• VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I’m pretty sure the idea behind backing the dwarves to kill Smaug was to deny Sauron a potential asset when the war started.

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      1 month ago

      That may have been written in after the fact, but the War of the Ring had not yet been conceptualized when Tolkien was writing The Hobbit. It was a standalone story for his kids