Whereas in the hobbit the trolls are just a random encounter on the road, in the the hobbit. From a tolkien faq they are different names for the same race of creatures. He is a major antagonist in the desolation of smaug and the secondary antagonist of the battle of the five armies. He is a white skinned orc, known as the pale orc or azog the defiler. Why are the dwarves being followed by orcs in the first.
Thorin, seeing an opportunity in all the chaos, charges azog, but is defeated and knocked to the ground by the orc leader. Azog was an orc of the third age who commanded the tribes of. Tolkiens characters defy the basics of reproduction. He is also shown wearing a prosthetic hand and forearm. In tolkiens works, orcs are a brutish, aggressive, ugly and malevolent race, contrasting with the benevolent elves and serving an evil power, though they. And lurtz was an uruk so hes already stronger than a normal orc. The only full account of the event is tolkiens description of the battle of azanulbizar in appendix a to the lord of the rings. The hobbit the tolkien edit extended edition warg chase auj. An orc r k is a fictional humanoid creature akin to a goblin. When azog had them cornered with wargs and many other orcs, and gandalf was clearly outnumbered. Why do orcs in the hobbit look different than in the lord. An unexpected journey 2012 directed by 1 writing credits 5 produced by 12 cinematography by 1 film editing by 1 production design by 1 art direction by 4 set decoration by 2 costume design by 3 makeup department 86 production management 12 second unit director or assistant director 17 art department 383. Thranduil has always been a fascinating character in tolkiens canon.
The dwarf prince thorin, grandson of the king under the. The main antagonist amongst the orcs, however, is azog the white orc, who killed thorins father. Azog and his orcs took over the mines of moria, having possibly been sent there by sauron, and he became one of the most influential orcs in the northern lands. The book did not make any special deal of the trolls presence or the evil spiders, and of course, the orc pack led by azog wasnt in the book at all. Why do orcs in the hobbit look different than in the. Dec 18, 2012 in the published book, the hobbit, the goblins are led by azogs son bolg of the north. The hobbit tells a fantastic story of adventure, danger, friendship, and courage, and serves as a prequel to the even more immersive and epic book series, the lord of the rings.
Her heart pounded in her ears as the white orc picked the glowing stone up. Sep 18, 2016 the movie explains, not very coherently, that azog the goblin the white orc has been searching for thorin pretty much his whole life ever since thorin cut off one of his arms in battle outside the gates of moria many years earlier. Azog does not appear in the hobbit, having been killed by dain ii ironfoot many years earlier in the story. An unexpected journey covers the first 100 pages of a 270page book. Dec 11, 2012 even though the movie is coming to theaters on friday, its still a little hard to believe that j. Hes the son of azog the defiler, the pale white orc introduced in an unexpected journey, and hes actually in the book the hobbit, where he plays a role in the battle of the five armies at the. Azog, a giant white orc known as, the defiler, beheads thror, but instead of being killed by thorin, thorin cuts off his left forearm and azog is dragged back into moria by his orcs. If there are any mothers or daughters, aunts or nieces, they make no appearances. Lurtz is a urukhai so hes generally stronger than most orcs and goblins but the pale orc may be an exception. Tolkeins 1937 classic fantasy novel the hobbit and one of the two main antagonists along with smaug of sir peter jacksons adapted liveaction film trilogy, being the main antagonist of both an unexpected journey and the battle of the five armies, and a supporting antagonist in the desolation of smaug. Azog, the white orc by wouter schaap the hobbit, fantasy. Peter jackson is literally bringing characters to life that had explicitly and unambiguously died before the novel even started. In the published book, the hobbit, the goblins are led by azogs son bolg of the north.
Azog now hunts thorin and company, having taken an oath to break the line of durin. Hell, for all we know, bilbos literary agent kept convincing him to punch up the action so it could compete with hobbit john grisham. He is about to kill the hobbit when the moth returns to gandalf. The five most irritating ways peter jacksons the hobbit. Even though the movie is coming to theaters on friday, its still a little hard to believe that j. Tolkien had several subspecies of orcs in the lord of the rings, you get to see three separate races of them in the two towers the book when merry and pippin are prisoners, which was the reason behind a lot of the fighting and lack of discipline.
Later in the film, an orc captain, yazneg, reports his failure to kill the dwarves back to azog, and is thrown to the wargs by him with an orc pack camping on weathertop. Azog was an orcchieftain of moria, who started the war of the dwarves and orcs when he. An unexpected journey is a 2012 epic high fantasy adventure film directed by peter jackson. Its the hobbit with the surrounding background notes and lore, and, it seems, some creative license from peter jackson the white orc doesnt make an appearance in the book, and this is a larger break from the original than having arwen feature instead of glorfindel in fellowship of the ring. An unexpected journey, we see the battle of anazulbizar in a flashback narrated by balin. Azog is played by manu bennett via motioncapture and cg though he was originally intended to be played by conan stevens in a practical costume and makeup. The lotr book had weaknesses that jacksons screenplay fixed, but the hobbit was already a good film size book that didnt need changes. For the most part, goblins are smaller orcs orcs are larger goblins. In the hobbit was the white orc character in the book as well. I hold my side in pain and was about to give up when fili ran over to me and picked me up. Sensibilities and instincts chapter 1, a hobbit fanfic. He is uninterested in yaznegs excuses, and kills him for his failure.
