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In the process, it had a go at being the biggest and wildest film in the entire series, and was a success in that regard. Godzilla: Final Wars was a film made to commemorate 50 years of Godzillamovies.

So too is the idea of Jedis themselves, who feel like knights in a work of fantasy, and generally fight with their own unique types of swords, too. And while subsequent Star Wars films have been mixed on whether the Force can be explained with science or not, in the original Star Wars, it is very much a mystical, borderline magical phenomenon. It might have laser blasters and space travel and feel very futuristic with much of its technology, but as the text right at the start of the film states, this is happening "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away." It's therefore, thanks to that text, not possible to define as futuristic, like most science-fiction.

But like that other iconic piece of science-fiction that came before it, there's more fantasy to be found in Star Wars than initially meets the eye. The original Dune novel came out 12 years before the release of the first Star Wars, and so was a likely influence on George Lucas's iconic space opera. Like Dune, Star Wars is at first glance science-fiction.