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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Darrell" data-source="post: 3240616" data-attributes="member: 680">Except that Superman has a more widely-known 'basic history.'  People who have never seen Star Wars...and there are lots, believe me...know, at essence, who Superman is (basic powers, 'truth, justice, and the American way,' etc.).  The Superman 'S' shield (like the Coca-Cola logo, the McDonald's arches, etc.) has a high degree of world-wide recognition over a LONG period of time.Luke doesn't quite have that.  In fact, he's not even the most widely-known of the Skywalker family anymore.  More people have seen Eps I-III than the originals now, and I run into more and more people every year who have never seen the originals at all, even in a cursory viewing.  A good many have never watched any of the six movies. These are the people who are going to be greatly confused, if ESB should happen to be their first experience with the Star Wars universe...but odds are very strong that these same people already know who Superman is.As an example, I can tell you that my 2 1/2-year-old niece can't tell an X-Wing from an airplane, or a hobbit from a handsaw (as it were), but she can identify Superman, Batman, and Spiderman on sight, and likes to 'fly' (read: throw) Superman around the room.  A single character is much easier to get a handle on than an entire 'universe' of concepts.Regards,Darrell King</blockquote>