And the old wizard gets killed in every one of them. Eragon’s the same way.
Bah. Eragon (and Eldest) are cheap rehashes of every book and movie cliche that Christopher Paolini has ever read or seen.
Eragon the book was predictable but basically OK, because it did have some interesting ideas and settings.
Eldest, however, was awful. He basically grabbed his "main supporting cast" from Star Wars and LOTR. I won't read the third book if and when it appears.