Lord Of The Rings’ Forgotten Fifth Hobbit (And Why The Films Cut Him), Explained
Adapting any portion of J.R.R. Tolkien’s world is an intimidating task. The fantasy realm is brimming with characters, events, and places, and inevitably, key elements are left on the cutting room floor. The Scouring of the Shire at the end of “The Return of the King” is famously missing from Peter Jackson’s trilogy, for example, but “The Rings of Power” Season 2 finally brought Tom Bombadil to life after everyone else left him out (even if Jackson did hint at Bombadil’s existence in “The Two Towers.”)