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I think the two mains reasons behind this are: That Sauron is slowly increasing his powers over the whole timeline of the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings - the stories of which take place over an 80 year period. That Bilbo never receives the attention of Sauron in quite the same way that Frodo does. Bilbo's 111th birthday party which starts the story ...

Gandalf is one of the Istari - practically immortal creatures put in middle earth to guide and help its inhabitants. He is therefore very long lived and has picked up a lot of different names or nick-names to different people at different times. Mithrandir is a Sindarin phrase meaning Grey Pilgrim or Wanderer (ref: Tolkein Gateway). Sindarin is the ...

You are correct, Bilbo is 50 when he meets Gandalf in the Hobbit ... in Third Age 2941, 60 years before the party in TA 3001, at the start of the Lord of the Rings. He will turn 51 later that year in the story. Hobbits live longer then Humans, shown by the fact that Bilbo's age at the party of 111 is not that unusual, what is unusual is how young he looks ...

From a FAQ about the Rings: Was Sauron visible when wearing the Ring? Though Tolkien never answered this question directly, most opinion in r.a.b.t is that Sauron was visible even while wearing the Ring. The Rings of Power (except the Three) made their wearers invisible by shifting them mostly into the Unseen world. But Sauron already lived ...

The Fellowship of the Ring contains a description from Gandalf about his thoughts about what happens after Bilbo takes the ring. Gollum is afraid of the light after so many years living under the misty mountains so it takes some time before he leaves them to search for the ring. Gandalf then surmises that, because of his very long association with the ...

Smeagol was a Stoor Hobbit before the ring corrupted him. This means he was from Gladden Fields just east of the Misty Mountains. According to the link below he did go searching for the ring but he waited until 2 years after Bilbo took the ring. He spent almost the next 60 years either searching or being captured. I reckon he never went to the Shire ...

Yes and no. No, there is not and never has been any romantic liaison between them. But it's fair enough to assume they are good friends who have fought against the same evil for many years. It was Galadriel who first summoned the White Council (one of the meetings of which we see in The Hobbit) and she would have wanted Gandalf to be the leader of the ...

A lot of this is original dialog written for The Hobbit movie intended to link it with The Lord of the Rings, and to give them enough story to expand the short novel to three movies. The novel has no such scene in it, however information about The Necromancer who inhabits Dol Guldur can be found in TLOTR. At the time of The Hobbit, it is presumed that ...

In the book, they did. Chapter 4, Over Hill and Under Hill, page 64: Suddenly a sword flashed in its own light. (Gandalf wielding Glamdring the Foe-Hammer/Biter) page 65: He took out his sword again, and again it flashed in the dark by itself. It burned with a rage that made it gleam if goblins were about; now it was bright as blue flame for ...

In chapter seven of the book — “Queer Lodgings” — Gandalf is about to leave the party, and explains the route the rest must take. When Bilbo inquires if there was some safer indirect way, Gandalf says “There are no safe paths in this part of the world”, and proceeds to enumerate the dangers, one of which being the Necromancer: Before you could get ...

From inside Radagast's house you see shadows of spider attack, you see the legs of a spider break into the house before Radagast's magic seems to scare them off. He emerges from the house and you clearly see giant spiders running away from the house. So, contrary to the previous answers, I would say "yes" but it is brief and you don't see them fully.

Sting Sting was an ancient blade made by Elvish weapon-smiths in Gondolin. It was lost during the Fall of Gondolin, the same battle in which Turgon fell and Glamdring was taken. The blade was carried by Bilbo in The Hobbit after he found it in a Troll-hoard. http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/Sting Engraved on the blade are Sindarin letters that read ...

From a Tolkien FAQ: They are different names for the same race of creatures. Of the two, "Orc" is the correct one. This has been a matter of widespread debate and misunderstanding, mostly resulting from the usage in the The Hobbit (Tolkien had changed his mind about it by The Lord of the Rings but the confusion in the earlier book was made ...

It was an old dwarvish song, presumably originating from a time not long after Smaug took over the Lonely Mountain. It describes a desire to return to reclaim their home under the mountain, primarily for the earthly treasure located there (the song describes in great detail the nature of the various treasures). Later verses in the song also briefly narrate ...

