[HPforGrownups] George Lucas Parallels, was Re: Potters

[Wy Mar-Ren]

No: HPFGUIDX 30353

Joshua:
    Yes, the messiah plot has been around for a long time, and Lucas is the
most renown for using it a plot device.  I want to think that she would
throw some kind of a twist into the last book that would set it apart from
that device.  Oh, let's say that Ron becomes the most famous Weesley
brother, for example.  And he winds up being the star of the last book.
    Philbin
"who hopes that the fifth book is not called 'Harry Potter and the
Lightsaber of Doom'"
"I shouldn't have said that..."
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Subject: [HPforGrownups] George Lucas Parallels, was Re: Potters


> That's not really a page from Lucas' book.  Messiah figures have been
> common in fantasy literature -- and mythology before that -- for ages.
>
> Now that you bring it up, though, JKR has specifically said she does
> not want to follow Star Wars too much in one sense: she claims that
> making Harry related to Voldemort would be too Star Wars and
> therefore not desirable.  HOWEVER, the whole Ron/Hermione ship feels
> may too much like Han Solo/Princess Leia to me:  Ron has tons in
> common with Han -- kind of "scoundrel" personality, is a capable
> character, but doesn't have abilities in the same league as the "main
> character" (Luke Skywalker), etc.
>
> Joshua Dyal