The lord of the rings appendices do describe the white council meeting several times, and although tolkien did not specify that they met to deliberate during the events of the hobbit, they did gather during that time to launch an assault on dol guldur. When it appears that thorin is about to be killed, bilbo jumps to his aid and rescue him. He is the son of thrain ii, grandson of thror, and becomes king of durins folk during their exile from erebor. The hobbit calls him an elffriend rather than an elf, one who had both elves and heroes of the north for ancestors. Why didnt gandalf simply destroy azog during their. An unexpected journey guide book to be the warg matriarch of the gunbabad wargs. Fili very gently pushed me into a tree where lo and behold kili. Part of thorins richard arbitage backstory is a fight with a really nasty orc who killed his grandfather. Azog is pronounced interior the e book, and is on no account merely made up for the action picture, like lurtz became for the fellowship of the hoop. As the wargs tear yazneg apart, azog angrily demands the rest of the orcs send word out he is placing a bounty on the dwarf kings head. Like, maybe there was no giant white orc at all, but bilbo knew the pacing of the real story was off a little and decided to spice things up. In the book the hobbit azog is little more than just a name.
Azog, a giant white orc known as, the defiler, beheads thror, but instead of being killed by thorin, thorin cuts off his left forearm and azog is dragged back into. Maybe the white skin of azog in the movie is some nod to disfigured orc gothmog from return of the king, symbolically representing stronger breed of orcs who becomes leaders, just a random thought. Azog gives the command to kill the hobbit, but the rest of the dwarves suddenly charge in before the orcs can attack. The battle of the five armies picks up where the desolation of smaug left off. White men are good, dark men are bad, orcs are worst of all. An unexpected journey, the orc leader was azog the defiler, a particularly large, treacherous white orc brought to the screen with computer graphics. Was azog, the white orc leader, in the hobbit book. There and back again that bolg will appear in one or both of the next two movies in peters hobbit trilogy. Attributing these things to some dark lord regaining power ties everything into a neat little package that gives the story a little more narrative cohesion.
I bolt straight up and look to thorin who looked at me. R tolkien that takes place in the fictional world of middle earth, which is the setting of most of the authors works. In an unexpected journey, he was portrayed by conan stevens, who also played gregor clegane as a nonspeaking cameo. I chose these two because i felt like azog was a higher ranked orc and way more competent than a lot of the orcs you see. The battle of the five armies 2014 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Mar 02, 20 gothmog w orc battle scenes lotr duration. An unexpected journey gandalf uses the presence of the trolls and the orcs west of the mountains to argue that some great evil has arisen of course, radagasts visit to dol guldur helps reinforce that argument. He leads a band of hunter orcs and rides a huge white warg. This has been a matter of widespread debate and misunderstanding, mostly resulting from the usage in the the hobbit tolkien had changed his mind about it by the lord of the rings but the confusion in the earlier book was made worse by inconsistent backwards modifications. While it is strictly canon that an orc named azog fought the. Azog is large, covered in scars, and most noticeably, is pale as snow. In the books tolkien seems to imply that azog was an uruk. It is followed by the desolation of smaug 20 and the battle of the five armies 2014, and together they act as a prequel to jacksons the lord of the rings film trilogy. Tolkien wrote the hobbit in a large part as a metaphor for britains loss of innocence after wwi where he served as a young man del toro when he was working on the film and peter jackson both knew this was one of the huge themes of the book and are honoring it as such. Dec 17, 2012 the pale orc, azog, is not as dead as we thought. While it is strictly canon that an orc named azog fought the dwarves at khazaddum and that he killed thorins grandpa, this pale mothercker does not feature in the hobbit.
Yeah, sometimes you have to change stuff from book to film. In the movie, the battle of azanulbizar appears in a flashback. It is absolutely correct to say that thror was killed by by an orc named azog. Another orc stepped into her view and growled out something.
Azog stabs lurtz with his sword and lurtz pulls the sword into his stomach for. I tried getting up but failed miserably when i remembered i had new stitches on the side of my stomach. Bolg is an orc warrior and the son of azog the defiler. An unexpected journey does not earn its 168minute running time. After a short fight, azog personally directs his attention toward bilbo. In the hobbit, bolg was the son of azog of moria, succeeding him after his death in the battle of azanulbizar the last battle of the war of the dwarves and orcs in ta 2799 by dain ii ironfoot. In the book of lost tales and other earlier writings both terms appear, and are often used synonymously. The wargs ran at the company and started trying to bite them. Bolg was an orc leader of the misty mountains during the late third age, after his father azog was killed at moria. Among these wargs is a larger one with a white pelt that azog rides, revealed in the hobbit. In the two towers, the urukhai are described briefly as goblins.