According to the books of the Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings, Gandalf is known to hobbits and to Bilbo, but Hobbits are rather insular in general. As an outsider Gandalf is somewhat distrusted, but he is known for his fireworks which are much liked. Gandalf from his side has taken a liking to Hobbits and knows a lot about them and their history - so is ...

That "backstory" is told in The Quest for Erebor, which is one of Tolkien's Unfinished Tales. This is Tolkien's account of the events that led up to The Hobbit from Gandalf's point of view A quote from Gandalf: Somehow I had been attracted by Bilbo long before, as a child, and a young hobbit: he had not quite come of age when I had last seen him. ...

The scenes with Frodo, played by Elijah Wood, were filmed specifically for The Hobbit, as in within the shooting schedule for the movie, and not during making of LOTR movies. This article mentions Elijah being excited to return to Middle Earth!

I haven't seen the movie yet; only the trailer where they make an appearance. Having read the book many times, though, I do know they are present there as well. In the book, the stone giants aren't battling, but instead are throwing rocks for fun, and (as you point out) are oblivious to any other creatures around them that might be affected by their game. ...

They are referred to as the White Council in the lore of LotR. This meeting does not take place in The Hobbit but is mentioned in The Lord of the Rings Appendices which were released with The Return of the King. This meeting is mentioned in Appendix B, at least according to the LotR wiki, http://lotr.wikia.com/wiki/White_Council Information about the ...

Orcs and goblins are most certainly related, if not even the same creature. Tolkien, in early drafts of both The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, would sometimes use the terms interchangably. Later, it seems he came to see orc as a more generic term, and goblin a specific term for larger-in-stature creatures. There is also evidence that Tolkien considered ...

Frodo also KNEW more of the ring than Bilbo (Gandalf told Frodo whereas with Bilbo he pretty much just kept an eye on the hobbit). That knowing would alter how Frodo would use the ring - whether he willed it or not. Additionally, Bilbo never sought to DESTROY the ring, thus the Ring had no reason to protect itself from Bilbo and therefore had less of a grip ...

In the books the Eagles are: sentient and capable of speech In the movies (The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings) we never hear them talk. In the book The Hobbit Gandalf doesn't call for the Eagles to help, but: Luckily for the company, the Lord of the Eagles has seen the commotion from his roost high in the mountains. With a number of other eagles, he ...

They were new scenes made for The Hobbit. Interviews with Elijah Wood show that he was excited to be back on set in New Zealand ten years after the LotR movies were shot. (I will try to find one and link to it). Also the fact the movie was entirely shot in 48fps 3D also indicates that these are new scenes.

Those were Hunter Orcs: The fast-moving and fanatical Hunter Orcs serve as the right hand of Azog, a relentless band who will stop at nought to slay his quarry.   Speculation: One of the Hunter Orcs ,Yazneg, was killed by Azog after he failed to capture Thorin, so they were clearly under a lot of pressure. Compared to Azog's wrath the Hunter ...

I asked this question on Facebook to a couple of friends of mine (Pablo Hidalgo, content manager and author for Lucasfilm, and Mark Newbold, writer for Star Wars Insider) and as far as they know, this rumor isn't true. Lucas certainly saw Tolkien's work as an influence, but he didn't actively seek to acquire the rights.

It would appear to me that those claims could be true, because researching the subject in Google found many references to George Lucas and Lord of the Rings. You have to also accept that George would have the financial ability to purchase such rights, and he is clearly a huge fan of Tolkien's work. George is referenced in this FOX News report as being close ...

Using the big birds as a short cut seems like a great idea, but it short circuits the whole point of the adventure. The party are on an adventure to reclaim their home, and in any adventure they grow along the way, Frodo especially. What do you think would have happened to Frodo if they just showed up to the dragon's door without him going through all of ...

From what I can ascertain there are no plans to release a 48fps version of the film due to the fact that this would require a complete overhaul of players, most TV sets and even the disc encoding itself. The only potential way to do this today would be to download 48fps content to watch, but there are currently no plans to accommodate this. There are many ...

The first part of The Hobbit trilogy, An Unexpected Journey, does not involve the Giant Spiders. Going by the book, the second part, The Desolation of Smaug, very likely will.

No. This is not possible with current televisions or DVDs - In PAL and SECAM (and even NTSC), a field is half a frame, consisting of every other line of that frame. The fact that PAL and SECOM have 50 fields per second is irrelevant, since each field contains only half of a frame, and the television displays a complete frame lasting 1/25 of a second. The ...