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Nobody who watched The Empire Strikes Back ever really expected that young Darth Vader would one day look like Hayden Christensen, or that young Lord Voldemort would begin his Hogwarts tenure looking ...

Gollum wasn’t always a sick and twisted individual. As seen in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings novels and their cinematic adaptations, Gollum was once a Stoorish Hobbit named Sméagol. However, ...

An entire video game starring Gollum, the miserable wretch of a creature that serves as a minor antagonist in The Lord of the Rings, sounds like an unpleasant experience when you first hear about it.

Sméagol's name has some interesting origins. In Tolkien's invented language Westron, his name is Trahald, which literally means "burrowing". His name is also related to the great dragon Smaug, where ...

Peter Jackson is rejecting a Turkish court’s attempt to determine whether or not Gollum from the “Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” franchises is good or bad, as the pictures in question (below) ...

Do you know your Gollum from your Smeagol? It’s a distinction that could save one Turkish man from jail. Dr. Bilgin Ciftci could face prison after sharing images on his Facebook page, comparing ...

The Shire set is a terrific build for any fan of The Lord of the Rings. It depicts the placid rolling hills of Hobbiton, specifically, the hill Bilbo’s house is situated under. You build three rooms ...