![]() On the other hand, we would not have the description "Han in Carbonite" as convenient shorthand for a cliffhanger ending in the second book of a trilogy. If the first movie had bombed, there would be no "Luke, I am your father" spoiler, those of us with the hots for Han Solo could tell ourselves Luke won the princess's hand, and there would be no Jar Jar Binks. TOLKIEN (18921973) is the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic and extraordinary works of fiction as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. It didn't become a trilogy (and then an intended ennealogy, which Wikipedia assures me is the correct term for a series with nine entries) until the original movie broke box office records. He is best known, however, for his work on the books The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, and now the film versions. "Star Wars," to use another cinematic example, was originally a standalone movie, the perfect hero's journey complete with fairytale ending. ![]() On the opposite end of the spectrum, Peter Jackson took The Hobbit (which would have made a fine two and a half, possibly three hour movie) and created a cinematic trilogy padded with action scenes destined to become amusement park theme rides. ![]() ![]() His publisher sensibly refused to do this, instead dividing up LOTR into three books. Tolkien, for instance, intended the Lord of the Rings to be the first big ass volume of a two-volume set (the second being the equally big ass The Silmarillion), as well as the sequel to The Hobbit. I wonder how many authors set out to write trilogies. ![]()
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