Assignment 6 - Jackson Leach

The prompt I have chosen is an opinion in response to a question I developed about my favorite movies, the Star Wars saga. The question is "should star wars be considered science fiction, of fantasy, or something else? what fits it into this genre?" Officially, the label for Star Wars is "Science Fantasy" a blend of science fiction and fantasy, which I agree with for the most part. However most people commonly label it as science fiction, and I believe firmly that it is mostly fantasy. It has all of the elements that a fantasy story needs, with knights and villains and emperors and princesses locked in towers to be rescued. This is what makes the movies so popular, because it is a classic idea of fantasy, but put with a popular science fiction theme that contributes to the action of the movie which hook many more people than it already would. To me though, the fantasy element, being the plot mostly, is the most important part of the movies. Therefore; to me, the movies should have a mostly fantasy genre.