Similarities between Harry Potter & Star Wars
Here are 10 ways Luke Skywalker is like Harry Potter.
10. Orphaned by a Dark Lord Luke Skywalker and Harry Potter both grew up wistfully curious about the parents they never knew.
9. As children, both Harry Potter and Luke Skywalker lived under the hidden protection of an aunt and uncle, longing for a better life.
8. The main villains of the Star Wars and Harry Potter universes often change their names, personalities and even appearances upon turning to the dark side.
7. The Emperor and Voldemort were both obsessed with immortality, eventually returning from death to continue their quest for eternal life and unlimited power.
6. Luke Skywalker and Harry Potter both had a male friend and female friend who initially annoyed each other and bickered often, but ultimately fell in love and got married after hiding their true feelings for years.
5. Being associated with either Luke Skywalker or Harry Potter can be hazardous — both had teachers who were murdered, both had friends who were frozen by the enemy and both had family members who were caught in the crossfire.
4. Harry Potter and Luke Skywalker, like their fathers before them, were both gifted pilots who displayed special talents long before they knew of their hidden abilities.
3. Both Luke Skywalker and Harry Potter suffered a string of physical injuries that left them permanently scarred.
2. Star Wars and Harry Potter both featured a wide variety of height-challenged characters and species — and Warwick Davis portrayed many of them.
1. Harry Potter and Luke Skywalker both received mystical heirlooms left behind by their late fathers, presented to them by elderly mentors.
(I didn’t think of these by the way, but I did make that graphic of Vader & Voldemort. You can read the whole thing on StarWars.com)
December 13th, 2007 at 6:49 pm
Wow, that’s a pretty cool list! I’ve never thought of those similarities before but now it seems so obvious!
February 18th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
Cool I guess every legend needs those 10 characteristics on the list to be great