Star Wars and Middle-Earth

[yavanna II]

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.

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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