Not that long ago, outside of a Capitol building not that far, far away, a group of die-hard Star Wars fans dressed as their favorite characters gathered to promote the construction of a museum dedicated to their cult fandom.

Yesterday, a squad of Stormtroopers, Death Star personnel, TIE fighter pilots, as well as the nefarious bounty hunter Boba Fett and Sith lord Darth Vader, gathered in front of the Capitol. There was also a fully operational pink R2D2 there. The cause? To raise public awareness and shoot a promo video for the Museum of Science Fiction.

Earlier this month, an all-volunteer group announced their plans to make the Museum of Science Fiction a reality. The museum would house “a diverse collection of artifacts, display objects, and interactive exhibits that span many varieties of art forms, including “robots, time machines, aliens, and creatures, as well as costumes, sets, props, and model spaceships.” Right now, the Museum of Science Fiction is undergoing an ambitions IndieGoGo campaign to raise $160,000 to open up a small preview museum.

“We hope to have a 3,000 square foot preview museum open in 12 months from now,” says Greg Viggiano, executive director of the Museum of Science Fiction. The Museum’s IndieGoGo campaign ends on December 11, and so far they’re just shy of $29,000. But even if they don’t hit their full goal, don’t fret. “We’re basically using the crowd funding to raise public awareness, not so much for the actual donor contributions,” Viggiano says.”$160,000—our fundraising goal—is not going to cover the full cost of opening the preview museum.” Viggiano says that the money from the IndieGoGo campaign will cover various start-up expenses and preparing the preview museum space.

While Viggiano plans to have the preview museum open in a year, the timeline for the full museum isn’t quite set in stone. They’re currently working with realtors to find both a preview space and space for the actual museum. But it’s “tough to say” when the full museum will open, as that’ll be determined by how fast they can find real estate work with commercial property owners, Viggiano says.

While the logistics of the museum are still being hashed out, Sunday’s publicity stunt at the Capitol raised a very important debate among sci-fi fans: Is Star Wars considered science fiction or science fantasy? “I guess you could really say that there’s some crossover there, just like Avatar might have some crossover between science fiction and science fantasy,” Viggiano says. “To me, I don’t take a purist approach, and I think Star Wars would definitely be in the science fiction category for me.” There you have it, nerds.

Editors note: I, too, am of the camp that believes Star Wars is considered science fiction.