Fantasy vs. Science Fiction

Ha! Will you teach me how to distinguish trash from non-trash based on the cover?
Judging a book by its cover is a dilettantish approach – your experiment is worthless!
And I already said that large stores specialize in popular literature, and it just so happens that in our country, Marinina is read more than Edgar Poe...

I will. First, you should only consider modern editions. This isn't difficult, as most books in a bookstore are modern. Before starting the count, you should carefully examine the shelves for familiar authors. I can confidently say that I know 95% of the worthwhile authors in both genres, or at least I've heard of them. If opinions about a book and its author are contradictory (i.e., I've met at least one person in my life who liked it), then the book doesn't count and isn't included in the "trash catalog." After the "exclusions" are marked, I proceed with the counting. When the counting is complete, I take each book off the shelf one by one and check the cover. In some cases, I open it. But this is usually unnecessary. Tell me, have you ever seen a book cover by Stanislaw Lem featuring giant steel cyber-robots adorned with six-barreled plasma cannons, collectively embracing a half-naked girl against the backdrop of a gaping black hole? I doubt it. Therefore, I reserve the right to judge an unfamiliar book by an unfamiliar author based on the cover.
Of course, there is some margin of error in the calculation. But it doesn't exceed 5-10%, which I think is quite acceptable.

What are you talking about? Star Wars is sci-fi, so don't argue.
If you're going to move it to another section, move it instead of just deleting it.

Heh. Well, it's true, but bluntly said.
Star Wars is indeed pure science fiction. There's no need to claim that it doesn't belong to any genre and therefore "has no place here." It definitely does. The Force in Star Wars doesn't contradict the concept of science fiction. It's pure mental energy, not ancient spells and witchcraft from frog guts! By the way, Isaac Asimov's classic sci-fi saga "Foundation" devotes significant attention to people with mental superpowers. Suggestion, telepathy, communication with each other across the galaxy, zombification, emotional suppression, prediction, and foresight – all in pure science fiction. Herbert Wells also features people with unusual abilities – albeit caused by technical inventions. The Invisible Man is very similar to a magician if you think about it in a simple way.
And Star Wars doesn't cross the line for a science fiction universe. The only thing that deviates somewhat from scientific justification is the lightning controlled by powerful Sith. This is no longer a trick with levitation and psychic pushes, but something more serious. But since this is the highest form of Sith mental development, and since the application of this mental weapon doesn't require performing magical actions characteristic of fantasy (chanting spells, making gestures, doing finger exercises, drawing runes, rummaging in a pocket for witch's potions), we can conclude that Star Wars stays within the bounds of science fiction. And mental superpowers fit very well into the concept of sci-fi. Sci-fi is a rational, logical prediction of the future. It is quite likely that in the future, the brain and its capabilities will be studied in great detail. And it is perfectly natural that new, newly discovered mental abilities will be distributed unevenly – that is, there are beings who possess the Force, and there are those who are incapable of manipulating it.