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   In article , Mike Ward  wrote:   
   > Duggy  wrote in news:7936066e-6456-463c-8e2f-   
   > 6954d81e98ba@g21g2000yqc.googlegroups.com:   
   >   
   > > Often you see reviews or psters quoting reviews saying that some new   
   > > film is "the New Star Wars", "Star Wars for the X0's" or "Out Star   
   > > Wars Star Wars" or such.   
   > >   
   > > What films have you seen it for... and what films do you think it's a   
   > > meaningful claim?   
   >   
   > I think Harry Potter was the next generations Star Wars in terms of   
   > cultural impact and popularity.   
      
   Definitely for the younger kids. Many older kids might say it's the   
   Twilight saga or Lord of the RIngs / The Hobbit.   
      
   Harry Potter is also often said to be "bigger than Star Wars". That might   
   be true in terms of just the movies (more of them and some had bigger box   
   office takes), but is untrue when comparing the two franchises as a whole   
   - there are FAR more novels, comic books, games, and merchandise for Star   
   Wars than Harry Potter or any other franchise can ever hope to match.   
   Although there was a story a while back, which I haven't bothered to   
   follow, about a Harry Potter amusement park, which is one thing Star Wars   
   doesn't have (yet, there is the Disney ride).   
      
   Personally I think Harry Potter (the books and the movies) lost it towards   
   the end and started getting weird and too scary for it's target audience.   
   It tried to do what can, and should, never really be done: "grow up" with   
   it's fans. All it ended up doing was ending on a completely different   
   style to the start, making a rather messy franchise. George Lucas on the   
   other hand has kept his main target audience the same throughout.   
      
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