Ender Wiggins is the chosen one but he doesn't know it yet. After all, he's only 13 years old. An unlikely savior - did I use that word?
Ender is a schoolboy dealing with various social rejection/bullying aspects. When he fights back in a noticable manner, he is identified as a candidate for special military training. The World As We Know It is under potential attack, explained in a Star-Wars-type historical overview.
To further the Star Wars aspect, Harrison Ford plays a combination of Obi Wan Kenobi/Yoda/Darth Vader as the General of the training forces. He pushes Ender in many situations, all designed to test his mettle.
But Ender as noted is only 13 years old. He's looking for acceptance, friendship and growth, and not constant conflict. There are opportunities to turn back, or is that illusory? Everything is programs to see how Ender will react under stress.
The author Orson Scott Card is of the LDS Church and much of the symbolism reminded me of a Mormon influence: the persecution, the trek to a new land, the legendary leader/fighter Mazer Rackhoff (Ben Kingsley, in the best role).
Large themes of children warriors, mind control and the price of war make this complicated but thoughtful plot a good watch.
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