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In the films, why does Sauron choose Azog instead of the ringwraiths to lead his legions?
It seems like it would make more sense to have your most powerful servants leading your armies, rather than some orc who only cares about revenge. Is there a plot explanation or a description in film ...
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Which plant was used as Athelas in LOTR / Hobbit movies?
There is already an exquisite thread concerning the plant described in the book
link here and its relative real life counterpart,
but my question is about the one actually used in the movies .
Any ...
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Why does Tolkien make Thorin to be older than Balin, only to present Balin in the Hobbit as "very old-looking"?
Tolkien characterized Balin in the Hobbit as "very old-looking":
... Instead there was a very old-looking dwarf on
the step with a white beard and a scarlet hood; and he too hopped inside ...
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What kind of rabbits did Radagast use to pull his sleigh?
In the Hobbit movie, Radagast has a sleigh that is pulled by rabbits. At one point he says something along these lines to Gandalf:
These are ??? rabbits! I'd like to see them try (to catch me)
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What is the mount that Thranduil is on when he arrives in "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey?"
As shown here:
What is this creature?
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Why model Smaug after a cat?
In the 1977 animated film version of the Hobbit, the dragon Smaug is drawn similar to a cat- the shape of his head is distinctly feline (complete with whiskers), and his posture when awoken from his ...
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Why didn't Gandalf say anything when he saw Bilbo's ring?
I don't know how the story is in the book (I would like to know), but in the movie The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, Thorin asks Bilbo why he came back, and Gandalf tries to evade the question after ...
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When Thranduil tells Legolas to go north, what did he mean?
At the end of the third Hobbit movie, I recall Thranduil telling Legolas to go north to look for Aragorn. They were at Erebor, and north of that was just the Iron Hills and Forodwaith. Aragorn would ...
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Who were the portrayed people over Bilbo's fireplace?
Towards the end of the last Hobbit movie, The Battle of the Five Armies, when Bilbo returned to Bag End, he fixed some pictures of two people that were over his fireplace.
Who were these two people?
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What exactly does Sauron speak in "The Battle of the Five Armies"?
According to sources about Black Speech, there was a single line invented for the LotR movies (the one where Sauron tells Frodo that there's no life in void).
However, in The Battle of the Five ...
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What was Azog's role in canon?
In The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey movie, Azog features in many places whereas I do not recollect him being mentioned in the book apart from the fact that he was the one who killed Thror, Thorin's ...
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How was Bard so accurate with his shot that killed Smaug?
Watching 'The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies', I saw some grade-A marksmanship from Bard, using one of the dragon-killing black arrows to hit Smaug in precisely the spot where ONE of his scales ...
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Height of the Orcs of Gundabad
I had always thought all Orcs to have quite the same posture, but when watching The Hobbit movie and the Orcs of Gundabad are mentioned (together with the Pale Orc), I noticed that they are larger ...
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Should I watch the Hobbit trilogy before the LotR trilogy?
I’ve read the LotR books and have watched bits and pieces of the new Hobbit movies.
I’m trying to get my son to sit down and watch the currently released movies in succession for a weekend and want ...
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Why do the dwarven hoards of Erebor contain elven heirlooms?
In the film The Hobbit, after the dragon Smaug is dead, Thranduil comes with some elves to Erebor and wants his heirlooms, the white gems of Lasgalen, back.
Why do the dwarves have these in the ...
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