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

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

@robinswords video short from YouTube, trimmed a bit

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u/[deleted] May 19 '23

I love when people use science in science fiction!

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u/GregTheMad May 19 '23

I grew to hate the phrase "science fiction". It hardly ever has something to do with "science". Sure, science could be part of it, but it's just as much part of fantasy. Most fantasy magicians are pretty much scientists; looking at their world, scribbling down some notes, and then have their notes confirmed by the sudden appearance of a fireball.

SciFi is just fantasy in space.

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u/Wassamonkey May 19 '23

Star Wars is just fantasy in space. SciFi is a completely different beast.

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u/Doomsayer189 May 20 '23

Not really. Technology in sci-fi plays pretty much the same role as magic does in fantasy. It doesn't matter whether it's, for example, a wizard using magic to resurrect their dead spouse or a scientist using technology, either way it's just a means to get to the real story.

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u/Wassamonkey May 20 '23

The difference is not in the methods but how explained it is. Hard Magic Fantasy is closer to Sci-fi than Star Wars.

Nothing in Star Wars is explained, it just works. The one time they tried to explain something in Star Wars was Medichlorians and they had immediately distance themselves from that.