Yes it is definitely Star Wars of the Ring. Mechanically, not at all similar. But the obsession with creating specific, non-generic, mechanics designed to capture as perfectly as possible the feel and theme of the material…and only then worry about the game part…is completely the same.

In fact it’s telling that it becomes obvious how much deeper and more complex Lord of the Rings is as a mythology than Star Wars, by how much deeper and more complex the respective games had to be to capture their nature.