Anyone else noticed the plot similarities between the Eldest trilogy and Star Wars?

Anyone else noticed the plot similarities between the Eldest trilogy and Star Wars?
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answer:You mean Christopher Paolini’s Inheritance Cycle? I kind of want to read it, but at the same time I feel like I should’ve read it when I was 13 and now it’s too late :P Almost every review I’ve read says something about it being a rip-off of other, better fantasy, including Star Wars.
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