There's kind of a different element behind the two though. I consider Star Wars to be straight fantasy because the key element that drives the plot is something that is most certainly mythical in nature. The setting with all of the advanced technology wasn't incredibly relevant and could have been completely removed from the film, and all of the key themes and story could have been exactly the same. It's all about the force.Sgt. Sykes said:You think Star Wars is not sci-fi?
Well, go watch K-PAX [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0272152/], a movie about a psychiatrist patient who claims he is an alien. (Spoiler: he is not.) The only 'sci' thing is a visit to an observatorium. Nothing else.
Dude, be very glad that something like Star Wars exists in this time and age...
K-PAX on the other hand centers around the idea that the character the entire plot turns around might just be an alien. While the story is probably considered by most to be a drama, the strange bit of mystery in the end still leads to the possibility that this character might not have been from our world. That has sci-fi elements to it.