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Most of the 'magic' that happens in Star Wars is because of the 'force', which is an energy field that surrounds all things and binds the universe together - much as gravity does in ours. Those who are best at using this 'force' can do things that would otherwise seem impossible.
Perhaps there is an as yet undetected untapped energy field in our galaxy. There are quite enough weird things that seem to happen with no (as yet) scientific explanation for them. The force, or some other form of untapped, currently undetected, energy field is probably more likely to be true than not.
If it was magic, then there would be an argument to say it was fantasy. But even if it was magic, a story that involves spaceships and travel between planets must surely still sit predominantly in the science fiction category. Just because 2000ad features a law enforcement officer doesn't make it a police drama.
Perhaps there is an as yet undetected untapped energy field in our galaxy. There are quite enough weird things that seem to happen with no (as yet) scientific explanation for them. The force, or some other form of untapped, currently undetected, energy field is probably more likely to be true than not.
If it was magic, then there would be an argument to say it was fantasy. But even if it was magic, a story that involves spaceships and travel between planets must surely still sit predominantly in the science fiction category. Just because 2000ad features a law enforcement officer doesn't make it a police drama.