Harry Potter is better than Star Wars

I will first be refuting my opponent"s tragically misguided points, and then making my own. My opponent, in refuting my point, has said, "My adversary stated that Harry Potter"s success for the Young Adult genre is irrelevant. The contender is wrong. Notice how he mentioned that any series was capable of achieving this feat. If this was true, how come they didn"t? If that was true, why did Harry Potter give inspiration to tons of authors today? That"s why Harry Potter has had such an impact on modern-age society; it was one of the biggest YA author inspirations, if not the only one." My opponent has clearly fallen prey to the trap of not fully reading one"s source. Had he read the entire source, he would have noticed this paragraph in his third source, "All of the elements that kids seemed to latch onto in the series had been done before, they concluded. Rowling hadn"t discovered some new formula or concept that had captured a starved population of readers R13; she"d used known elements of children"s literature to write the right books at the right time for the right readers." Any series was, in fact, capable of achieving this feat. Rowling was simply a good writer in the right place at the right time, as the saying goes. Rowling was just as good as any other writer before her. Yet, my opponent has painted her in a light that makes it appear as though she is some great visionary, and used this to create an argument. Recall, "Notice how he mentioned that any series was capable of achieving this feat. If this was true, how come they didn"t? If that was true, why did Harry Potter give inspiration to tons of authors today?" The answer to these questions is quite simple. The other series" did not achieve this feat simply because, as his own source puts it, Rowling had used known elements of children"s literature to write the right books at the right time for the right readers. My opponent has attempted to further nullify my point using, as he puts it, a highly credible source. A quote, from Rick Riordan. "After all, Harry Potter is the most successful and high-profile young adult fantasy series of all time. I love Rowling"s books, and I am grateful for the impact they"ve had on young readers and on the revitalization of children"s publishing." However, in this quote, Riordan expressly states that he is "grateful for the impact they"ve had on young readers and the revitalization of children"s publishing." Aren"t we all? However, as I have stated earlier, and been backed up by my opponent"s source, Rowling was simply in the right place at the right time. This therefore adds nothing to my opponent"s refutation, although the entire thing is meaningless. My opponent may also attempt to capitalize on the fact that Riordan has called Harry Potter, ". . . the most successful and high-profile young adult fantasy series of all time . . .". This, while quite an endorsement, is still an opinion, one that my opponent has yet to back up with facts. To refute my opponent"s next argument, my opponent has clearly not understood what I am talking about when he says, "Con attempts to invalidate my entire cultural impact argument because it"s about "which is better". I"m very aware of that, however this is extremely ignorant as, he himself talked about SW"s cultural impact in the first round, as well as the fact that the social impact of the Harry Potter franchise is one of the factors, in my view, of what makes HP better." For your information, when I spoke about, "which is better," I was actually refuting my opponent"s point about how Harry Potter paved the way for future young adult books. I will, for your benefit, include the full quote here: "My opponent has said that Harry Potter paved the way for future young adult books. This is completely irrelevant, as it is not about which book paved the way for a different book, it is about which series is better. This does not relate to cultural impact, as a different series could just as easily have done this. This point adds no value whatsoever to my opponent"s point." As I have been forced to, yet again, prove, this point is irrelevant. J.K. Rowling had, as my opponent"s source puts it, "wrote the right books at the right time for the right people." Cultural impact is relevant, which my opponent has misunderstood, but just because Harry Potter was written at the right time does not mean the fact that it has paved the way for other YA books should be taken into account. If Star Wars was playing while every person in the world just happened to be in a theater, would this really be a valid point? My opponent seems to think that I might point out he is only one person. His second source is basically just a list of five authors that wrote books after reading Harry Potter. If you want a list of ten movies inspired by Star Wars, check out my second source down below. Both of these are only important if you want factual evidence that Star Wars and Harry Potter inspired other people. Next, the muggle point. Apparently, my opponent"s point was that the word muggle comes from Harry Potter. However, there are conflicting accounts. My first source below shows that the word muggle was actually first used in the thirteenth century, long before J.K. Rowling was even born. I"m afraid even Google can be wrong. Finally, to quote my opponent, "Star Wars simply has a small stage and a ride at Disneyworld." I"m sorry, did you even read my point in the first round on how Star Wars has crossed into the real world? If you"re going to argue a point, at least read it! Not only that, if you want exhibits, Star Wars Identities is running until March 2018, and the Star Wars and runDisney Half Marathon is coming in April. Now, I will make my own point. Star Wars has some of the highest grossing movies of all time. So many people have watched the Force Awakens that there is literally a list of records about it, which I will put in my sources. In fact, after ticket-price inflation adjustment, Star Wars: A New Hope is third on the list at approximately 2.8 billion dollars, and The Force Awakens is third on the list of highest-grossing films of all time, at approximately 2 billion dollars, with no adjustments. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 is, after no adjustment, eighth, and about 700 million dollars below the Force Awakens. Unfortunately for my opponent, that is where Harry Potter"s fame begins and ends. The next-highest Harry Potter movie is Harry Potter and the Philosopher"s Stone, at less than 1 billion dollars. Star Wars movies are far more popular than Harry Potter"s. My opponent will likely say that everyone knows the Harry Potter books are more popular than the movies, which is true, but the numbers show that the movies actually make more money than the books. The book that made the most money, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, comes in at approximately 57.6 million dollars, a far cry from Star Wars" billions. What does this mean? Why, that Star Wars is more popular than Harry Potter! My opponent may attempt to argue that Harry Potter"s franchise is worth more. He"d be wrong. Harry Potter"s franchise is worth about 25 billion dollars, Star Wars" is 28 billion. This clearly shows that Star Wars is more popular than Harry Potter. Why? Because it"s better. Sources: https://www.statisticbrain.com... https://www.statisticbrain.com... https://interestingliterature.com... https://screenrant.com... http://www.huffingtonpost.ca... http://www.starwars.com... https://en.wikipedia.org... https://www.theguardian.com... https://en.wikipedia.org...