Luke and Harry Potter--similar?

[butter]

I apologize if this isn't appropriate for this board, I just thought this might be an interesting question to throw out there.

If you've read Harry Potter, you know that his Aunt and Uncle aren't very fond of him, to put it mildly, and they hate wizerds. In the first book, they tried everything in their power to keep him from finding out he was a wizerd, and to prevent him from going to Hogwarts.

Now, in A New Hope, well... it's different, yet similar, I think. Luke is loved by his aunt and uncle, yes, but he's not happy there on the farm. But also, they would rather keep him from knowing about his father, and from becoming a Jedi, because of the path that Anikan took.

But then, Obi-wan eventually gives Luke a lightsaber, and Luke begins the path of learning to be a Jedi.

Seems kinda similar to what Harry Potter went through, doesn't it?

[Force_Flow]

Yeah, I guess it does. They both had their teachers, both had their ups and downs, and both die in the end (or so I've been told.)

[darthnotrevan]

Yeah...I suppose so now that you put it that way.

[Ambika]

Let's just hope Voldie doesn't say that 'Harry, I am your father' in the last book...

xD

[hk47fan]

Hmmm you are right they are a bit similar. Minor differences(well a major one would be that Luke's enemy is his father, I guess) but similar nonetheless.

Never thought of it this way. Nice catch, Walrus!

[Ambika]

Someone has posted something at the KFM, quite interesting this is, thought anyone in here might want to see it too:

[butter]

Thanks for posting that here, Ambika, that is totally awesome ;D

Thankfully it appears that Voldermort isn't going to announce he's Harry's father, but then again I'm only half-way through reading the Deathly Hallows

Honestly though, I am intrigued by the similarities. Then again, I don't think it's uncommon to find similarities sometimes, even between unrelated fiction

[Force_Flow]

I finished reading the book. It was real cool, and has a great epilogue. "Nineteen Years Later." But I was thinking of Luke Skywalker when I read it, too. Harry's got magic, and his Invisibility Cloak, while Luke has the Force and his lightsaber.