P2 B

P2 B – Genre

The main genre that Star Wars: The Force Awakens fits into is the Science Fiction genre (or Sci-Fi for short). It is pretty apparent why Star Wars: The Force Awakens is classed as a Science Fiction film with its outer space setting, spaceships, plasma guns, alien languages and most iconically, lightsabers. The Star Wars universe clearly differs widely from our own which is what gives viewers that sense of escapism, letting them let go of their worries and doubts for just a few hours before returning back to reality. This is what helps solidify Star Wars: The Force Awakens as a Sci-Fi film as escapism is exactly what Science Fiction films are made for and is the main reason this genre has become so popular in the modern day film industry.

However, Star Wars: The Force Awakens is not without its sub genres… One sub-genre that Star Wars fits into is the Space Opera sub-genre. It fits into the Space Opera sub-genre because it is an adventurous journey through space which is exactly what a Space Opera is, evidence for this comes in the form of space battles, warp speed etc. which all take place in space crafts in outer space. No two Space Opera genre films are seen as the same as every film in this genre has its own unique set of characters, physics and storyline and Star Wars: The Force Awakens does not fall short of this either.

Another example of a sub-genre which Star Wars fits into is Romance, although this is of course not as prominent in the film as the Science Fiction elements it is still undoubtedly in there and has been ever since the original Star Wars films, primarily pointing towards Han Solo and Princess Leia. In the newest instalment; The Force Awakens, it is fairly obvious that there may be something budding between main protagonists Finn and Rey but this is yet to be confirmed. Furthermore; Han Solo and Princess Leia return for the seventh instalment adding to the already present elements of Romance within the film.