Harry Potter is JUST Star Wars | Harry Potter Film Theory

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Today J dives into the Wizarding World of Harry Potter AND the Star Wars Galaxy to figure out: Is Harry Potter just star wars? Are Wands just lightsabers? Is Harry just Luke? An orphan hero who gets left with his school-hating aunt and uncle before being rescued by an older bearded man?
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[@JustACactus616]

Hey Brother! A couple weeks ago I finally saw the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes in theaters and I thought it was great. I was glad to see the map although I didn’t think much of it until I saw your review. I looked it up and of course there is now an official canon map, compared to the current United States. My job for you, is to use geography and theories and stuff to find out once and for all when the Hunger Games take place. It may be tricky but the entire fandom is counting on you. And may the odds be ever in your favor!

[@danielsantiagourtado3430]

Love your content guys 😊😊😊❤❤❤

[@coolnerdlll6053]

Because you asked, I like Ron Solo better.

[@brandibastian4193]

So the charm is Lockhart cuz it's called pretty obvious and it smells like lilac even though that's not his favorite flower it's his favorite color

[@camplays487]

ERB was first, also the heros journey can only have so many variations before you realize its the same journey

[@kyguy3242]

It's the Hero's Journey formula. Many fictional works and epics follow this same pattern.

[@cl8733]

Yes, and both franchises follow it quite differently.

[@ryankennard6626]

Joseph Campbell wrote both of these books. J seemed to describe the Hero’s Journey very clearly and dipped a toe into The Hero with a Thousand Faces. That book goes deeper into the mythological and fantasy story, which both stories still fit very well.

[@mckayhatch6723]

It’s a formula that has worked over and over. It’s one that will continue to work. Story tellers have taken inspiration from others for a long time. I don’t think it’s an issue either. Because we’ve gotten great stories out of it.

[@Rovy83]

It's a Curry Quest!

[@DorkyWolf]

Like Kingdom Hearts follows it quite a bit

[@coolnerdlll6053]

What I find especially interesting is that Hagrid and Chewbacca are my favorite characters in the two franchises and they're very similar: two gigantic hairy monsters with hearts of gold. Rest in peace to both Robbie Coltrane and Peter Mayhew.

[@OTGGaming0594]

Yeah 😢 I miss them both. Yotus is alright as the new Chewie, but that role is just tainted with sadness for Mr. Mayhew. I think we should just jump into like the Dawn of the Jedi era. And they should take the old comics and just bring them to life in a Star Wars Rebels type show run by Favs and Filoni

[@DorkyWolf]

See my fav SW character is R2-D2 while my fav HP character is Nymphadora Tonks so I wonder what that says about me.

[@coolnerdlll6053]

@DorkyWolf I don't see a huge connection between them. I think Luna or even Dobby could more likely be considered the R2-D2 of Harry Potter.

[@DorkyWolf]

@@coolnerdlll6053 I wasn't comparing them as characters, I was just saying how Tonks and R2 are my favorites

[@coolnerdlll6053]

@@DorkyWolf Ah.

[@hufflepom]

Harry Potter all day every day! lol I commented this on a Through the Griffin Door video and people seemed interested, “What if Sirius Black lived in Dumbledore’s office during Goblet (instead of in the cave) and became a doggo (who mysteriously hated Snape) whenever Dumbledore had visitors.” This way he can be close to Harry and be in a warm and safe place with access to proper food. And Dumbledore keeping a “pet” that for some reason totally hates Snape is peak Dumbledore humor. 😂

[@MysteryGal312]

Yesssssssssss

[@TKDFAITH]

We need this comment to go viral so they will make this video.

[@hufflepom]

@@TKDFAITH that would be awesome! lol

[@ClarandCats]

They need to make this video!!

[@LyleFrancisDelp]

Literary experts say there are only six stories, and all books are based on those six basic narratives.

[@LifeOfMoss]

It’s fairly true, just as there are no original ideas

[@dunyacaliskan7495]

I don't trust those experts.

