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

BamaSaint, Star Wars is effectively dead, dude, and everyone agrees. Yes the original and Empire Strikes Back are the tits, and yes the Throne Room Sequence in RotJ is amazing, but outside of that, it’s just been beaten into submission and is done and overrated.

I will probably show my kids Star Wars one day, but outside of the Original Trilogy (and possibly Episode III) it will not exist as far as they’re concerned just so they can love it as much as I did. The rest has made me a cynical person.

But Lord of the Rings is impervious to this damage, which is why I think it’s a joke to say Star Wars is better. There is nothing Tolkien’s descendants, Amazon, or anyone else can do to harm it. If humanity is nearly wiped out tomorrow and we replenish in 5,000 years, there’s little doubt that the Lord of the Rings will be found and translated and be renowned as we currently renown the Epic of Gilgamesh.