The Star Wars Trilogy is better than the Lord of The Rings Trilogy

Sauron only has that cool armor for about 5 min of screen time. Throughout the trilogy he is just an eye. They mention him every now and then but that eyeball just doesnt have the same presence as Darth Vader. And those giant cgi elephants are not as cool as a lightsaber. Same goes for the other LOTR weapons you listed. Are they cool? Of course they are, I love all the Lord of the rings weapons. However the lightsaber is probably the most iconic weapon in film history. The lightsaber is just much more unique, and completely embodies the fun and imagination of star wars. The weapons in lord of the rings are fine but at the end of the day they aren't that memorable. There are bows, swords and axes in other movies too. Its just that in lord of the rings you have to listen to some exposition about them like "ohh this weapon may not look special but it was forged by blah blah blah" "this elven blade was made by blah blah blah" So that goes back to the whole star wars is "more unique" thing. Same can be said for the world of star wars compared to lord of the rings. TaunTauns, wookies, and rancors have such awesome unique designs. In lord of the rings its basically "wow a big elephant" "wow a big spider" "wow a big tree" "wow a big eagle". In star wars you have multiple unique planets and space. In lord of the rings you have the good side of new Zealand and the evil side (mordor). Now on to the characters. "gimli has a fondness for alcohol" That's not special, everybody in these medieval fantasy epics love alcohol/mead/grog. And the whole elf/dwarf prejudice thing between legolas and gimli barely deserves mention. They are always working together and its clear that they don't really hate each other from early on and they are basically just rivals who respect each other and bet on who can kill more disgusting baddies. Mary and pippin are just god awful. Every time they are on screen they act like annoying idiots, get in trouble, and somehow make it out alive. Sam has no flaws. Seeing how Frodo is such a flawed character he has Sams character to make the whole dynamic duo. Sam is brave, kind, understanding, and is actually smart unlike Frodo. Sam doesn't really grow as a character because he doesn't have to hes already a perfect person. However Frodo is a horrible character who needs growth but for some reason never grows at all. Aragorn wanting to be a lone ranger instead of a self-righteous do-gooder king makes him the best character of the bunch. Gandalf like you said is perfect just like obi-wan. Part of what you said is right about Boromir but remember the ring is what causes him to want it. The ring using its mind control temptation powers doesn't really make Boromir flawed. If anything hes a victim. Like anyone else the ring magically makes you want it. That's not the fault of the characters, its the fault of saurons magic. However while hes still a perfect person filled with morale fiber badassery, his death was well done and the fact that he actually died makes him a bit more human than the other heroes. Also the thing about the strong woman character, star wars wins. Lord of the rings feels the need to make the whole "its a woman who is actually badass" a big thing. I cant even remember her name because she was barely in the movies but she basically disguised herself as man so she could go out and fight to prove she was a strong woman and she does the whole " I am no man" thing and its all just too much. In star wars they don't even focus on it all, they just show you instead of beating you over the head. "Vader randomly turns good" Theres nothing random about it, its called simple human emotion. Its clear throughout the trilogy that the emperor helped corrupt Vader and used him as his pawn. So when Luke has vader at his mercy and the emperor orders luke to kill him and take his place, Vader realizes that the emperor was just using him all along. Then when Luke refuses to kill his own father and thus join the dark side, the emporer tries to kill him. Now the focus of the scene is all on vader. He has to choose to save his son or to remain at the side of the emperor. He looks at the emperor, back at luke, and then he launches the emperor over the rail to his demise. He did this because he now knew the truth about the emperor. His son spared his life, and thus vader saved his and took out the man who had been using him as puppet. Its perfectly clear why he turns good and achieves redemption. Its Star wars, everything is simple and obvious. Character motivations stem from simple human emotions and the whole "show not tell" thing is evident in the trilogies means of storytelling. In lord of the rings everything is slowed because of how much it beats you over the head with stuff you don't need to hear. And about Lukes acting, I admit its not the greatest performance, however its not like LOTR doesn't have bad acting. Just look at the main character, Frodo is cringe inducing to watch. Any scene involving Frodo and Sam in LOTR is awful. The dialogue is cringe worthy and all the blank stares and cheesy conversations of Frodo are just too much to bear. Frodo as a whole is just horrible. However while Lukes acting wasn't the greatest he was still a well written identifiable character. Frodo was not. Star wars is just much more enjoyable to sit through. The characters feel more like flawed people than badass role models. The world is more imaginative. The movies are perfectly paced and don't drag like LOTR. And all the sound effects and memorable quotes make star wars much more of memorable film trilogy.