[@flyingturret208thecannon5]

Hero's Adventure and Kishotenketsu come to mind. What's the rest?

[@rev.ruthe.gallot9103]

one of my favorite topics! I studied this back in college, all of the "quest" literature (LOtR, SW, Wizard of Oz, Arthurian Legends ,and all of the more modern iterations you mentioned) can't help but use these archetypes. They are hard-wired into our subconscious. And they even have roots in the Bible, but go back even further than that. I just love this stuff. Thanks for getting to this!

[@wizardninja7gaming764]

it is a Jesus like story we tell them because of Jesus.

[@belmoon01]

i was looking for this comment! love everyone having their own realizations of the "quest" story being the same lol "harry potter is star wars" but also "star wars is dune"

[@ethanminson6198]

This is the most extensive list of similarities between Star Wars and Harry Potter I've ever seen. I'm even more amazed at the similarities.

[@richardchisenhall387]

You let Vernon get away with insulting Dumbledore 😂 Seriously though i love how hagrid just goes 0-60 and back 'I'll smite you muggle man.. happy birthday Harry!"

[@spencertaylor-mrliltay]

It’s the hero’s journey at it’s finest. And other similarities. There’s a reason Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, and Harry Potter have all dominated my passion/focus a lot throughout my 25 years of life.

[@jackmontoya3447]

Percy Jackson is also almost the same story. I would love to see some percy content on your channel with the new show out 🌊

[@brandibastian4193]

I've never followed any Percy Jackson stuff but my previous celeb crush is actually the bad guy in that new Percy Jackson thing

[@bernardoliz10]

I’d love Percy content!

[@rossjones8656]

They have similar plots but that's it. The way it's told and executed are different.

[@ThatGeometryDude]

The reason in the re-edits Anakin comes back as a younger version of himself is due to himself joining the Dark Side. His Force Ghost is a image of the very last time he was on the Light Side. You could argue that he came back to the Light Side shortly before he died, yet his body was a mess. No legs, only like one arm, he took the form of the last time he was on the Light Side & had a body.

[@amcx32]

Nah it’s just George Lucas being dumb… he came back as anakin already. He just changed so many things when editing

[@blackc1479]

He stole the "residual self image" from the matrix lol.

[@LogicSam146]

Snaking was on the light side when he died though…

[@LogicSam146]

I think he should come back as a full bodied old man like the original

[@ThatGeometryDude]

@@LogicSam146 idk who snaking is, keep in mind ive only watched the films, and Live Action shows

[@kroen]

It's not that Harry Potter is like Star Wars, it's that both are like LotR.

[@missynnifer]

It’s also Avatar the last Airbender! 4 houses = 4 elements 100 years in ice = 10 years with the Dursleys Azula=Bellatrix Roku = Dumbledore Ozai = Voldy Zuko = Malfoy with a full redemption arc. Avatar is basically the deathly hallows, 3 kid fugitives on the run figuring out how to end a war and destroy the big bad. Even Ba Sing Se is the ministry…. I could go ON!!!

[@hackman669]

Nope

[@camplays487]

double nope

[@Soph1aF]

You'd have to "go on" to convince me, but I'm open to theories!

[@yitziyyb]

I remember being 8/9, reading the 2nd/3rd book and calling that Ron and Hermione would end up together since they always argued, just like Han Solo and Princess Leah

[@hackman669]

Nice 😁

[@AHufflepuffAndASwiftie]

⚡ Also, I'm realizing (by watching the new Disney+ show) that Percy Jackson is A LOT like HP, too . . . Ya know, the 3 friends go on a "quest" together . . . Two of them will end up together in the end . . . & Percy even has a magical sword that to kill monsters with!! 😃

[@aidinniplays]

They are all just magic stuff it’s called they are similar

[@coolnerdlll6053]

The dead giveaway is both series using the term "Half-Blood".

