Is Star War Syfy or Fantasy

Star Wars is an iconic science fiction film, but is it even science fiction? Science fiction is classified as some thing that could be possible in the future, fantasy is more mystical and imaginary ideals. So which is it? Well Star Wars kind of has both elements, trust me I can explain.

Star Wars has some science fiction elements. The ability for interplanetary travel is possible, the planets and moons themselves are not blown out of scientific proportion either. Desert, lava, forest-like planets are all somewhat possible. The engines the vehicles run on are based on real science, and there are other examples than these that can put Star Wars into the science fiction category.

The force aspect is when Star Wars gets more into fantasy. The force seems more like a religion, a mystical energy field around you. In the prequels they tried to make it more syfy with midi-chlorians but its was mainly just confusing and contradictory with the originals.

All in all Star Wars kind of makes its own genre, a science fantasy genre. But why is that a bad thing? It's kind of a cop out but Star Wars really doesn't fit into one category, which is  why it is so cool, because it can reach multiple audiences and connect with so many different people.