Episode 242: Riddles in the Dark Year 3, Phase 1, Episode b

Published: Jan. 31, 2014, 9:45 p.m.

b'

The second installment of Phase 1 of Year 3 of Riddles in the Dark team sees us revisiting The Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug one last time. Three key themes are considered in the context of how they will follow through into The Hobbit: There and Back Again: 1) Dark versus Light; 2) Tauriel and Legolas and how they represent the Elvish portion of the story; and 3) Return of the King, Erebor style.

Support The Tolkien Professor

'