Eldest Ch4

Last time, Paolini decided these books should include some of that zesty political flavor that made the Star Wars prequels so beloved.

Eldest Ch1-3

Last time, Star Wars was crossed with fantasy novels to create Eragon. 

Eragon, Briefly

So, when recapping a series, it usually makes sense to cover all of the individual parts. I'm rather inclined to skip over Eragon, though, because it's basically Star Wars. Well, okay. It's Star Wars mixed with the aesthetics of Lord of the Rings, with bonus dragons. I could likely leave it at that, and you wouldn't miss out on anything major. Unfortunately, a closer look reveals that there's just enough "original" stuff going on in Eragon that I would have to backtrack a lot to give context to later recaps. For that reason, I'm kicking this off with a brief recap of the events of Eragon.