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Lord of the Rings and Star Wars similarities, origins and parallels
Have you seen Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones and Lord of the Rings II - The Two Towers lately? Then you might have noticed some similarities between these two movies. There are 'clone armys' and strange little creatures (Gollum and Yoda) both have John Williams for music and a sword is the weapon of choice.Read my short list of similarities for a Cylist-like fast-fact comparison. Have fun!
Go to Jitterbug.comfor a definitive comparison and read everything I forgot :-)
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- Normal Text is Star Wars
Italics stand for Lord of the Rings - Yoda
Gollum (greenish, raggedy midget with a speach impediment) [a rip-off of the jewish Golem??] - The Clone Army/Storm-Troopers
The 10,000 clones - Muisc by John Williams
Music by John Williams - Chritopher Lee
Christopher Lee - Lightsabers
Magic swords - Obi-Wan Kenobi
Gandalf - Princess Leia
Galadriel - Darth Vader
Saruman, the Black Riders - Emperor Palpatine
Sauron - Obi-Wan digs Anakin's lightsabre out of an old wooden box, gives to Luke
Bilbo digs his magic sword out of an old wooden box, gives to Frodo - Darth cuts off Luke's hand, which plunges into the abyss with Luke's lightsabre
Gollum bites off Frodo's finger, which plunges into the abyss with the One Ring - Yoda foretells the future, and Luke must decide whether to help his friends or not. Yoda warns that he's seen only one possible future.
Galadriel foretells the future, and Sam must decide whether to help his friends or not. Galadriel warns that she's seen only one possible future. - Darth tries to convince Luke to join the dark side, thereby bringing order to the galaxy
Saruman tries to convince Gandalf to join the evil wizards, thereby bringing order to Middle Earth - Mundane name and special name (Ben and Obi-Wan)
Mundane name and special name (Strider and Aragorn) - Mysterious figure throws back hood of robe to reveal that he's Obi-Wan
Mysterious figure throws back hood of robe to reveal that he's Gandalf - Luke: 'I shouldn't have come, I'm endangering the mission.' (Because Darth can sense him)
Glorfindel: 'It is you, Frodo, and that which you bear that brings us into peril.' (Because Sauron can sense the One Ring) - Luke watches from across a chasm as his mentor Obi-Wan duels with Darth Vader using blue and red lightsabres
Frodo watches from across a chasm as his mentor Gandalf duels with a Balrog using blue and red flaming magic swords
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Obi wan kanobi = Gandalf
Frodo = Luke Luke life killing womprats makes him perfect to destroy death star. Frodo simple life makes him perfect to resist the power of the ring. Sauron = Death star Darth Vader = witch king / Nazgul the one ring = dark side of the force grow clones = grow uruk-hai Samwise = R2D2 (i.e. handy servants) |
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User's rating: 10/10 I'v always thought Starwars was highly influenced by JR Tolkiens trilogy - back in 1977 and seeing the Starwar movies. That was long before The Lord of the Rings movies |
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Wtf Gandalf throwing his hood back revealing himself? He never done that... I think you mistake comparing LOTR... Star Wars compares better with a porn movie where the nameless porn star throws off his pants and reveals his manhood. IDIOT! |
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Comparing two movies because they have the same actor? (Christopher Lee) So are you implying that X-Men and LOTR have similarities? (Gandalf and Magneto:Ian McKellen) And perhaps Matrix and LOTR have similarities... (Elrond and Agent Smith:Hugo Weaving) Oh and maybe Wily the whale might come jump out of the fires of Mount Doom over Elijah Wood! You make me sick. |
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Your parallels are extremely weak. It's like saying Luke can walk, so the parallel is that Aragorn walks. These weak parallels that are so vague with no important similarities shows there is no connection. Yoda and Gollum comparison is totally different because Gollum is a completely different contrasting character. Gandalf did not fight the Balrog with blue and red flaming swords. If you are going to make comparisons, make sure they aren't made from low-level thinking. LOTR and Star Wars are extremely different. |
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qygon |
Gollum bits off frodo's finger in the third book its not in the second book or movie |
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Star Wars has indeed music by John Williams, but.... the music of Lord of the Rings is by Howard Shore, not Williams. |
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G Heck |
Howard Shore wrote the score for Lord of the Rings, not John Williams. Get your facts straight. |