[@AHufflepuffAndASwiftie]

@@coolnerdlll6053 That’s right, too! 😀

[@benjamineckford1718]

One key difference is Owen and Beru loved Luke and didn’t mistreat him, plus Luke grew up as an only child. Harry grew up with another kid the same age, with an aunt and uncle who constantly mistreated him. It is interesting how, where Luke has Han and Leia, Harry has Ron and Hermione

[@gustavkviberg4681]

I think an interesting parallel is that both Luke and Harry are tempted but frightened of the darkness the resides in them. Luke being the son of darth vader and Harry having a bit of Voldemort in him.

[@markbrown2640]

Vader is definitely not Mouldywarts. 2:27 Tom Riddle is a horror inducing sociopath at age eleven and isn't even shown a path to redemption.

[@dillonsomerville4729]

I have the same thought, except with A Series of Unfortunate Events. However with ASOUE, the connections are a lot less similar. The protagonist(s) is/are orphan(s) who's late parents were rich and part of a secret world the children have no idea about. (also Harry and Klaus both wear glasses) They're being hunted by an evil man (who's an orphan themself) who killed their parents. They start their journey with a family who aren't the nicest (Dursleys/Poes) The three main protagonists each share similarities, Harry and Violet are brave, selfless and resourceful, Hermione and Klaus are intelligent and quick learners, and Ron and Sunny are smarter than others expect, loyal and hard working. By the end of the first book, the villain almost succeeds, but fails due to the main power they oppose (Love/Law). The second book in both series basically mean the same, The Chamber of Secrets and The Reptile Room. The main villain isn't a major threat until past halfway through the series. In both series, just after the villain gains power, the protagonist(s) are painted as liars and defiled by the government. There's a small plot point involving unknown initials (RAB/JS) The villain gains a female crony who's in love with them (Bellatrix/Esmé) For a short period the villain changes their goal to search for an artifact(The Prophecy/Sugar Bowl) In book Near the end of the last book, the protagonist(s) are close to death, but don't completely die. The villain is killed due to a weapon they own(Elder Wand/Harpoon Gun) Both series are made up of an unlucky number of books. 3 is also a very common number in both series. One last thing I noticed is that two of the House mascots play major roles in a ASOUE book. Snakes are a big part of The Reptile Room, and Lions are a big part of The Carnivorous Carnival. I should mention Crows are a common symbol of intelligence and play a big role in The Vile Village, but Ravenclaw's mascot is an eagle.

[@avigailbloch2740]

Interesting!! Re. the animal mascots, I think the only reason Hufflepuff's mascot doesn't show up in Unfortunate Events is because it's a badger, an exclusively British animal

[@alexrobi1176]

Percy Jackson is another example of a hero's journey. A fandom I still think you need to add to the channel, especially now that the show is out.

[@DorkyWolf]

I'm still waiting for J and Ben to talk about PJO and eat some Blue food

[@samwiseplaysyt485]

I also think keeper of the lost cites is also like harry potter, I'm only halfway done with book 1 and it's basically harry potter, Kid finds out they have magic then kid most go to magic school then kid is like the most powerful at magic school Etc.

[@alexbanks8429]

My favorite thing even as the video is starting, is remembering that Harry has literally said “I’m never going over to the dark side.”

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

I do enjoy looking like Ewan McGregor. Also, it's no surprise Luke so heavily follows the Hero's Journey. George Lucas was friends with Campbell and when he created Star Wars, he did so because he wanted to test if you could still create a modern myth using the same formula for ancient myths. He created Star Wars and suffice to say, he was proven right.

[@ethanminson6198]

J I have a guess on what the "next big thing" will be(since we established a 20 year pattern). It is none other than Percy Jackson and the Olympians!!!

