Phoenix New Times

“Politics in Tolkien: What We Can Learn from Hobbits”

Hobbits, orcs, and elves aren’t the first things that come to mind when you think of politics, unless you’re medieval literature scholar and one of the leading scholars on Tolkien Tom Shippey. While ...
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'Rings of Power' welcomes Tom Bombadil, more fan-favorite Tolkien characters to the series: How their quests serve a bigger purpose

Episode 4 of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, “Eldest,” sees many of our main characters searching for what has been lost — and making very unexpected discoveries along the way. The episode ...
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Almost 100 years after Tolkien introduced him, Tom Bombadil actor Rory Kinnear shares why the character’s time has finally come in The Rings of Power season 2

Tom Bombadil’s introduction to the screen has been a long time coming for fans of The Lord of the Rings. First introduced by J.R.R. Tolkien in the 1930s, the character didn’t make the cut in Peter ...
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RINGS OF POWER Star Rory Kinnear On Tom Bombadil: "They Are Using Him In A Different Way To How Tolkien Did"

"Eldest, that's what I am... Tom remembers the first raindrop and the first acorn... He knew the dark under the stars when it was fearless - before the Dark Lord came from Outside." We recently got ...
Vulture

Not My Tom Bombadil

Spoilers follow for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season two, through the finale episode that premiered on Thursday, October 3. The most faithful thing TROP does for the character is ...
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'Rings of Power' welcomes Tom Bombadil, more fan-favorite Tolkien characters to the series: How their quests serve a bigger purpose

This article contains spoilers for Season 2 of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Episode 4 of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, “Eldest,” sees many of our main characters searching ...