Ryan McAvoy said:

DominicCobb said:

The heir to the original SW I believe is the LOTR trilogy most certainly.

I've heard many similar quotes saying "LOTR is this generations Star Wars".

Since I'm a little older than that bracket and didn't 'grow up' with the LOTR films I can't comment if this is true really (I suspect it is). I grew up watching Star Wars on VHS, listening to the BBC LOTR radio drama and reading Judge Dredd lol

I grew to love Peter Jackson's films but Gandalf will always be Michael Hordern for me...

   ^ Gandalf        ^ Bilbo          ^ Frodo (And Bilbo in PJ's films)

                                    ^ Aragorn

or even...            ^ Aragorn

Growing up, LOTR was always the animated cartoon from the 70's.