[@justineharper3346]

Star Wars and Harry Potter are two of my obsessions. They’re even both the namesakes of my youngest child (Alastor Luke). I can’t believe I’ve never noticed the similarities!! 😂 Edited to add that my favorite comparison I’ve ever seen is Luke Skywalker and Jamie Lannister. It’s pretty hilarious actually

[@sineaterdred1]

Love your deep dives into Harry Potter. Have you ever checked out Percy Jackson? I suggest a read through, I think it's right up your alleys (or could be)🖖😎👍

[@samasmillie357]

I agree

[@Eeraleye]

My theory is that Dobby and other house elves are a distant descendant from the same species as Yoda.

[@sevionmelidan1682]

Picture Ron Solo and his pet Scabbacca shooting Greedo Malfoy and then escaping Jabba the Umbridge with Larry Skypotty in the Millennium Nimbus, with Luna-3PO, R2Dobby, and Obi-Wan Kadumbledore.

[@ethanriptide]

To go fight darth snape and his master darth mort

[@ethanriptide]

With the stromeaters

[@Jon7763]

4:05 there is a big massive difference between Lying thru Omission (Obi-Wan) and Not Knowing exactly what Happened (Hagrid), How many books did it take to finally reveal what happened that night versus Obi-Wan later saying "Well technically I was telling you the truth". Also, if you try hard enough you can take any 2 random stories and find their similarities. Remember when Toy Story and The Walking Dead are the same story was trending a few years ago?

[@Alex-cw3rz]

DID YOU PUT YOUR LIGHTSABER IN THE GOBLET OF FIRE! Obi-Wan asked calmly

[@vincentmarcellino7183]

"Did you put your lightsaber in the younglings, on fire?" Obi Wan asked calmly

[@TitanWar93]

I know there's a KZbinr that done the Harry Potter Star Wars crossover fanfic but I always find it fascinating to see the world collide

[@motoxl]

George Lucas stated that he originally wanted Princess Leia to be revealed as the chosen one.

[@toddfraser3353]

A lot of these elements are in the Epics of Gilgamesh, which is a story thousands of years old. Being a being of a particular time frame, we get to enjoy and be inspired by a particular version of the story, usually in our pre-teen - Early adulthood. After receiving such a story, the older ones seem dated and antiquated, then the newer ones seem derivative, and put too much of pop culture in them.

[@avigailbloch2740]

Very well put

[@JF-cp2ym]

Not to forget especialy Spiderman. Also grows up with his uncle and aunt. And i realy love the idea, that Petuina would be more like May if Vernon had been killed. And of cours the golden trio Peter, Mary Jane and Harry. Okay Harry Osborn is kind of Ron and Draco at the same time. And Norman is like if Lucius had the same skills as Snape. Would also have been interesting seeing Lucius fighing Voldemort.

[@RockyRZ]

Yeah yeah, hero's journey. How predictable and boring.

[@stayawayunited3744]

Ron loves Wizards chess and there’s a Holochess setup on the Millennium Falcon.

[@AuthorZaraHoffman]

I knew we'd be reaching Joseph Campbell! My writer friends and I normally just call the template "The Hero's Journey" as short hand instead of the entire book title: "The Hero with A Thousand Faces."

[@EltaninMalfoy]

have any of you read Propp's books?

[@liaartist3671]

Curious. Even taking this to another level we could all say many wizards are legacies of Hecate (Percy Jackson) , besides some things you mention joining all three franchises

[@avigailbloch2740]

Love this!

[@jamcdonald120]

yes in broad strokes they are similar, ie hero's journey stories, but luke never makes 2 friends who help him defeat a series of 4 challenges to discover the phillosopers stone, and harry isnt an ace pilot who rescues a princess and destroys a mega structure. and thats just book 1

[@hackman669]

Also Harry doesn't temporarily fall for his sister. 😁

[@Vajrakumara333]

I found Harry Potter first but delve much much more deeply into Star Wars before I did the same with Harry Potter, but I’ll always love both immensely and I really can’t compare them or say I like one more than the other because both universes are so dear to me

[@pipwilson7435]

