Star Wars: Episode IV -- A New Hope vs. Guardians of the Galaxy
When I first saw the promotional material for Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, I immediately thought of Star Wars. It turns out that GotG is the same story as Star Wars: Episode IV -- A New Hope. Let me tell you why.
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, a young man (Luke Skywalker; Peter Quill) encounters an aging member (Obi-Wan Kenobi; Yondu Udonta) of a group of fighters (Jedi; Ravagers) on an isolated planet (Tatooine; Morag), where he recovers a powerful weapon (Anakin Skywalker's lightsaber; Orb). The old man gives the main character cryptic information (Obi-Wan tells Luke that his father was a Jedi Knight, but was killed by a Sith Lord named Darth Vader; Yondu tells Quill that he and his men did not deliver the latter to his father, a member of an ancient, unknown species) about the identity of his estranged father (Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader; Ego the Living Planet). The main character teams up with a princess (Leia Organa; Gamora) with an adversarial relationship with her villainous father (Vader; Thanos), a wisecracking criminal pilot (Han Solo; Rocket Raccoon), and a brown-coloured creature with a limited vocabulary (Chewbacca; Groot) to prevent a brutal servant (Vader; Ronan the Accuser) of a galactic overlord (Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious; Thanos) from using a deadly weapon (Death Star; Orb) to annihilate a planet (Yavin IV; Xandar) in order to wipe out a group he opposes (Rebel Alliance; Xandarians). Along the way, the heroes get into a standoff with the scum of the galaxy (Luke and Obi-Wan encounter Han and Chewbacca at a Cantina on Mos Eisley, a bar full of smugglers and pirates; Gamora steals the Orb from Quill, and the two fight, attracting the attention of Rocket and Groot, and the group is detained in the Kyln, from which they later escape) before leaving in a spaceship (Millennium Falcon; Milano). The heroes witness a planet (Alderaan; Knowhere) being destroyed (the Death Star's commanding officer, Grand Moff Tarkin, uses the Death Star's laser to destroy Alderaan in a show of power; the Collector's tormented aide, Carina, touches the Infinity Stone inside the Orb, triggering an explosion which destroys the Collector's archive) as they are consulting a resident of said planet (Senator Bail Organa; Taneleer Tivan/the Collector) on the nature of the weapon (before being captured by Vader, Leia sends a message to Obi-Wan, begging him to take the Death Star plans to Alderaan for her father to analyze; Tivan tells Quill's group that the Orb contains an Infinity Stone, an item of immeasurable power that destroys all but the powerful beings who wield it). At the climax, the heroes join forces with a military organization (Rebel Alliance; Nova Corps) to stop the villain from destroying their planet (the Rebels analyze the plans and identify a vulnerable exhaust port that connects to the Death Star's main reactor, and that the Death Star can be destroyed through a chain reaction; Quill's group and the Ravagers join forces with the Nova Corps and confront Ronan's ship, the Dark Aster). This leads to a battle in which the good guys suffer heavy losses (Rebel pilots attack the Death Star, but are all killed, leaving Luke as one of the few surviving pilots; Ronan embeds the Orb in his war hammer and uses it to destroy the Nova Corps fleet) until the heroes use supernatural power to defeat the villain (Luke uses the Force to destroy the Death Star seconds before it can fire upon the Rebel base; Quill distracts Ronan with his '80s mixtape, allowing Drax and Rocket to destroy the fanatic's hammer, then the entire group shares the burden of the Infinity Stone and uses it to destroy Ronan). In the end, the heroes are commended for their heroism (Leia awards Luke and Han with medals for their heroism; Quill's group, now known as the Guardians of the Galaxy, have their criminal records expunged).
It's the same story!
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, a young man (Luke Skywalker; Peter Quill) encounters an aging member (Obi-Wan Kenobi; Yondu Udonta) of a group of fighters (Jedi; Ravagers) on an isolated planet (Tatooine; Morag), where he recovers a powerful weapon (Anakin Skywalker's lightsaber; Orb). The old man gives the main character cryptic information (Obi-Wan tells Luke that his father was a Jedi Knight, but was killed by a Sith Lord named Darth Vader; Yondu tells Quill that he and his men did not deliver the latter to his father, a member of an ancient, unknown species) about the identity of his estranged father (Anakin Skywalker/Darth Vader; Ego the Living Planet). The main character teams up with a princess (Leia Organa; Gamora) with an adversarial relationship with her villainous father (Vader; Thanos), a wisecracking criminal pilot (Han Solo; Rocket Raccoon), and a brown-coloured creature with a limited vocabulary (Chewbacca; Groot) to prevent a brutal servant (Vader; Ronan the Accuser) of a galactic overlord (Emperor Palpatine/Darth Sidious; Thanos) from using a deadly weapon (Death Star; Orb) to annihilate a planet (Yavin IV; Xandar) in order to wipe out a group he opposes (Rebel Alliance; Xandarians). Along the way, the heroes get into a standoff with the scum of the galaxy (Luke and Obi-Wan encounter Han and Chewbacca at a Cantina on Mos Eisley, a bar full of smugglers and pirates; Gamora steals the Orb from Quill, and the two fight, attracting the attention of Rocket and Groot, and the group is detained in the Kyln, from which they later escape) before leaving in a spaceship (Millennium Falcon; Milano). The heroes witness a planet (Alderaan; Knowhere) being destroyed (the Death Star's commanding officer, Grand Moff Tarkin, uses the Death Star's laser to destroy Alderaan in a show of power; the Collector's tormented aide, Carina, touches the Infinity Stone inside the Orb, triggering an explosion which destroys the Collector's archive) as they are consulting a resident of said planet (Senator Bail Organa; Taneleer Tivan/the Collector) on the nature of the weapon (before being captured by Vader, Leia sends a message to Obi-Wan, begging him to take the Death Star plans to Alderaan for her father to analyze; Tivan tells Quill's group that the Orb contains an Infinity Stone, an item of immeasurable power that destroys all but the powerful beings who wield it). At the climax, the heroes join forces with a military organization (Rebel Alliance; Nova Corps) to stop the villain from destroying their planet (the Rebels analyze the plans and identify a vulnerable exhaust port that connects to the Death Star's main reactor, and that the Death Star can be destroyed through a chain reaction; Quill's group and the Ravagers join forces with the Nova Corps and confront Ronan's ship, the Dark Aster). This leads to a battle in which the good guys suffer heavy losses (Rebel pilots attack the Death Star, but are all killed, leaving Luke as one of the few surviving pilots; Ronan embeds the Orb in his war hammer and uses it to destroy the Nova Corps fleet) until the heroes use supernatural power to defeat the villain (Luke uses the Force to destroy the Death Star seconds before it can fire upon the Rebel base; Quill distracts Ronan with his '80s mixtape, allowing Drax and Rocket to destroy the fanatic's hammer, then the entire group shares the burden of the Infinity Stone and uses it to destroy Ronan). In the end, the heroes are commended for their heroism (Leia awards Luke and Han with medals for their heroism; Quill's group, now known as the Guardians of the Galaxy, have their criminal records expunged).
It's the same story!
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