[fjtorres]

Nope.
Science Fiction isn't about the trappings or the setting.

Not the good stuff.
Good SF starts with ideas and then a rationalist narrative is built around it.

SF is a product of the Renaissance, of Newton, and more recently of Quantum Mechanics and M-Theory and whatever the bleeding edge brings in any given field. Science Fiction needs a core of science; whether physics or biology or psychology or even cybernetics. It needs ideas that challenge our worldview.

SF requires discipline and consistency; good SF is *always* about something of significance. Even when entertaining us, good SF will make us think.
Of course, as Theodore Sturgeon said; "90% of SF is crap."
He also added; "80% of everything is crap."

STAR WARS is fun stuff. It introduced a lot of people to the trappings of the genre and the sense of wonder that is Science Fiction's calling card. It led some of those to the good stuff. A lot of them have simply bought into the mythology of the movies and the books and the toons and the toys. No harm done as long as they're having fun.

But Star Wars is simply too sloppy, too mystical, too undisciplined to be anything more than good fantasy.