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CMV:Star Wars is so WW1/Napoleonic

I feel that the Wars in Star Wars are not very sci fi.
Especially the fighters dogfights and ground battles.
Huge group of soldiers blast each other in such close distances sometimes without even taking cover, we know that advanced realistic warfare just doesn't seem like this. 
Jedi generals when they wield their lightsabers into the battle they really bear resemblance to flintlock era infantry commanders. 
Even in modern warfare we know our modern advanced aircrafts like F22 etc. take the enemies out in a distance but in Star Wars fighters are fighting air battles in a WW1 dogfight style.
gpt
George Lucas based the original Star Wars movies on old adventure serials from the WWII and postwar era. It is a tribute to those, and was never meant to be a realistic depiction of future warfare. Remember how every movie starts: "**A long time ago** in a galaxy far, far away..."

It's not even really sci fi. Lots of people call Star Wars "space fantasy," and that's really what it is.

All this is to say that aside from it being WWII not WWI, you're pretty much right. But that's the point. Nobody ever said real future space battle would be like Star Wars. StarStar Wars are old school adventure/fantasy movies that happen to take place in space (rather than Middle Earth or the Seven Kingdoms or whatever).