I hadn't heard of the hero with a thousand faces, but I was thinking halfway through this that it was really just that they both subscribe to common tropes in their genre. What I think is more interesting is the way Anakin Skywalker is a something of a tragic-hero in a way that Voldemort is not. For this though I think you have to consider Anakin and Darth Vader as one and the same. Here, Anakin is raised up with the hopes of a hero, demonstrates greatness, succumbs to evil, but is redeemed through his death at the end. This is why many people have compared him to Othello. This being central to the story of Star Wars, I think, holds it out as being different to Harry Potter, despite the number of similarities. I also think that to separate Anakin from Vader robs the potential power of his redemption and the layers of character development, which again is something Voldemort does not really have. I sound like I'm defending Star Wars against Harry Potter here, when actually I much prefer Harry Potter, I just think the difference I've highlighted here is substantive to the story. Now I'm not a steeped in Star Wars lore(law?) as I am HP as I've only ever watched the films so perhaps there are things I'm missing from other parts of the Star Wars universe that might affect what I've typed here.

[@Serothil_and_stuff]

Boys it's called "heroes Journey" and a known Trope in Fiction writing. . :D

[@GrimReaperPTD]

Many books are like old friend and that when you meet them again after a while you learn how much your view has changed.

[@remyhocage9854]

Yes the theme of the Hero's Journey goes back thousands of yrs. There's Gilgamesh (2300 bc), Beowulf (8th cent.) and 1/10th of all story lines. Glad you guys keep the interest in HP going. The series deserves to be kept current. Thanks.

[@jankatkaromka]

And Pirates of the Caribbean are actually Star wars. They even both have ships. And R2D2 and C3PO are Pintel and Ragetty.

[@mechemoy]

Super Dumb video... this is an ARCHETYPICAL story. Lord of the rings. Harry Potter , etc.

[@arinerm1331]

Nah, Chewbacca is clearly represented in the Wizarding World by Hermione Granger, what with all her bushy hair. Both Harry Potter and Luke Skywalker complete the Hero's Journey, but Harry's is more richly done.

[@blakethebeast3174]

I was thinking of Han Weasley immediately, but Ron Solo cannot be denied. Also figured out the inevitable Hero's Journey tropes would be mentioned and though the Original Trilogy was referenced they not only did the HJ three times theatrically they've done it multiple times through the various shows, games and what have you. So maybe in the future the Hero's Journey will be called "Star Wars Yet Again." I'm not even sure I'm joking about this, it sounds a little too plausible.

[@Danielpeter2344]

Who else has been here since “these socks are amazing”?

[@S-Mania]

For what its worth, I think (in-universe anyway) that Anakin's force ghost was his younger self because it was before he truly "died" becoming Vader. Back when he was a pure and good Jedi. Out-of-universe, it was obviously because of the prequels and Lucas wanted to nod to them.

[@LukeMaps]

Must have been awkward with Anakin and all those jedi and padawan force-ghosts slaughtered by Darth Vader.

[@setokaiba3458]

This defeats the entire purpose of Luke saving his father then. He even looks at Luke “with his own eyes” as a grown man who’s made mistakes and is now ready to let go.

[@LogicSam146]

The the next big thing is the Horizon games. It literally has all of this: Protagonist grows up in a hostile society with a father figure who actually is nice to her but she grows up an outcast for no apparent reason because she had no parents. Then she is attacked by an evil group and finds out she’s basically the chosen one who can rebuild Gaia and destroy Hades (The thing that is controlling the evil people) And, like Star Wars and Harry Potter, the games are amazing!

[@einflinkeswiesel2695]

Both franchises also have some kind of mysterious power that not everyone can use and special items that are commonly only used by the people who can use these mysterious powers

[@rebelcommander7starwarsjur922]

Oh ya Harry and Luke have even more similarities there both White teenage male possesses powers they don’t know about great at flying super whiny (at least at first) both end up being a factor in killing the ultimate bad guy and saving everyone both never return home to where they lived at the beginning both watched someone they knew and loved die (serious black and Darth Vader) both walk into a trap on there journey (the trap for Luke was episode 6 in cloud city) and that’s just what I was able to figure out just now

[@emilywest1116]

Wouldn’t Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” also fit this narrative, the hero with a thousand faces? And by that stretch, you could compare Star Wars VI to the Hobbit? How? A man is called on a quest out of his ordinary life by a wise sage. He goes on a great journey. The Ewoks are the dwarves. There I said it.

