very big mistake with eragon

[captain thunder pants]

when i read eragon the first time i loved it, but when i read it again 2 years later i saw all the mistakes it had. the biggest one was why where they planning kill galbatorix, i mean yea he killed the dragon riders and he's kind of a asshole for it, but everyone in his kingdom is living happy lives and are protected his soldiers, so when you think about they're not really the bad guys, eragon and his freinds are the bad guys. also the only one who thought about this was murtagh and about near the end of the book he said "fuck off conscience i want to kill people!"

 

[bue519]

Really I thought the mistake was that its was too much like Star Wars.

 

[neo34]

They made it pretty clear that the soldiers were assholes to the common people, especially in the seas side town that I cannot currently remember the name of. And the people constantly complain about how their lives have gotten worse since Galbatorix took over, using worn out ideas like "too many taxes" and "soldiers are dicks." Also, Paolini might be thinking that Galbatorix is one of those maniacal rulers that control everything while making the people think they are ok (I don't really think so but possibly what he was going for) like 1984

 

[Kilaknux]

Mate, you have hit upon the biggest reason to hate this rip-off of a series. Aside from Eragon being a sociopath and the entire plot being lifted from Star Wars, there is literally no reason given for everyone to hate Galbatorix.
The Riders when he slaughtered them were apparently remarkably corrupt, his entire reign has been peaceful asides from the war that the resistance sodding started, and if you've read Brisingr, his plan to rebuild the Riders actually sounds like a good idea which the characters react to by going "LALALALA NOT LISTENING". It would help if we'd seen some act of remarkable evil that didn't come from the war, but nothing so far.

 

[Cid Silverwing]

Really I thought the mistake was that its was too much like Star Wars.

I couldn't possibly agree any more.

 

[ben---neb]

He is evil. Pure festering evil. He's so evil he pretends to be good. Don't fall for his cunning proganda.

 

[Jedamethis]

Really I thought the mistake was that its was too much like Star Wars.

I couldn't possibly agree any more.

I never noticed it was like Star Wars and I must have read it more than a few times...
explanation?

 

[APPCRASH]

Well most antagonist believe they are doing the right thing even if it requires doing a bit of evil doing. Now, it's kind of hard to find that pure evil bad guy who is just doing it for his own evil shits and giggles.

 

[Cid Silverwing]

Really I thought the mistake was that its was too much like Star Wars.

I couldn't possibly agree any more.

I never noticed it was like Star Wars and I must have read it more than a few times...
explanation?

Sorry. I should instead have said - It was too much like Lord of the Rings too.

 

[Radeonx]

Really I thought the mistake was that its was too much like Star Wars.

I couldn't possibly agree any more.

I never noticed it was like Star Wars and I must have read it more than a few times...
explanation?

Galbatorix (Vader) betrays the other riders (jedi) and takes over the nation (galactic empire). That's what I got from it, anyways.

 

[Wilfy]

Really I thought the mistake was that its was too much like Star Wars.

I couldn't possibly agree any more.

I never noticed it was like Star Wars and I must have read it more than a few times...
explanation?

It's like Star Wars because it's all about a young boy from an isolated and poor upbringing who turns out to be one of the old order that kept peace in the world before one of them became corrupt and killed the others.
And then the boy joins the rebellion against the nasty emperor/king.

 

[Zukonub]

Really I thought the mistake was that its was too much like Star Wars.

I couldn't possibly agree any more.

I never noticed it was like Star Wars and I must have read it more than a few times...
explanation?

Poor farm boy who lives with his uncle finds an object while doing a job for his family. Said object turns out to be sent out by a princess, who was kidnapped by the evil Empire, and, shortly after finding said object, the farm boy has insight into said princess' thoughts. Servants of the Empire kill his family, and the farm boy joins up with the town oddity, an old man who is the last surviving member of a powerful order (not really, there's another one who lives in seclusion found in the second book). The farm boy eventually finds a rogue to join them, but the old man is killed on their quest to rescue the princess. The boy and his new companion succeed in rescuing the princess, who was a major part of the Rebellion. The characters journey to where the main factors of the Rebellion live, and join them. They proceed to engage in a large battle which ends with the villain of the story seemingly dying. And that is the first book, the second one expands on it.

 

[Mookie_Magnus]

While your argument is valid, it is by the way, I have to wonder if you have read Eldest and Brisingr to go along with the first in the series. In Brisingr, the most recent book, that reasoning is pointed out by Galbatorix whenever he speaks through Murtagh. My guess is that Paolini is going to use that to influence Eragon's character in the fourth book, possibly giving a section of the book to a wave of self-doubt and reconsideraton on Eragon's part.

Now, I disagree with the people above me who say that it is a bad series. Personally, I love the books, whether or not they vaguely resemble Star Wars.

 

[newguy77]

Really I thought the mistake was that its was too much like Star Wars.

I couldn't possibly agree any more.

I never noticed it was like Star Wars and I must have read it more than a few times...
explanation?

Orphan farmboy lives with his aunt and uncle on their farm. A capsule of some sort is sent to him and he embarks on an adventure with an old man who knows a little to much about what's going on. On the way, they meet a loner who decides to tag along, while the old man is killed. They rescue a princess from the dungeons of the supreme evil one who wiped out the old order of peacekeepers.

Don't get me wrong, I read the books and like them, but they are ripped pretty well intact from Star Wars.

EDIT: wow, third one to explain this, I'm slightly embarassed.

 

[Spaceman_Spiff]

Really I thought the mistake was that its was too much like Star Wars.

I couldn't possibly agree any more.

I never noticed it was like Star Wars and I must have read it more than a few times...
explanation?

Poor farm boy who lives with his uncle finds an object while doing a job for his family. Said object turns out to be sent out by a princess, who was kidnapped by the evil Empire, and, shortly after finding said object, the farm boy has insight into said princess' thoughts. Servants of the Empire kill his family, and the farm boy joins up with the town oddity, an old man who is the last surviving member of a powerful order (not really, there's another one who lives in seclusion found in the second book). The farm boy eventually finds a rogue to join them, but the old man is killed on their quest to rescue the princess. The boy and his new companion succeed in rescuing the princess, who was a major part of the Rebellion. The characters journey to where the main factors of the Rebellion live, and join them. They proceed to engage in a large battle which ends with the villain of the story seemingly dying. And that is the first book, the second one expands on it.

Dude that is freaky! Paolini is a little ****!

 

[Zukonub]

While your argument is valid, it is by the way, I have to wonder if you have read Eldest and Brisingr to go along with the first in the series. In Brisingr, the most recent book, that reasoning is pointed out by Galbatorix whenever he speaks through Murtagh. My guess is that Paolini is going to use that to influence Eragon's character in the fourth book, possibly giving a section of the book to a wave of self-doubt and reconsideraton on Eragon's part.

I don't agree with this... Murtagh's soul is the one portrayed as being conflicted. He is deciding between 'good' (the Varden) and 'evil', but beneficial to him (the Empire). He is the only character remotely painted with shades of gray, and for Eragon to be even slightly conflicted about his cause, silliness would have to ensue in the world of character continuity.

 

[captain thunder pants]

sorry to get off topic here but i thought it was funny that eragon was kind of an idiot. i mean every one around him knew about the riders and the elves and the dwarves but he never knew anything and he had to have everyone tell about it all to him