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I believe that every part of The Hobbit will begin with a prologue narration by old Bilbo.

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Jan 22 2013, 2:28pm

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I believe that every part of The Hobbit will begin with a prologue narration by old Bilbo. [In reply to]	Can't Post

I believe that it is important to integrate the Necromancer in the story of the dwarves properly, in order to avoid a disjointed feel between Gandalf's own adventure and what Bilbo and the Company are doing, there needs to be a sense of connection between the two storylines. Because of this, we need every contact point that Sauron could possibly have with dwarves. With this in mind, I would like to believe that the prologue could be about the Dwarven Rings, how Sauron gave them to the dwarves but failed to control them, and was always at war against them since, trying to get them back, how he sent dragons to conquer their hoards and the Rings were lost until only Thrain's remained, and how he is now lost, as well.

I don't expect to see forging of the Rings, ofcourse, we already got a glimpse of that in the LotR. But Durin III receiving one of them? It's very possible, I think. It's about the only canonical time that Sauron interacted directly with dwarves, besides what happened to Thrain, making it a very important connection between the two sides of the story.

I'm really uncertain of how PJ is going to handle Thrain's storyline in the altered timeline of the films, but I don't think that he'd reduce all of what happened to Thrain to a mere prologue. I think that we need to see Thorin's reactions in person if/when he finds out what happened to his father and in what circumstances Gandalf got the map and the key. It is possible that in this version Gandalf may have resqued Thrain from danger after/during the Battle of Ananulbizar and he gave him those things for safekeeping before heading off and getting eventually captured (by the Nazg�l, Azog, or the Necromancer himself?). But this is all just completely blind speculation.

(This post was edited by Lightice on Jan 22 2013, 2:31pm)

Subject	User	Time
So...how do you begin the next film	Rostron2	Jan 21 2013, 8:50pm
Gandalf & Thrain	Ardam�r�	Jan 21 2013, 8:53pm
Dol Guldur	Greypilgrim	Jan 21 2013, 9:08pm
Mind-boggling	Ardam�r�	Jan 21 2013, 10:02pm
This should be the one	peace1993	Jan 21 2013, 9:09pm
I saw the article, too.	Ardam�r�	Jan 21 2013, 10:07pm
Bad Orcs	Aragalen the Green	Jan 21 2013, 9:10pm
Beorn prologue	The Mitch King	Jan 21 2013, 9:18pm
Not likely	nhui06	Jan 22 2013, 4:41pm
Like others...	bborchar	Jan 21 2013, 10:29pm
Very good proposal	nhui06	Jan 22 2013, 4:50pm
Gandalf, Beorn, Thrain, Bolg and Dol Guldur	Lieutenant of Dol Guldur	Jan 21 2013, 11:28pm
I could see that happening...	Rostron2	Jan 22 2013, 12:17am
Necromancer waking the nine	berenTheMan	Jan 22 2013, 12:41am
I think...	Ardam�r�	Jan 22 2013, 1:32am
[SPOILERS]	berenTheMan	Jan 22 2013, 1:59am
And none of that is black magic	Ardam�r�	Jan 22 2013, 2:08am
Forging of the Rings with Sauron in his fair form.	xxxyyy	Jan 22 2013, 1:40am
The Hobbit...	Ardam�r�	Jan 22 2013, 1:50am
The One, The Nazguls, Sauron at Dol-Guldur, a dwarven Ring, Galadriel and her Ring...	xxxyyy	Jan 22 2013, 5:24pm
None of that is The Hobbit	Ardam�r�	Jan 22 2013, 6:24pm
Welll... we are getting more than the Hobbit, that's just a fact.	xxxyyy	Jan 23 2013, 1:53am
So far	Ardam�r�	Jan 23 2013, 4:40am
With the Dwarves singing "The Wind Was On The Withered Heath" over a black screen...	Earl	Jan 22 2013, 6:11am
Thorin wakes up from a dream about Smaug attacking Erebor	irodino	Jan 22 2013, 6:36am
Or Gandalf dreams	grammaboodawg	Jan 22 2013, 5:48pm
Well, are you forgetting that in the book...	Lissuin	Jan 22 2013, 10:19am
Bwahahaha! Yes!!!	Roheryn	Jan 22 2013, 10:58am
want to see more of RA?	MistyMountain	Jan 22 2013, 6:16pm
Beorn killing Azog	stoutfiles	Jan 22 2013, 1:48pm
I believe that every part of The Hobbit will begin with a prologue narration by old Bilbo.	Lightice	Jan 22 2013, 2:28pm
I'm not sure they would want to add in Durin's ring...	bborchar	Jan 22 2013, 3:58pm
Gandalf meeting Young Bilbo.	One Ringer	Jan 22 2013, 5:40pm
I'm not sure the openings are "upbeat"	bborchar	Jan 22 2013, 6:12pm
I wasn't referring to LotR,	One Ringer	Jan 22 2013, 7:29pm
Now having read these	Rostron2	Jan 22 2013, 6:33pm
Please no	The Mitch King	Jan 23 2013, 8:08pm
Well,	Aragalen the Green	Jan 23 2013, 8:23pm
Who brings who	The Mitch King	Jan 24 2013, 4:11am
Haha!	Aragalen the Green	Jan 24 2013, 4:09pm
Low energy flashback	Aragalen the Green	Jan 24 2013, 4:13pm

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