[@pixywings]

The stories are similar because they follow the *Hero's Journey.* What you described is exactly the Hero's Journey. I've never heard it called the Hero of a thousand faces before this.

[@bbj9643]

Hey, Brothers! As I was listening to CoS a couple weeks ago, I noticed Dumbeldore is described as "X-raying" Harry in his office after the attack on Nick and Justin. It's also implied in SS that Dumbledore can see Harry through the invisibility cloak. Lastly, the amount of times that Dumbledore's intense blue eyes are described is quite suspicious, especially considering the rarity of having rad hair and blue eyes (.17 percent of the population according to a quick search). This all leads me to my theory: Dumbeldore created the magical eye for Moody, and maybe even has one himself. Sorry if this is already established but everything I read said that the origins of Moody's eye were unmentioned. The fact that it is often described as "lightning blue" just as intense as Dumbeldores eyes are always described leads me to draw some connection. Perhaps Dumbeldore himself has one of these creations in his own eye socket? Moody's eye has very similar powers mentioned with his eye such as seeing through Harry's invisibility cloak after Crouch steals from Snape's storage and borrows the map, seeing through structures and cabinets in Grimmauld Place (the boggart). I'd love to see a video or a mention in the one of the podcasts on your thoughts! Keep up the great content, Brothers!

[@avigailbloch2740]

I was sitting here for a full minute trying to figure out which book SS is and finally realised - Scorceror's Stone!! You are American, and I'm an idiot. Love this theory btw

[@bbj9643]

American indeed 😂 I will make sure to elaborate on future comments. I appreciate the reply!

[@StarryEyed0590]

Maybe it's some kind of spell that can be applied to an artificial eye (like Moody's) but Dumbledore did it to himself.

[@victoriawatson680]

Ron Solo for the win?

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[@JustACactus616]

@@SuperCarlinBrothers Hey Brother! A couple weeks ago I finally saw the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes in theaters and I thought it was great. I was glad to see the map although I didn’t think much of it until I saw your review. I looked it up and of course there is now an official canon map, compared to the current United States. My job for you, is to use geography and theories and stuff to find out once and for all when the Hunger Games take place. It may be tricky but the entire fandom is counting on you. And may the odds be ever in your favor!

[@curtislindsey1736]

I wish you guys would cover the Percy Jackson tv show!

[@mybudisgood]

I am writing this before I watch it. But unless ya prove to me that Voldemort is Harry's Fsther then is can't be.

[@Rowbacca]

Star Wars and Harry Potter are the same you say? Wait until you see Studio C's Lord of the Potter

[@DisturbedGeneration]

Dont forget that both Dumbledore and yoda give advice from beyond death😂

[@patrickdukart3298]

Is Star Wars just the Oddesy or the Illiad? Isn't everything just a spin on something else???

[@JustACactus616]

Hey Brother! A couple weeks ago I finally saw the Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes in theaters and I thought it was great. I was glad to see the map although I didn’t think much of it until I saw your review. I looked it up and of course there is now an official canon map, compared to the current United States. My job for you, is to use geography and theories and stuff to find out once and for all when the Hunger Games take place. It may be tricky but the entire fandom is counting on you. And may the odds be ever in your favor!

[@coolnerdlll6053]

I always thought the arenas were just in the mountains surrounding the Capitol, which are canonically the Rocky Mountains.

[@TheChiptide]

I think the biggest difference between Star Wars and Harry Potter is genre. Star Wars is a fantasy adventure story masquerading as sci-fi, while Harry Potter is a mystery story masquerading as a fantasy adventure, (though I guess they are both masquerading as another genre...)

