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Old 01-03-2006, 11:56 PM   #28
yavanna II
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Originally Posted by Kath
Lucas definitely looked at some Tolkien. There was an interview with him in Empire a while back for Revenge of the Sith and he said that Endor (the moon where the Ewoks lived) was a translation of Middle Earth!
wow. My dad told me about this, but I thought he was bluffing.

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Originally Posted by Kath
It is true though that any fantasy epic is going to have the same basic components in it's storyline simply because it needs them to be a fantasy eipc. Comparing them is fun but I doubt it will lead to any major revelations like - George Lucas is Tolkien's long lost son!
Ooh. BUt i think that even though SW and LotR have cliche and history-based plots, they're really cleverly written.

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