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[QUOTE]Originally posted by TSN: [QB] <blockquote>"Why would it be fantasy and not fiction though?"</blockquote> Fantasy is fiction. Obviously. Technically, science fiction is supposed to be a "what if?" story based upon some sort of potential scientific advancement. Of course, since such stories are based in the future, and often involve space travel, it came to be that any story set in the future or involving space got called "science fiction". So it just depends upon what definition you like. By the "traditional" definition, SW isn't sci-fi. It has nothing to do with science. The spaceships and robots and rayguns are just incidental. You could set the same general story in just about any setting. "Traditional" sci-fi would specifically focus on the consequences of some sort of scientific something-or-other. SW is actually just about the characters. Now, of course, by that definition, many Trek stories wouldn't be sci-fi, either. So it just depends where you draw the line. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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