Well, it’s a new year and a lot of things have happened in the last 365 days…good, bad and ugly! Yeah I’m an 18 year old and I should be out having a ball, but well, due to certain circumstances, I am not forced, rather have no choice but to sit at home, watch Star Wars and send New Year wishes to friends and family. It’s now 1.09 AM, January 1st, 2007 and I am writing this because I really can’t sleep!
Well, I mentioned before that I was watching Star Wars. To go into a bit more detail, I was watching episode 3 of the Star Wars saga, titled, The Revenge Of the Sith. A thought occured to me when i was watching the movie...i could draw parallels between star wars and harry potter! Strange huh? I thought it was rather amusing if one could actually come out with a story that combines these two extremes. Hmm, J.K.Rowling would commit suicide at such an idea, but George Lucas might actually like it!
The basic story is the same and it’s still the same old good-always-triumphs-over-evil moral. But people who know both these stories in detail will agree with me. Now, I will be making references to both these stories and if you think it’s a bit weird, you really shouldn’t be reading this! Of course, it’s not an exact match, but hey! Nobody’s perfect!
Let’s start where Rowling left off. At the end of the sixth book, Harry knows that there was a prophecy made about him saying that he was the chosen one. He was chosen to defeat the Dark Lord. In the Star Wars movie, Samuel Jackson, one of the Jedi masters, said that there was a prophecy which said that Anakin Skywalker would defeat the Sith (which is the clan that uses the dark side of the Force). All the wizards and witches use wands. The Jedis use light sabers. Of course, the Jedis have to actually fight physically, but as I said before, there’s no exact match for everything. Harry is the son of parents who died to save him from Voldemort. Anakin Skywalker’s wife, whatever her name was, died in childbirth. Both the babies would later go on to become heroes, Harry and Luke Skywalker. Obi-Wan Kenobi was Luke’s Jedi master and trained him to become a Jedi knight. Albus Dumbledore trained Harry to take on Voldemort. Both men are old and have white beards when they train their apprentices and strangely, yet coincidentally, both men are killed by the bad guys. Darth Vader kills Obi-Wan. Snape kills Dumbledore. Again, both deaths are very uneventful. They merely let the bad guys kill them. Neither of them put up a fight.
Now, let’s see the rise of Voldemort and Darth Vader. Voldemort was actually Tom Riddle, a successful and handsome young man who had all that he needed. Yet, he chose to go over to the dark side and chased immortality. In the process, he underwent a lot of mental, emotional and even physical transformations. In the same way, Anakin Skywalker was a good young lad, who was tempted by the dark side to save his wife (or cheat death, which is what Voldemort tried). He went over to the dark side and he too, went through a lot of changes. In the third movie, we saw him stranded and helpless. He had lost his legs in his fight with Obi-Wan and his clothes had caught fire. He sustained severe burns. He was reduced to nothing more than just another existence in the universe. A few moments later, we saw him resurface as Darth Vader. He was more of a machine than a man and he had escaped a sure death. Both had achieved a crude type of immortality.
Now I’m not going to bore you with anymore of my theories on the subject. My imaginative stroke has just ended. However, I do intend to bring out a story that combines these two extremely different stories. Just imagine…fight sabers and Darth Volder! May the Force be with me! And you too! Happy New Year!
Well, I mentioned before that I was watching Star Wars. To go into a bit more detail, I was watching episode 3 of the Star Wars saga, titled, The Revenge Of the Sith. A thought occured to me when i was watching the movie...i could draw parallels between star wars and harry potter! Strange huh? I thought it was rather amusing if one could actually come out with a story that combines these two extremes. Hmm, J.K.Rowling would commit suicide at such an idea, but George Lucas might actually like it!
The basic story is the same and it’s still the same old good-always-triumphs-over-evil moral. But people who know both these stories in detail will agree with me. Now, I will be making references to both these stories and if you think it’s a bit weird, you really shouldn’t be reading this! Of course, it’s not an exact match, but hey! Nobody’s perfect!
Let’s start where Rowling left off. At the end of the sixth book, Harry knows that there was a prophecy made about him saying that he was the chosen one. He was chosen to defeat the Dark Lord. In the Star Wars movie, Samuel Jackson, one of the Jedi masters, said that there was a prophecy which said that Anakin Skywalker would defeat the Sith (which is the clan that uses the dark side of the Force). All the wizards and witches use wands. The Jedis use light sabers. Of course, the Jedis have to actually fight physically, but as I said before, there’s no exact match for everything. Harry is the son of parents who died to save him from Voldemort. Anakin Skywalker’s wife, whatever her name was, died in childbirth. Both the babies would later go on to become heroes, Harry and Luke Skywalker. Obi-Wan Kenobi was Luke’s Jedi master and trained him to become a Jedi knight. Albus Dumbledore trained Harry to take on Voldemort. Both men are old and have white beards when they train their apprentices and strangely, yet coincidentally, both men are killed by the bad guys. Darth Vader kills Obi-Wan. Snape kills Dumbledore. Again, both deaths are very uneventful. They merely let the bad guys kill them. Neither of them put up a fight.
Now, let’s see the rise of Voldemort and Darth Vader. Voldemort was actually Tom Riddle, a successful and handsome young man who had all that he needed. Yet, he chose to go over to the dark side and chased immortality. In the process, he underwent a lot of mental, emotional and even physical transformations. In the same way, Anakin Skywalker was a good young lad, who was tempted by the dark side to save his wife (or cheat death, which is what Voldemort tried). He went over to the dark side and he too, went through a lot of changes. In the third movie, we saw him stranded and helpless. He had lost his legs in his fight with Obi-Wan and his clothes had caught fire. He sustained severe burns. He was reduced to nothing more than just another existence in the universe. A few moments later, we saw him resurface as Darth Vader. He was more of a machine than a man and he had escaped a sure death. Both had achieved a crude type of immortality.
Now I’m not going to bore you with anymore of my theories on the subject. My imaginative stroke has just ended. However, I do intend to bring out a story that combines these two extremely different stories. Just imagine…fight sabers and Darth Volder! May the Force be with me! And you too! Happy New Year!
1 comment:
Whoa!Impressive parallel!Quite a product on a sleepless night:)
Just watch out for those grammar areas;)
-Sis
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