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Old 06-23-2011, 08:16 AM   #49
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Originally Posted by tompe
It is an old argument. Story wise the original Star Wars seems to me to be fantasy. Here is one article about this:
Old argument indeed. And apparently immaterial to a viewer's/reader's enjoyment (or lack thereof) of the tale. But it's great fodder for the nitpicking mill.

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Originally Posted by VydorScope
I would have never thought of Star Wars as anything but Sci-fi and used Space Opera as a sub category. I THINK that in general population the term "Sci Fi" refers to "stories told in some far future time setting."
*Ahem* "A Long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away."

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