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Message: <blockquote data-quote="John Crichton" data-source="post: 1327124" data-attributes="member: 4779">Wrong.  Luke learned that Vader killed his father.  That is a connection. That is one way to look at it.  Interesting comparison. Never did I say Vader was "the star, or the hero, or the main protagonist."  I know what a main character is and stated it plainly.  Bringing up what LotR is, is an interesting case, but we disagree there a bit.  LotR was about the ringbearers, all of them (Gollum included).  Just like Star Wars is about the Skywalkers, all of them.  Star Wars came down to that one moment at the end, when Vader was redeemed.  It was the resolution to the entire trilogy.  Luke's existance in the trilogy was to redeem his father.  Please don't confuse what I say is the heart of the story with who the main characters are.  I'm talking about the theme of the films, not simply what a 3rd grader would observe from one viewing.</blockquote>