Star Wars (pro) vs Harry Potter (con)

I'm sorry it took me so long to reply, I was busy. My Rebuttals: 1. You claim that Wizards and other magical creatures are incapable of interstellar/interplanetary travel or even air travel other than broom or in Voldemort's case, actual flying. However, you seem not to have considered the ability of apparition, a trait that allows most wizards above the age of 16 to simply appear and disappear at will anywhere they please. This means other planets or inside star wars ships. But this leaves the issue of breathing, surely the wizards do not have the technology for oxygen supply on foreign lands? They have magic, which, as seen from Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, allows them to breathe with oxygen for an indefinite amount of time and they can also sustain themselves by temperature control, apparition of resources like food or water 2. Hogwarts, Hogsmeade, the town outside of Hogwarts, Durmstrang and Beauxbatons, other magical schools, and Gringotts are not the only locations that have magical force fields. There is Azkaban and several more magical schools without names mentioned throughout the Harry Potter series that have competed in the triwizard tournament, and an all-girls American academy that is mentioned in the Goblet of Fire. It is safe to assume with the number of students at Hogwarts and the fact that wizards are born worldwide, that there are schools all over the world, along with banks, maybe more prisons, etc. In addition, new barriers can be put up at any time. This is demonstrated by Hermione, a fairly amateur wizard, being able to make more barriers throughout The Deathly Hallows. So wizards like Dumbledore, Voldemort and Grindlewald would be able to put up equivalent barriers at any time. 3. Star Wars technology could not take down the Hogwarts barrier. This is because the barrier is magic. The only thing that can break down magical barriers in more magic. Obi-Won Kenobi defines the force as the following "the Force is what gives a Jedi his power. It's an energy field created by all living things. It surrounds us and penetrates us; it binds the galaxy together." This is not magic by Harry Potter standards. Magic is less a noun and more a verb in the Harry Potter universe. Magic wouldn't exist without wizards. The ability to alter the universe stems from the magician and not from the universe itself, like the Force does. Therefore the force, good side or dark side, isn"t the same as Magic, these are two different forces and Jedi and Wizards, therefore, are two very different things. This means that force-fields around magical dwellings like Hogwarts cannot be broken by any muggle, which means every character in Star Wars. This also means that any magical barrier or force field cannot be broken down by a Jedi. Especially if the barrier was put up by Dumbledore wielding the Elder wand, which I'll get to in my argument. Major Point #1 "The Deathly Hallows" The reason that the deathly hallows are so named is because the wielder of all three becomes the master of death and virtually invincible. The Elder wand, a wand that makes the wielder's spells completely indestructible. This means that any barrier or enchantment put up by the wielder of this wand cannot be broken by any means, except by the Elder wand itself. What does this mean for team Star Wars? End game. Because the most powerful wizard in Harry Potter, Dumbledore, with his hands on the Elder wand, could create a barrier around any place, perhaps with the aid of Voldemort and Grindlewald, that would be completely indestructible except by a very powerful wizard wielding the Elder wand. This is likely the only reason why Voldemort was able to destroy the Hogwarts barrier with the help of hundreds of Death Eaters. There are three deathly hallows though. There is also the cloak of invisibility which makes the wearer invisible even to death, and therefore invisible to Jedi. And the resurrection stone, which can summon the dead, and though the dead cannot interact with the real world they can be asked of advice and can offer diversion. Such as from Merlin, one of the most powerful wizards ever, or the founders of Hogwarts, also very notable wizards, or from any Harry Potter character that dies in the war with the Star Wars universe. Major Point #2 "The barriers" The barriers of magical dwellings are not only likely indestructible for Star Wars characters, but also invisible. Hogwarts and all other magical fortresses are protected from muggles but making the location invisible to them or anyone else for that matter. But of course, Jedi could find these, but if the wizards within see that they have been found out they could be out of there before you can blink your eyes, as they can apparate. Major Point #3 "Magical Offense" Any non-magical technology could be easily destroyed by a wizard with the wave of a wand. Obviously, this would be left to warlocks like Dumbledore, who could hypothetically wave his hand and take down an entire fleet of Star Wars air fighters. The only reason that the war between the characters in Harry Potter is so drawn out is because wizards are only rivaled by other wizards, but if the wizards of Harry Potter all decided to gang up on the muggles of Earth, the invasion and killing process of the entire muggle race would take a day or two with the exception of stranglers. Major Point #4 "Horcruxes" The ability to make horcruxes is not limited to Voldemort, any wizard that knows the right incantations and has killed any person, one for each horcrux, could make a horcrux. Of course, most of the wizards that do this would be dark or very desperate as horcruxes make you evil and unstable. The only reason more people don't do this is because the knowledge of them are extremely limited and only the most select wizards are allowed the information. But in such a war, the knowledge would likely go down to soldiers on the front lines, if it came to it. In addition, another interesting concept that could be learned by the average wizard is to make living people into horcruxes. So someone like Voldemort could make a hocrux out of Luke Skywalker or an important commander, making the only way to kill Voldemort is to also run the risk of killing said commander. Which they likely couldn't do because they need certain magical spells that they can't perform or basilisk venom in the school that they can't get in to. Plus, they would also need the actual knowledge of horcruxes and how to destroy them, which they would need a knowledgeable wizard for. Conclusion: Star Wars may have a massive population and technology advantage. However, Harry Potter doesn't need technology, they have the infinitely more superior capabilities of magic. Harry Potter has the travel advantage with the ability to go anywhere, anytime, instantly. Harry Potter would utterly destroy any Star Wars advance, and the war would become a game of "how long can you run from the inevitable?" I would like to thank my opponent for offering the debate and thank the audience for taking their time to consider this debate. Forgive me if I came off as too aggressive during my argument, I didn't mean to be so, but while editing, I thought I sounded kinda aggressive. Sources: Harry Potter 1-7 http://starwars.wikia.com...