Hmm....
I'm not so sure about this. I think if you took a wider survey you might find that overall Tolkien fans tend to read more fantasy and myth than the general population at large, although even that is not an ironclad law. But as to Star Wars and Peter Pan, I'm less certain about that.
Perhaps it is just because the two particular examples of fantasy you mentioned are fairly prominent in popular culture right now so you are more aware of them. The Peter Pan movie with Jeremy Sumpter still generates interest. In fact, there are young female fans who are crazy about Sumpter in the same way they were about Orlando Bloom. And there is a lot of focus on Star Wars again with the trailer for the new and final movie just out.
Star Wars has an underlying element of popular "myth", and Peter Pan has elements of faerie. It's also interesting to read about Barrie's actual life and see how his likes, dislikes, and concerns are reflected in the character of Peter Pan. You can,of course, do some of the same with Tolkien and his works, looking for examples of Catholicism, Nordic myth, his feelings for the environment, or his connection with England.
Still, while Barrie and Star Wars can both be entertaining, they fall far short of the marvelous world that JRRT created, with so many layers and so much depth. And there are other works of fantasy besides these two that have, I think, closer ties with Middle-earth---though nothing comes close to matching it.
~Tevildo, Prince of cats
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Now Tevildo was a mighty cat--the mightiest of all--and possessed of an evil spirit,...and he was in Melko's constant following; and that cat had all cats subject to him, and he and his subjects were the chasers and getters of meat for Melko's table.
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