LOTR is a deeper and more intricate story. All three movies were impeccably done masterpieces. The first Star Wars trilogy is more uneven, and I don't think the Return of the Jedi is at the caliber of the movies that proceeded it. (I've never been a big fan of Ewoks.) However, for sheer popcorn-chomping fun, there is almost no film existing that surpasses the delight that was A New Hope back when it was the only Star Wars we knew.