Star Wars without The Lightsabers but add vampires.

I didn't actually see the connection until Boswell said it but I think it was a very interesting point. I am going to break down my answer just like you broke down the questions. The first point is the mandates. The mandates of the Dark Side in Star Wars is to rule the galaxy. The mandate of the Dark Others in Nightwatch was to get the boy to join the Dark others but once again it seems to come down to a control thing. The mandates of Light Others and the Jedis seem to be similar. Their goal is to keep power and to keep the evil forces at bay. Although a similitary is it seems both are about a boy who could make the decision whether to be with the good side or the bad side and it seems in both he chooses bad. The Jedis and Siths only fight eachother. They never have tea or drinks together. They just seem to fight. On the other hand there seems to be a lot of just hanging out with the Light and Dark others. For instance Anton lives next to a dark other and the Yoda and Palpatine of the film seem to just like to chill out and help each others causes. The Jedis and Siths both get their power from their respective side of the Force. The Others all get their powers from blood whether they be Dark or Light. The line is not clear between the Others because they have the same rulebook. Its not like the Jedis where they have a different code of honor. The Others all have one rule book and both sides break it from time to time like when Anton tried to kill his son. My final point is I think that it does add something because it strengthens the idea that good and evil are the same. Star Wars makes it sound like evil can influence the good but Nightwatch takes that a step further and says that they are the same thing.