Eragon is the main character in the movie Eragon.
History[]
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Personal information[]
Physical appearance[]
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Powers[]
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Titles[]
In addition to being a Dragon Rider, Eragon held many titles, such as the following:
- Shadeslayer - For killing Durza
Personality[]
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Love interests[]
Arya[]
Arya was Eragon's love interest in the movie, with Eragon having expressed his feelings for her.
Katrina[]
In the movie, it was implied that Eragon might have a crush on Katrina. No such implication was present in the novels.
Real-universe connections[]
Comparisons[]
Star Wars[]
Eragon is similar in many respects to Luke Skywalker. He begins his adventures at a very young age (fifteen in Eragon, nineteen in A New Hope). His adopted family (aunt and uncle) is murdered, leaving him with nowhere to go but to flee with a mentor. He is given the responsibility of continuing the legacy of an ancient order (in Eragon's case, the Dragon Riders; in Luke's, the Jedi) and becomes the first of a new generation of that order. He also enjoys flying and becomes very talented in it (Eragon as Dragon Rider, Luke as fighter pilot), and later fights in numerous sky battles. He also discovers in himself abilities to use magic (the Force in Star Wars).
He is trained by older members of the order after the original teacher dies, that being Brom and Oromis, compared to Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda. He also has a father and sibling he does not know about (Brom and Murtagh in Inheritance, Anakin Skywalker (Darth Vader) and princess Leia Organa in Star Wars) until later in his life, and his father dies on his hands. He also rescues a princess (Arya in Inheritance, Leia in Star Wars) who was captured by the Empire and previously sent to his first mentor a thing that has been stolen from Empire (Saphira's egg in Inheritance, Death Star plans in Star Wars) that is very important for rebel forces to defeat the Empire, and he received it instead of his first mentor.
Also, his first trainer gives him a blade previously used by his father (Brom is father of Eragon and gives him sword Zar'roc, Obi-Wan gives Luke the first lightsaber of his father Anakin SkyWalker (Darth Vader)), but he loses it at the end of the second part. Both heroes also build their main replacement weapon (Eragon — Brisingr, Luke — his green bladed lightsaber). Also, both used weapons from evil characters that were slain/wounded (Morzan in Eragon's case, Darth Vader in Luke's).
In the final battle, he comes to a throne room of the evil Emperor (Galbatorix in Inheritance, Palpatine in Star Wars) and forced by him to fight against his family member who previously turned to Emperor's side (brother Murtagh in Eragon's case, father Darth Vader in Luke's). He defeats and injures him, but doesn't want to kill, and rejects Emperor's offering to join his side. After that the Emperor tries to kill him, but his family member suddenly turns to his side again and helps to defeat the Emperor. After the Emperor's death, his residence is destroyed with an enormous explosion, but the protagonist survives it.
In the Eragon movie, Eragon stares into the sunset when Roran leaves, similar to Luke staring at the suns. Also, at the climax of the film, the sky battle between Durza and Eragon can be considered extremely similar to the Tie Fighter-vs-X-Wing battle at the end of A New Hope between Luke and Vader. Another topic of note would be that the rider's blades and the lightsabers look quite similar.
Etymology[]
Christopher Paolini has stated that he came up with the name Eragon by replacing the d in 'dragon' with an E, however, at the Comic-Con 2010, he revealed that the "working title" of the character was "Kevin".[1]
Other[]
- Eragon was portrayed by Edward Speleers in the Eragon movie.
- Eragon appeared with blond hair in the movie, which compares him too much to Luke Skywalker when one tries to describe him, while he was described as having brown hair in the novel.
See also[]
- Gedwëy Ignasia
- Dragon Rider
Notes and references[]
External links[]
- http://www.alagaesia.com, the official site for the Inheritance cycle
| Preceded By | Position | Succeeded By |
|---|---|---|
| Brom | Holder of Zar'roc |