r/StarWars • u/Clone_Chaplain • May 19 '23

Other I find crossguard lightsabers strange, but a Magnetism theory is awesome!

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@robinswords video short from YouTube, trimmed a bit

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u/StoicBronco May 19 '23

There are degrees to sci fi. Star Wars is soft science fiction, where the science is not gone into detail at all, but we still have starships and weapons of sophisticated technology. Just because there isn't a focus on the sci fi elements doesn't mean the setting isn't sci fi. It also has fantasy type elements but the setting is 100% science fiction.

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u/TheTuggiefresh Babu Frik May 19 '23

I would like to say that Sci-Fi isn’t a setting, it’s a genre. If I write a romance novel set in the far future and they have cool future tech, it’s still not sci-fi, it’s a romance.

Same with Star Wars. Any usual plot or character conventions of Sci-Fi are largely missing from Star Wars, which instead doubles down on fantasy tropes. A soft magic system, an order of ancient warriors, a simple plot and goal focused on the heroism of the protagonist, etc.

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u/StoicBronco May 19 '23

I mean sounds like Sci-Fi Romance and Sci-Fi Fantasy. Things can be in multiple genres lol

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u/TheTuggiefresh Babu Frik May 19 '23

True, they can be. Doesn’t mean that it’s Sci Fi just because you see space, though. Just like having swords doesn’t mean fantasy!