[@coolnerdlll6053]

I've always disagreed with Star Wars being fantasy. Yes, that's part of it, but the larger element is sci-fi.

[@cliffordmac]

Ron Solo sounds so much better then Han Weasley. But they're names rhyme so it fits anyway lol

[@davestewart3402]

Although I didn’t like the re-edits to the original star wars series, I understand why George Lucas had Anakin’s force ghost appear young and Yoda and Obi Wan looked old. Anakin was young when he changed to the dark side. Yoda and Obi Wan have always been on the light side of the force. When Vader died (after coming back to the light side of the force) his spiritual form reverted back to last form he had when on the light side of the force.

[@JamesMC04]

Yodaledore have very little in common. Voldetine have even less. "Suddenly. Dumbldore was back ?". No. The similarities are generic.

[@gaelcross]

Aaaand you can add Eragon to the list of the thousand faces heroes. x) Seriously : a young guy who lives at his huncles in a normal life gets into adventures and being taught stuff by an older man. You can put all of them (Harry, Frodo, Luke, Eragon and others) in this sentence. And still it always makes complete different stories but with the same pattern. For the "Vader" character from Harry Potter, the one who fell because of love, i would say it's Snape. He didn't exactly fell because of his love (that he lost after his fall), but more because this love wasn't reciproqual and was the only thing that still linked him to the good side. So when he had a quarrel with Lily and their friendship ended, the good part he still had inside him died. Well, in a certain point of view.

[@beata3091]

I swear 😬😬 I saw today 5 times this sponsor . On 5 diffrent videos from diffrent time . 😭😭😭

[@FlanylShirtman]

When I saw that they remade the ending of Return of the Jedi after Revenge of the SIth, and saw the young force ghost of Anakin, I was really disappointed. Not that it was done, but at the missed opportunity. I think they should have started it with old Anakin, then had Anakin and Obi-wan look at each other, morphing to their younger selves in the as they moved, then back to their older selves as they turn back to Luke. So they see each other at the age they knew their friends best.

[@jaredbennett7677]

Great breakdown, I'm glad you brought it to Campbell, rather than just leaving it as a comparison on its own. Another one that I thought paralleled Star Wars even more is the Inheritance Cycle (Eragon). You take all of the Hero of a Thousand faces beats you pointed out here, and add things like the ancient order of special protectors with special weapons that everyone thought was destroyed by a former member of the order who turns out to be the main characters father. Also, the old hermit who finds the hero was hiding nearby, and a secret survivor of that order, even though they were all hunted down and killed by the evil empire, and then you find out that theres *another* secret hidden survivor who gets to continue the training. Its pretty wild lol

[@brantjustilian3791]

I guess that means jar Jar Binks is Umbridge because they’re both the most hated characters

[@yavuzsensei6458]

I think Hermione = Chewbacca (Not just because the hair)

[@johnpotts8308]

Given her age, it's probably just as well we never got the "Slave Hermione" scene when she was imprisoned at Malfoy Manor...

[@nicolaashamman6201]

10:12 Gotta be the Percy Jackson Disney+ adaptation, ha ha! We in for the long haul.

[@catapultato1733]

although the first percy Jackson book came out in 2005

[@nicolaashamman6201]

@@catapultato1733 Indeed

[@asiabryant207]

I was rewatching lord of the rings and i felt there were some similarities between lord of the rings and harry potter with destroying evil objects of power and powerful charismatic wizards helping save the day

[@Soph1aF]

I'm pretty sure that J.K based some parts of her book of of the Lord of the Rings, at least that's what my dad has always told me.

[@DerpKarp]

I'm just imaging dobby in an x-wing saying DOBBY IS FREE as the death star explodes

[@BlackHoleForge]

A 7 ft tall Chewbacca drops off a baby at your doorstep rings the bell and drives off on a motorcycle 😂

[@EpicMuttonChops]

must have been raining when you recorded this

[@MarineTeen]

8:23-8:32 great editing. Now that's comedic timing and I love it

[@camwyn256]

I mean, Jedi are just magical space wizards

[@gamerforever4837]

Sounds like someone, drank the special koolaid in their pastors' basement.

