Guy Shocks the 'Hunger Games' Fandom By Equating it to 'Star Wars' and Anakin Skywalker's Character Arc

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Elna McHilderson • Managing Editor
Nov 29, 2023 1:00 PM EST

The newest addition to The Hunger Games movie franchise is the adaption to the 2020 book The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes. It was released to theaters earlier this month and it has quickly become a hit, even with the already longtime existing fandom (the original Hunger Game book series came out between 2012-2015 and the novels between 2008-2010). The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes is a prequel to the original series and shows important arcs to main characters. 

Like many popular stories, it follows "the hero's journey," which is a story telling structure that dates back as far as recorded human storytelling can go. That being said, just because it follows a repeated structure doesn't mean it's not a unique story! However, one guy on TikTok has shook the Hunger Games fandom by saying the new story is exactly the same as the character arc as Anakin Skywalker from Star Wars. What do you think? Check it out below! 

Some spoilers ahead! 

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  • @the_moonrocks: Do you realize that the plot of this movie [The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes] is literally just the fall of Anakin Skywalker? It is the same plot as Star Wars. You don't believe me? Okay, here we go: A young, impoverished teen, looking to create a better life for his family, ventures into a city full of politics and power, far away from the fighting of the outer world. During their time in said city, the display of their talents and abilities catches the eyes
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  • Our main character then falls in love with a se*y and courageous female, violating a bunch of their society's rules... Our main character's love for this women and subsequent actions because of it, then ends up getting him shunned by the very institution he swore his life to. This, coupled with the fact that his lover would not run away with him, sends him into a fit of rage where he almost m*rders his lover. Then, after thinking that he fully k*lled his lover, which he may or may not have, he t
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  • It's literally just Star Wars young impoverished teen
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  • FOR It's literally just Star Wars ventures into a city full of politics in power
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  • It's literally just Star Wars catches the eyes of the absolute psychopath
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  • It's literally just Star Wars ster our main character then falls in love with a sxxy and courageous female
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  • it's literally just Star Wars then ends up getting him shunned by the very institution he swore his life to You are on this council, but we do not grant you the rank of Master. This is outrageous, it's unfair
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  • It's literally just Star Wars where he almost murders his lover
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  • It's literally just Star Wars he then fully succumbs to the evil
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