The hobbit is, at its core, a very small and simple story. Azog, also known as azog the defiler, is a background antagonist in j. He smacked the elf body over onto its back with his multiridged mace. Dec 19, 2014 the tolkien nerds guide to the hobbit. See more ideas about azog the defiler, the hobbit and creatures. See more ideas about lord of the rings, the hobbit and lotr. The giant orc, easily over 7 feet tall, was crouched down, bending down upon himself until he was eye level of a hobbit. Goblins do appear in the book but there is no band of wolfriding orcs constantly chasing bilbo and the dwarfs. The five most irritating ways peter jacksons the hobbit deviated.
See the awesome practical orc who was painted over in. Was azog as strong and powerful in the hobbit book as he is in the movies. Orcs were brought into modern usage by the fantasy writings of j. When the dwarf lord, thror, visited moria in the hopes of possibly rebuilding it, he was captured and brought to azog. Think of the movies as loosely based on the hobbit. Hence, azogs honorific of the white orc may simply be an acknowledgement of the arbitrary distinctions the filmmakers use to help the audience avoid confusion. He was anecdotally slain by thorins cousin dain ironfoot. It does appear, from credits listed at imdb for the hobbit. Smaugs fiery attack on laketown, the white councils raid of dol guldur, the ferocious battle of the five armies itselfall of the conflicts waged in the hobbit motion picture trilogy are examined in exquisite detail from the first skirmish to the ultimate conflagration in the trilogys dramatic conclusion. The deliberations and activities of the white council are not chronicled in the hobbit. Sep 19, 2017 the hobbit the tolkien edit extended edition warg chase auj mixed with dos beorn chase. Peter jacksons pale orc january 11, 20 filed under. Lurtz lotr vs the pale orc azog the defiler the hobbit.
Thorin is the leader of the company of dwarves who aim to reclaim the lonely mountain from smaug the dragon. May 01, 20 the orc pack hunting thorins company has already been discussed, but this time, we learn that they are headed by none other than azog himself. Azogs son, bolg, does appear in the hobbit to get revenge, but appears only at the battle of five armies at the. In the hobbit, most mentions are of goblins, while in the lord of the rings, most mentions are of orcs. The hobbit book 1 chapter 17 elvebriwein, student of gandalf. The battle of the five armies the final chapter in peter jacksons trilogy strays furthest from the book, but there are still a few buried easter. Why is the hobbit movie so different from the book. For all the giants and wolves and trolls and goblins and dragons, this is a really story about a comfy little hobbit who doesnt really want an adventure. It is the first installment in a threepart film adaptation based on j. Thorin believes azog to have died from his wounds, but, unlike in the book. In tolkien books, orc and goblins are interchangeable due to the authors decision that goblins and their lore are romance based in literature and the creatures in books are not so. Drout disagree with such clearcut generalizations of tolkiens white and dark men into good and bad. Are the hobbit movies just an adaptation of bilbos book.
In it, duncan imagines the real senator theodore g bilbo the early 20thcentury, white supremacist senator of mississippi opposing the immigration of orcs in tolkiens shire in a post. An unexpected journey 2012 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Throughout the events of the hobbit trilogy, a pack of wargs are in the service of azog, who had survived the skirmish at moria. In the book the orc leader is bolg, son of azog and the orc commander in the battle of five armies. Tolkiens the hobbit quiz with the release of the second film in the hobbit trilogy, test your knowledge of the source material jrr tolkiens book and find out if youre set for treasure or. Mar 19, 20 azog is pronounced interior the e book, and is on no account merely made up for the action picture, like lurtz became for the fellowship of the hoop.
Also it was a reasonable cinematic plot device to keep thorin in the dark about the fact that azog was still alive. Yes, as the nameless elvenking in the hobbit book, he came off as a suspicious, ignorant, xenophobic greedy jerk who mistreated thorin and co for no reason, he was ever eager for more treasure despite being rich and tried to claim erebors wealth as his own. Thorin vs azog first battle the hobbit battle of moria. In timeline of the book, azog is dead i think but in the film i think they added azog to add in. In a moment of great bravery, bilbo saves thorin from certain death. In tolkiens works, orcs are a brutish, aggressive, ugly and malevolent race, contrasting with the benevolent elves and serving an evil power, though they share a human sense of morality. He was also keeping his distance, hand extending out to offer the water, close enough to reach, but far enough away to give an illusion of distance and safety for the hobbit.