[@TZGKIV]

Ive been saying this for YEARS now. I keep blowing people's minds with the similarities

[@emilyisvibing]

I grew up with both Harry Potter and Star Wars and they both have a special place in my heart

[@multifanderisverycrafty]

Same here, although the woman who wrote Harry Potter is absolutely dead to me (as I assume she is to most of the people in the Wizarding World fandom). TBH, I never actually read the books until I was older. But I grew up watching the movies, and I loved them so much. As controversial as it is to say, I really prefer them over the books because I just adore the cast and I feel that no one can ever compare. And I absolutely love the Star Wars franchise as well, though not without criticism. There are things I’d rather not have, but overall, it’s a fun universe that I think is far more deeper in terms of lore than anything I can think of… which includes the Wizarding World franchise.

[@cosmiclaziness]

the only people that dislike this video are fans of either movies but not both

[@davideasterling2729]

Hokie Nation! Love the Virginia Tech sweatshirt!

[@Soph1aF]

Your videos never cease to amaze me! I always get so excited when I see you posted another video! :)

[@tyrannosauruswrex123]

HARRY POTTER IS JUST STAR WARS WITH SUCKY LIGHTSABERS!!! 😂

[@amberbanuelos7053]

⚡️I never watched Star Wars as a kid, never had an interest, until a friend explained this theory to me a few years back. Glad they did, I’ve now seen all the movies and some of the shows, though I still admittedly favor Harry as I began reading the books when the first one came out in 1997 when I was 12.

[@thegamedevcave]

no, they both follow the heroes journey with similar archetype characters, as does most fantasy (yes, star wars is fantasy in space, not sci-fi). Their messaging and thematic don't even come close to being the same... I really respect you guys' work and I love both of your podcasts but the main channel content feels like it's been lacking a little bit lately, i won't lie... This video really screams "title first, subject 2nd" which is good practice for youtube but it means you're suddenly defending claims that make little to no sense and lacking the depth that I have come to expect from this channel's content.

[@zbanul10]

The thing about anakins force ghost is that you answered your question. He came back as anakin before vadar

[@NikitaWolf1776]

I’ve been waiting for you guys to notice this! Now compare it to Lord of the Rings

[@J.P.Robles]

Could you imagine if you revealed to someone that you were their long lost parent only to have them completely dismiss that idea to your face

[@EV_Clutch]

Virginia Tech for the win!! #HokieAlum #TeamRavenclaw

[@AbjectPermanence]

Imagine if Book 5 revealed that Lord Voldemort was actually James Potter, that Harry's father was still alive. Voldemort wasn't actually trying to kill his son, he wanted to recruit him to be his apprentice. It is funny that there are some superficial commonalities between the narratives though. Probably mosty has to do with both being very close to the typical "Hero's Journey" arc that forms the basis for almost all narratives about heroic individuals. There are only like 6 different kinds of stories we can tell anyway too. All we can really do is tell variations of the same stories, and no matter how original a story may seem to you, it's going to have a lot of similarities to other stories that have alredy been told.

[@ajwinberg]

Strangely enough, this is something I noticed ages ago. But what a great video.

[@Cienie_Wyobrazni]

Cześć wszystkim. Zapraszam do sprawdzenia mojego kanału o tematyce Harrego Pottera. Na kanale będą powstawać filmy o fikcyjnych teoriach "Co by było gdyby", a także przeróżnych ciekawostach. Na pewno znajdziecie tam coś interesującego dla siebie :)

[@Gøatgirl12]

The next one could be Percy jackson

[@Prussiancowboy]

My book series is Rangers apprentice.

[@seCurityDNiED]

This reminds me of the Epic Rap Battle of History: Harry Potter v.s Luke Skywalker.