modern Doctor Who isn't really, either. Its way more space fantasy than sci-fi. Old school Who depended on the writer.

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but doesn't Star Wars have the Science Vs Religeon aspect? If anything its both Sci Fi and Fantasy.
Just factor in the Light Saber. its highly sci fi. Its not a magical sword, it requires technology for it to work.
the millennium falcon, Han is constanly fixing it, improving it. talking about hyperspace, and that motivator..
Plus add in the Artificial Intelligence factor of all the Droids and Ships.
But there is plenty of Science in there. just because its not explained in depth doesn't mean its no there.

If you take Star Trek TOS, they didn't go into great deatil about the science. wasn't really until the movies where they went deep into that.
they never really explained how the warp drive worked. Star Trek TOS was just a show about Social Issues that happen to take place in space..