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Originally Posted by Connallmac
No, it is not. SciFi is about how science and it's advances change humanity and culture. Star Wars is anything but that. Luke is taught to handle magic and a magic sword by an old wizard to save the princess from the black knight.
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At the risk of opening a can of works...
One can argue that the telekinetic control over the magic swords was not-particularly-SF, and most of the aliens might as well have been humans in funny costumes, but several other elements of the story hinge on technology and how people relate to it.
Star Wars had a planet-killing device, previously unknown technology in their universe. It hinges on the escape of a couple of droids who weren't identified because their escape pod showed "no life signs." A key event in the adventure was the tractor beam that forced them onto the Death Star. The monster-in-the-trash-compactor could be a bear or wolf, but overriding the programming from the outside is using technology to fight technology. The final blow was struck by turning off the computerized sensors and using "the Force" to decide on the right time to fire.
These weren't particularly complex or new tropes to avid SF fans, but they were real SF themes.