The story: one of the important members of government betrays the rest and declares himself supreme ruler. Years later, a young farm boy receives an important object that contains the potential for salvation for everyone from a princess, pursued by the ruler's most sinister agent, who can tap into a magical force. This magical force is accessible only to certain people, including the ruler and, as we learn, the farm boy and his mentor. His mentor (on occasion called a fool), on learning of the princess' sent object, takes the farm boy from his home far from civilization (but not beyond the sight of the evil warriors, who kill his uncle while looking for him and the object), eventually to a secluded jungle where he delivers his services and the object to the rebels waiting there, but not before the boy decides to head off on his own to try to rescue the princess. In order to effect their escape, the old man sacrifices himself. In getting past the fortress' guards, the boy is assisted by a rogue with a grudge of his own against the government of the evil ruler. The rogue eventually comes back to assist in the fight against the sinister agent of the ruler, though only towards the end of the fight. Once safely in Rebel hands, the boy dons a flight suit and takes to the skies, eventually landing the killing blow that destroys the worst threat that the Rebels had yet faced. THE END The movie: Eragon. That's right, not Star Wars. Say what you will about George Lucas, at least he can do Star Wars well, or could, at one point. This movie just sucked. If you want to see Star Wars, see Star Wars. If you want a setting with Dragons and Wizards, wait for The Hobbit.
Well, not recommending this movie to anyone... I never wasted my time and money to go see it. But keep in mind the story was written by a 16 year old kid. What did you expect?
Yeah, it's called the Hero's Journey. There have probably been stories with the exact same story line before Star Wars even came along. It's really nothing original, even Lucas admits it. Except that it's set in space.
[George Carlin] Something that confuses me are these fruit flavored teas. If you want fruit flavoring, have some fruit. Not tea. Fruit has fruit flavoring. It's fruit. Tea has more of a tea taste. Again, if you want fruit flavoring, have some fruit. There is no more a reliable source of fruit flavoring, than fruit. Not tea. Tea is in the tea section. You want the fruit department. [/]
Order2Chaos, there were even lines taken right from Star Wars in the movie itself, from what I remember. I took my kid and a few friends to see it. They loved it, to me it felt like I was watching Star Wars, with dragons instead. A little LoTR in there too. I love how the hero learned the ancient magic elven language in one day. I did like the dragon and the actress who did it's voice. The movie itself was just a jumbled mess.
I hadn't read anything about it, only seen two previews. But "Hero's Journey" can be done well. They could have varied plot elements at least a little bit. Hell, LotR has the same general outline: young(ish) unexpected hero receives a gift and he has to get to a very small area of the enemy's lands (the surface of the death star counts as land, right?) and drop a poison pill in. You won't see me complaining about that though.
It's not a rip-off; it's an homage. Naw, it's a rip-off. Yes, Joseph Campbell discovered the template for these kinds of stories. But if the summary of Eragon above is accurate (and I presume it is), it borrows very heavily from the one original plot that George Lucas did come up with.
It's accurate. To actually be Star Wars, it's missing only the following things: Characters: Aunt Beru Chewie C3PO Greedo A distinction between R2-D2 and the Death Star Plans and Luke's X-Wing A distinction between Governor Tarkin and Darth Vader Biggs is missing from the big fight, but not from the beginning of the movie. Plot: they meet Han Solo too late there's no Millennium Falcon Han Solo is locked up instead of rewarded Other than that, it's a carbon copy, where the bottom piece of paper is a decorative Middle Earth print.
