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The creatures of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings possess a bewildering variety of names and terms, which can cause confusion. Orcs and Uruk-hai, for example, are essentially the same species, ...
"Created specifically for Peter Jackson's movie "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", Lurtz was the first of the Uruk-hai, a new breed of Orcs, leader of Saruman's scouts. Seconds after ...
Orcs may not be the strongest creatures in Middle Earth, as even the hobbits were able to take out several of them, but they do have the numbers. In The Lord of the Rings, there is a scene where ...
Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. After Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) and Halbrand (Charlie Vickers) stop Adar (Joseph Mawle) from escaping in ...
In watching Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy, it's easy to pick up on more and more with each watch. Over the years, many have wondered about the creation of the Uruk-hai, and while we ...
Know your Sauron from your Saruman? Ever mix up Gimli and Gollum or an orc and an Uruk-hai? As the sword-and-sorcery sequel "The Lord of the Rings The Two Towers" ventures into theaters the vastness ...
No matter how old you were when you first saw the Lord of the Rings, the orcs were terrifying. Sure, for the most part they could barely stand up to our main heroes, but they still carried a certain ...
As Orcs were seen as slaves to Sauron, their roles didn't quite reach beyond that of the books. There was a slight hierarchy where certain Orc and goblin leaders were mentioned. The Uruk-hai were seen ...