Star Wars (pro) vs Harry Potter (con)

In response to point 1: My opponent is correct in saying that the ability of a witch or wizard to apparate within an area as long as he/she has seen it versus a witch or wizard must have visited a place to apparate to its general location is highly debatable. This much is true for many other things when theorizing on two separate universes being combined. Assuming my opponent is correct in saying an advanced witch or wizard may apparate inside a star cruiser by looking at it, I would still say this effort would be futile. The time it would take to destroy one of these enormous ships would be far too much (Harry Potter doesn't have information on the layout of a starship, so it would be very mazelike) and there are far too many starships to destroy. Furthermore, defenses of a breached battleship are immense and in the confined hallways of a Star Wars cruiser, Harry Potter casualties would be numerous unless an extremely powerful wizard was sent in (Dumbledore, Voldemort, Grindewald etc. ) The abandonment of their posts sustaining the magical barriers around their respective schools would leave them open to attack and therefore I doubt this strategy would be used as the limited witches and wizards Harry Potter has would diminish too quickly. On the topic of electricity, I acknowledge the fact that Harry Potter can interfere with electrical devices but it does not destroy them entirely. Electricity is extremely primitive by Star Wars standards, and so if magic can only interfere with the equivalent of Stone Age technology to Star Wars, I doubt it could cause an effect great enough to make an impact on the universe's warlike technology. As for intergalactic travel I believe my opponent will accept the idea that this is impossible for even the greatest witches and wizards based on the evidence I have presented. In response to point 2: My opponent stated in his argument that the barriers around Hogwarts were taken down and could be recast but they were not because death eaters had already breached the school grounds. Star Wars units could do just the same making a recast pointless, but I suppose the barrier point is more centered on the sub-debate about the ability of the force to affect magic. I will address this later in my debate. In response to point 3: I should clarify my point on magic and the force being the same. This was a theory based on the fact that these universes co-existed that could be considered conceivable. Theories aside, my main point is the force is a greater power. My opponent states magic is a force (no pun intended) that is created by wizards and becomes stronger the more wizards there are. If this is the case, then it would seem magic is a biological force created by biological beings as it has no other source. The deep science of magic is never revealed directly and again this is left to theories. I will make a point based on my opponent's statement that magic comes from wizards. As I said, if this is the case then it is highly likely magic is a biological creation and has some science behind it. The force is similar, it is created by all living things (including wizards) and is able to be manipulated by those who possess midi-chlorians in their blood. The nature of these midi-chlorians is unknown and I could argue two things at this point. I could say these midi-chlorians are supernatural beings and therefore the force is a supernatural power. If this is the case, a universal supernatural ability would easily triumph over a small scale biological occurrence. I could also assume these midi-chlorians have special properties that allow them to manipulate the force and they are a biological power too. If this theory were accepted, than there would be two biological occurrences fighting one another. Again, it comes down to the fact that the force is a larger power and muggle laws on magic's influence do not take effect because it is so far beyond magic. A good illustration of this would be a rhino attacking a turtle. A turtle's predators have a hard time attacking it because it has a near impenetrable shell, consequently it is not prey to many animals. If an animal such as a rhino were made a predator to the turtle all of a sudden, it could still trample the turtle and break its shell because it is so much bigger and beyond the turtle on the food chain. In the same way, this debate has thrown the force, a power capable of having universal influence everywhere (a huge power like the rhino), against a power that has strong defensive capabilities against other humans strictly on Earth and that is effective against these local predators (a good small scale defense like the turtle's shell) against each other. While magic is powerful, it is dwarfed by the sheer power of the force and therefore the force can and will effect magic with great influence in a fight. In response to point 4: The elder wand barrier would be a great task to bring down, but my previous argument shows that the force is not governed by the laws of magic and could affect the barrier. It would still be strong since it is one of the greatest powers magic has to offer. It would take a great deal of force power to bring it down but with enough Jedi and Sith, this is doable. As for other barriers, the greatest power magic has to offer is not active and they could be taken down by a moderate serving of the force. The invisibility cloak would be able to stall the deaths of important wizards, protecting them well but if the user cast a single spell at a remotely close range, their location will be known and much firepower would be concentrated on their location, eventually killing them. It would buy time, but in the end not be able to create enough of an effect to win a war. My opponent states Protego is used because it is quick and easy, matching the fast pace of a wizarding battle and I will not challenge that statement. Star Wars battles are; however, as fast paced if not faster than wizarding battles so it would be likely still used more than 90% of the time in one. Larger in-combat spells would take longer to cast and eventually go down forcing protego to be resorted to once again. In response to point 5: Interplanetary travel by apparition would unfortunately be impossible. If intercontinental travel is only for highly advanced wizards then I doubt interplanetary travel could be accomplished. Furthermore, if it was couldn't wizards find safe refuge on a faraway planet to practice magic in peace? I really don't see any way that its possible. In response to point 6: Some very powerful spells cast from a broom could probably down a smaller fighter, making for very interesting dogfights. Imperial starships; however, are too big for that kind of spell to destroy and AA defenses could down any wizard that got too close. As for the dogfights, they might be even but numbers I believe give that fight to Star Wars. In response to point 7: The horcruxes could extend the war by a great deal but even if resurrection by dark magic is available to Harry Potter, even remotely good wizards would not accept the punishment in the afterlife for creating such dark things. This leaves only the Dark Lord and his greatest allies to use this ability. If he tried to force people to use it, Dumbledore would try to stop him causing a civil war which would spell doom for Harry Potter. They would be a pain to destroy but Star Wars could do it. Conclusion: My opponent has offered many thorough and well thought out counters to the abilities of Star Wars, many of which are really a debate on what would affect what. I believe that if the universes were combined and went to war the Star Wars universe would triumph because of numbers, the limited travel capabilities of Harry Potter, and a superior ability. I would like to thank my opponent for taking the time to have this debate and his well educated responses. Good luck and may the best man win.