A year ago today we lost a great man in Christopher Tolkien. He was just as important to the world of Middle-earth as his father, bringing to us fundamental works such as The Silmarillion. He is dearly missed, but he will live on in the undying lands as Dior, son of Beren and Luthien3yr ⋅ ETtheAWESOME1982 ⋅ r/lotr
New Zealand actor Bruce Allpress who played the Aldor, the Rohirrim archer who got first blood at the Hornburg, has sadly passed away at 89.4yr ⋅ ETtheAWESOME1982 ⋅ r/lotr
With the burning of the Rainforest getting so little media coverage I figured this would be a fitting quote to share5yr ⋅ ETtheAWESOME1982 ⋅ r/lotr
Happy birthday to The Lady Arwen Undomiel as Liv Tyler turns 43 today!4yr ⋅ ETtheAWESOME1982 ⋅ r/lotr
Sad news today as dialogue coach Andrew Jack has passed at 76 from complications after testing positive for coronavirus. Jack dedicated 18 months to help in the production of Jackson’s trilogy.4yr ⋅ ETtheAWESOME1982 ⋅ r/lotr
Long Live the King! Born on March 1st, 2931 of the Third Age Aragorn II son of Arathorn, the 34th king of Gondor!4yr ⋅ ETtheAWESOME1982 ⋅ r/lotr
What an amazing man! Thank you so much Andy that was marvellous, coming in at just under 11 hours a day well spent!4yr ⋅ ETtheAWESOME1982 ⋅ r/lotr
Peter Jackson’s LoTR trilogy started filming 20 years ago today, October 11 19994yr ⋅ ETtheAWESOME1982 ⋅ r/lotr
Today if the 81st Birthday of Ralph Bakshi, the director of the first movie version of The Lord of the Rings, released in 1978!4yr ⋅ ETtheAWESOME1982 ⋅ r/lotr
What is your favourite moment from The Lord of the Rings books? For me it’s when Gandalf is face to face with the Witch King, and is the last line of defence against all the hordes of darkness, only for the Rohirrim to come and sway the tide of the battle!4yr ⋅ ETtheAWESOME1982 ⋅ r/lotr
Another maestro of Middle-earth celebrates his Birthday today, happy 64th Mr. John Howe!2yr ⋅ ETtheAWESOME1982 ⋅ r/lotr
Seeing that Lord of the Rings art is making its rounds again in this sub, I figured I’d share one of my favourite pieces of Tolkien art ~ “Balrog and Gandalf” by Daniel Govar4yr ⋅ ETtheAWESOME1982 ⋅ r/lotr
Happy Birthday to The Silmarillion which was released on this day 43 years ago!3yr ⋅ ETtheAWESOME1982 ⋅ r/lotr
Happy Durin’s day everybody. Today is the first day of the last moon of Autumn on the threshold of Winter! (P.S ~ does anybody know the illustrator of this picture)4yr ⋅ ETtheAWESOME1982 ⋅ r/lotr
Happy 74th Birthday legendary Canadian Oscar winning composer Howard Shore!3yr ⋅ ETtheAWESOME1982 ⋅ r/lotr
Today is the 95th Birthday of Christopher Tolkien. Without the painstaking work of Tolkien’s son, we would not have any of his posthumously released works, such as The Silmarillion, The Children of Hurin, and The Fall of Gondolin. We should all thank him for his commitment to his fathers legacy!4yr ⋅ ETtheAWESOME1982 ⋅ r/lotr
Then Aule took up a great hammer to smite the Dwarves; and he wept.2yr ⋅ ETtheAWESOME1982 ⋅ r/Silmarillionmemes
Our prayers have been answered! An official audiobook of The Hobbit narrated by Andy Serkis is being released in September! I just hope there’s a physical copy!4yr ⋅ ETtheAWESOME1982 ⋅ r/lotr
Don’t think this has been posted here yet. In October HarperCollins and The Tolkien Estate are releasing a illustrated version of Unfinished Tales to celebrate 40 years since its original release! It’ll be illustrated by the big three Alan Lee, John Howe and Ted Nasmith!4yr ⋅ ETtheAWESOME1982 ⋅ r/lotr
John Howe has jokingly christened today as Tom Bombadil Day in the caption of his Facebook post for this illustration of Tom he shared. I for one could get behind an annual Tommy Bombadil Day!3yr ⋅ ETtheAWESOME1982 ⋅ r/lotr
I put the opening paragraph of The Hobbit through 20+ different languages and then back to English on Google Translate and this was the outcome3yr ⋅ ETtheAWESOME1982 ⋅ r/lotr
Happy 48th Birthday to Martin Freeman, the best thing to come out of the Hobbit Trilogy!5yr ⋅ ETtheAWESOME1982 ⋅ r/lotr
Does anybody know where I can find either of these Deckard shirts for cheap?4yr ⋅ ETtheAWESOME1982 ⋅ r/bladerunner
As today is November 11th we should all take a moment to remember, and thank, all the brave men and Women, including Tolkien, who fought for us in the past, and those who continue to do so.4yr ⋅ ETtheAWESOME1982 ⋅ r/lotr
It was on February 26th, 3019 of The Third Age that Boromir, The Captain of the White Tower made his final stand. (Art by Matt Stewart)4yr ⋅ ETtheAWESOME1982 ⋅ r/lotr
The 40th anniversary collectors edition of unfinished tales has been unveiled, this is absolutely gorgeous!4yr ⋅ ETtheAWESOME1982 ⋅ r/tolkienbooks
Happy Birthday to Bilbo again today, as today is the 88th Birthday of Sir Ian Holm!5yr ⋅ ETtheAWESOME1982 ⋅ r/lotr
The covers for the new paperbacks, posted by the J.R.R Tolkien Facebook page4yr ⋅ ETtheAWESOME1982 ⋅ r/tolkienbooks
The covers for the new paperbacks, posted by the J.R.R Tolkien Facebook page4yr ⋅ ETtheAWESOME1982 ⋅ r/lotr
Which of the Great Tales is your favourite? For me it’s definitely Children of Hurin4yr ⋅ ETtheAWESOME1982 ⋅ r/lotr
The recently announced Deluxe Edition of the Father Christmas Letters is so beautiful, I’m in love with it!4yr ⋅ ETtheAWESOME1982 ⋅ r/tolkienbooks
Does anyone know if the questions in this trivia board game are about the movies, books or a combination of both?4yr ⋅ ETtheAWESOME1982 ⋅ r/lotr
