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| | | (...) Then off to .off-topic.fun with ya! :-, (...) Alien races, starships, intelligent robots, exotic stellar backgrounds... Do these factors categorize Star Wars as a science fiction story? I'm more inclined to consider SW as fantasy. Many factors (...) (25 years ago, 1-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | Star Wars is both sci-fi and fantasy (was: Re: Science fiction) —Todd Lehman
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| | | | (...) Arghh, pet peeve alert! Star Wars is BOTH fantasy AND sci-fi. Depending on how you look at it, perhaps it's more fantasy than sci-fi -- and a "fantasy film" is indeed what Lucas himself called Star Wars -- but to imply that it's not sci-fi is (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | Re: Star Wars is both sci-fi and fantasy (was: Re: Science fiction) —Jeremy Sproat
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| | | | (...) Hold that thought, I'll get back to that... (...) Well, my main reason is that it is really hard to define what science fiction *IS*; it's easier to say what it *ISN'T*. I had to be less than absolute because Star Wars shows features of both (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.starwars)
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| | | | | | Re: Star Wars is both sci-fi and fantasy (was: Re: Science fiction) —Todd Lehman
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| | | | | (...) What main category would you say The Sixth Sense was? To me, it was only very slightly horror, and mostly a romantic love story and a psychological thriller. --Todd (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | | Re: Star Wars is both sci-fi and fantasy (was: Re: Science fiction) —Jeremy Sproat
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| | | | | | (...) I'd say thriller first, guy-romantic (as opposed to chick-flick-romantic :-) second. Not really horror per se, just uses some props. For fear of spoiling the plot, I can't say much more than that. :-, If anyone out there hasn't seen it yet, go (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: Star Wars is both sci-fi and fantasy (was: Re: Science fiction) —James Powell
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| | | | | Massive snipage! (...) Very true. However, even in The Dark Tower (the Gunslinger)(whatever you want to call that series!), it is the same thing with King. He is quite a good writer (IMHO). I've been reading a fair amount of SF recently (the last 2 (...) (25 years ago, 2-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| | | | | | Re: Star Wars is both sci-fi and fantasy (was: Re: Science fiction) —Jeremy Sproat
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| | | | (...) UFFA! What day is it on my world?!? Seems my Timex skipped a day when we switched back from Daylight Savings Time... Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 3-Nov-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun, lugnet.starwars)
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