The opening sequence, depicting Bilbo Baggins' (Ian Holm) 111th birthday, takes place in T.A.
3001, but it’s only in T.A.
3018 thatFrodo Baggins (Elijah Wood) leaves the Shire with the One Ring.
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According to these dates,The War of the Rohirrimshould be set either in T.A.
2818 or in T.A.
2835, using simple mathematics.
The thing is,they don’t align with Tolkien’s own established timeline.
According to his writings in the appendixes of theLord of the Rings books, Helm Hammerhand dies in T.A.
2759, meaningThe Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ringshould take place in T.A.
The untold story behind Helm’s Deep, hundreds of years before the fateful war, telling the life and bloodsoaked times of its founder, Helm Hammerhand, the King of Rohan.
This ride to Rohan is gorgeous, but narratively hollow.
2758 and ending in T.A.
Yes, it’s a lot still following along?
Considering this, they happen either in T.A.
3018,meaningThe War of the Rohirrimreally takes place either in T.A.
2818 or in T.A.
All of this, of course, only in Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth.
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