I haven’t watched newer works in the Star Wars franchise but in my opinion Star Wars doesn’t qualify as science fiction but is more like a space fantasy story.

Science fiction is more like a thought experiment: What would happen if society or technology would develop in this or that way? That’s what Star Trek is doing for the most part (at least the older installments).

Edit: To be clear: I am not saying, Star Wars is bad. It is obviously highly regarded for a good reason. Im just saying it’s not science fiction.