I'm going with LOTR for a reason that maybe only George Lucas can confirm. I believe that, in ways, LOTR inspired Star Wars to begin with. For its era nothing surpassed Star Wars, but I would also say that the original Planet of the Apes, in 1968, was a tremendous feat in its own right ... even when compared with 2001:A Space Odyssey.
When I pick LOTR, I weight heavily the fact that Peter Jackson, with a few glaring exceptions (like the excising of Tom Bombadil) stayed true to Tolkien's works and really brought the trilogy to life within the confines of the film, which is generally stifling to works of literature when translated to the screen. Peter Jackson's bravery in translating a beloved work of fiction to the screen in a well received way was a tremendous feat. That is why, I favor LOTR over Star Wars.
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