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Podcast: Exploring Tolkien
Episode: Removing Radagast and Hobbit Thieves : Film Changes #27 and #28
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These are our last 2 changes for awhile — listen to hear what we’ll be reading next!
Radagast is completely excised from the film… which might just have been a good decision
Merry and Pippin become common veggie thieves that just happen to run into Frodo and Sam in a cornfield. Lucky coincidence.
In our extended episode (available for our members — https://theonering.com/members) we talk more about these changes, and also:
Questions from our members about Farmer Maggot and Mushrooms.
Farmer Maggot — the John Wick of Middle-earth
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