Lord of the Rings and Star Wars similarities, origins and parallels

A list by Moviebuff

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