Evenstar1 i do believe that the underlying value of Tolkien's work is how the power derived, as you put it, but the plots are similar. I don't mean to offend anyone and of couorse i find Tolkien's books far superior to that of the Star Wars galaxy but both tell of a time other than now and how a group of unlikely heroes defeat the evil power in their world, be it that the evil power is Sauron or the Sith. Both stories are about corruption of good and the innocent in want of total control or domination of their world in it's entirety. In LOTR we see the Dark lord put his power into a ring which he uses to corrupt the races of ME and in SW we see a Dark Lord corrupted with the Dark Side try to turn others and control what he believes his, just as Sauron does. Granted though Sauron was of course more sucessful and that story far deeper.
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