The production proves that the most enduring star of The Hobbit has never been Bilbo Baggins, but Tolkien’s story itself.

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Bilbo Baggins is swept into a quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself ...

Peter Jackson's Hobbit trilogy did a great job bringing this concept to life ... Ancient Rohirrim Fram slew Scatha, starting a feud with Dwarves over his hoard. Glaurung was the main villain ...