It’s a Sci-fi space opera.
Literally. No point in it being hyper realistic
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Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 days ago
star trek, and some other scifi genre captures it better, SW is more for children.
Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 days ago
Kolanaki@pawb.social 4 days ago
My dad likes to contend that Star Wars is a western. And he makes a compelling argument with how it indeed has all the tropes and hallmarks of a western.
nwtreeoctopus@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
Basically a mix of Westerns and Samurai flicks.
erin@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 days ago
SW is for children is not a great take. It's just not sci-fi, and shouldn't be judged as such. It's a space fantasy, and it leans into the camp and the suspension of disbelief. They use wings and aerodynamics in space. Destroyed ships "sink." The good guys never get hit and the bad guys die in one shot. Now, the new movies were absolutely disappointing, but Star Wars was never sci-fi, at least not in the ways this discussion is defining the genre.
Redfeather@lemmy.world 4 days ago
George Lucas said so himself.
screenrant.com/star-wars-george-lucas-kids-movies…
erin@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
I don't think a defense of the most-hated parts of the prequels is a great argument. This comes across as George Lucas misreading his audience and trying to defend a product that missed the mark for most of his serious fans.
Kickforce@lemmy.wtf 3 days ago
Not all star wars is the same. While I agree that it is space fantasy rather than sci-fi, some of it is more serious and well made than the rest. I have absolutely loved Andor, Rogue one and Solo, and the first and second series of the Mandalorian. It’s starwars with very limited force use.
While the space flight isn’t realistic, the wings aren’t really a problem. Look at the space shuttle… Real spacecraft with wings.
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erin@piefed.blahaj.zone 3 days ago
Oh, I wasn't complaining about any of those things. I think they're awesome. X-Wings and TIE fighters are definitely not using their S-foils for reentry gliding though. I'm a huge Star Wars fan. I think it requires a level of suspension of belief to engage in the storytelling, because it's not supposed to be at all realistic. There is also plenty of Star Wars media that is definitely not for kids or fits closer into sci-fi, but even Andor, the most sci-fi of the Star Wars media I've watched, was definitely still leaning on its fantasy roots.
Kickforce@lemmy.wtf 3 days ago
Indeed the X-wing “wings” are more supports to mount weapons on than they are airfoil. Tie fighters have a totally different approach to flight.
Andor is of course beholden to the fantasy world it is set in, it did convince me as a sound socio-political story. The fears and distrusts both of the rebels and the military/ intelligence services, the anti Ghorman propaganda, it’s awesome.