Well, there is definitely something to be found lacking in the Episodes 1, 2, and (most likeley) 3 in Star Wars. Still, I found that J. M. Barrie's "Peter Pan and Wendy" was very well written. It was like literary candy for me. Naturally the two do not compare with Tolkiens work. He has layers and layers of deep meaning geniously worked into his writings. He had a real gift.
But most of the people that live areound my area who like Tolkiens work have always liked Star Wars and Peter Pan since they were very young. For example, I have a friend who has had a bunch of Boba Fett action figures since they were first made. I found it interesting that there were so many other who like me grew up on the musical production of Peter Pan, the original Star Wars trilogy, and the Hobbit and Return of the King cartoons. When I first watched the Tolkien cartons, I had no idea what I was watching, then I officially "grew out of" watching the cartoons. Suddenly people began to talk of this awesome movie called "The Fellowship of the Ring" that was coming out. My sister insisted that I read the books before I saw the movies. With much skepticism, I read them. Now my friends all groan, "not again" when I use the Lord of the Rings as a comparison to some every day situation.
I just recently caught the pattern of people liking LOTR, Peter Pan, and Star Wars. One cannot help but be entrigued by the riddle of a boy who has every adventure except one and that is the adventure of loving others than himself. It really makes people more content with their own lives. We come to realize that if the "Never Land" were real, then many of us would soon grow tired of it. As for Star Wars, I am not exactly sure, but I do see a few paralels between the space trilogy and our beloved Tolkien books. Perhaps Lucas even ot some of his ideas from Tolkien. Well, Just a thought.
