The Lost Chapters: What Colbert's New LOTR Movie Will Restore
What did Peter Jackson cut from The Fellowship of the Ring? In this deep dive into Stephen Colbert's upcoming Shadow of the Past, we explore the six chapters Jackson skipped in 2001 — the Conspiracy at Crickhollow, the Old Forest, Tom Bombadil, and the Barrow-downs — and the buried piece of Tolkien architecture they contain.A dagger forged in Arthedain to fight Angmar, buried with the last prince of Cardolan in T.A. 1409, pulled from a wight's hoard by Merry, and used 1,610 years later to break the Witch-king's spell at the Pelennor Fields. That blade is the gear that makes the clock keep…
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