re: How much of a joke is it that Star Wars was ever thought to be equal to Lord of the Rings?

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Baw. If you approached 100 random people on the street and asked them if they knew what book / movie Sharon, Gollum, and Frodo were in vs Luke , Vader, Leia, and Hans, you know that Star Wars would instantly be recognized by almost
Everyone. Not so much for
LOTR. Snap back to reality.

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Not only this but people still dress up like Vader, etc for Halloween. I can ask my 13 year old daughter if she knows Darth Vader and she would say yes. Sauron? Not a clue.

Also, Star Wars is an actual trilogy. LOTR is a 3 book compilation who had the luxury to be filmed all at one time by the same director.

I love both and I don't see the need to compare or shite on one or the other.