Hey that was a good critique! That would have made a good paper. That was so Jungian what happened there. You know, in order for literature to work, it has to follow a formula...technically harry potter and star wars are examples of epic/folktale and both follow the formula of how to be a hero; how good defeats evil.
Read this: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ProppsFunctionsOfFolktales