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Sunday, April 29, 2012

Lord of the Potters: An Epic Saga of Love and Loss

I guess you could call me culturally deprived, but out of the four, I've only seen Harry Potter and Star Wars. Rather than looking up the other two on Wikipedia and then proceeding to make a fool of myself on things that I clearly don't know anything about, I'll write on the two that I already am familiar with.

At first, it was clear which one is superior. Yet the more I thought about the two, the more I realize that they're not all that different. Sure, one is located in the magical school of Hogwarts, and the other in a galaxy far, far away. But when it comes down to it, there is a rather simple formula for a multimillion blockbuster.

 Checklist
- Parent-less boy who grew up living with his uncle, actually boy of Prophecy (Harry, Luke)
- Trusty sidekick (Ron, Han)
- Female sidekick, later totally digs trusty sidekick (Hermione, Lela)
- Hairy sidekick (Hagrid, Chewbacca) 
- Evil villain with deformed face (Voldemort, Vader)
- Wise old Sensei who was also the teacher of evil villain with deformed face (Dumbledore, Obi-wan)
- Magic (magic, the force)
- Token black guy (Dean Thomas, Lando)

With this valuable information, I will no doubt create my own sensational hit about Barry Otter, the child who survived. I think I shall call it...


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