When the movie was promoted with a panel at San Diego Comic Con, several fans camped outside the hall the day before the panel, in order to get seats. In the middle of the night, the fans were woken up by cast members Lee Pace and Andy Serkis, who greeted the waiting fans and delivered autographs and photos for hours. In the end, Pace passed out from exhaustion, and shared a mattress with a fan.

This is the last movie featuring legendary screen actor Sir Christopher Lee (Saruman the White) to be completed and released before his passing on June 7, 2015 at age ninety-three. Lee was one of a handful of cast members to star in both The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies.

The elk on which Lee Pace (Thranduil) rides is played by a horse named Moose.

In the movie, Gandalf calls Legolas "Greenleaf". The name Legolas already means "green leaf" in the Sindarin language. (Though he is sometimes referred to as Legolas Greenleaf in the books.)

Several cast members kept props from this movie when shooting wrapped. Martin Freeman kept his sword and prosthetic ears, while Richard Armitage kept the original Orcrist-sword, and Lee Pace kept his elven-sword, which he keeps in his umbrella stand.

In the book, everything is seen from Bilbo's perspective. The first part of the Battle of the Five Armies is witnessed by him in one chapter; the second part happens off-screen because Bilbo is rendered unconscious, but is retrospectively described to him in the next chapter. In this movie, the entire battle takes up nearly half of the running time due to several perspectives being followed.

During the confrontation between Galadriel, Saruman, Elrond, Radagast, and Gandalf in Dol Guldur, Galadriel fights Sauron using Earendil's Light. In The Lord of the Rings trilogy, she gives it to Frodo in Lothlorien.

Lee Pace's parents visited him on-set, and subsequently Peter Jackson offered them to be extras in the movie. They were given roles as Lake Town villagers, and filmed a scene with Ian McKellen. However, according to Pace, they were cut out of the movie, because his father was "hamming it up" during his scene.

This is the only movie in The Hobbit trilogy, as well as The Lord of the Rings trilogy, where Legolas blinks normally. In all the other movies, he only blinks when he is surprised or injured.

Sir Ian Holm and Sir Christopher Lee filmed their scenes at London's Pinewood Studios, because health concerns left them uncomfortable with flying to New Zealand.

In the theatrical version, Bombur does not get to say a single word, but he does get to blow a horn. [He does, however, have one line in the Extended Edition (hands Bifur the axe that had been dislodged from his head) "Here you go cousin."]

Billy Boyd, who played Pippin in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, co-wrote and performed the song "The Last Goodbye" for the end credits of this movie.

Despite appearing in all three movies of the trilogy, Cate Blanchett was on-set for only eight days of the entire production.

Despite playing his father in the trilogy, Lee Pace (Thranduil) is two years younger than Orlando Bloom (Legolas).

This movie has the shortest running time of any Middle-earth movie directed by Peter Jackson, running at two hours and twenty-four minutes (two hours and forty-four minutes in the Extended Edition).

James Nesbitt, who plays the Dwarf Bofur in all three movies, has two daughters who played Bard's daughters in the second and third movies.

Sir Ian McKellen and Cate Blanchett are the only actor and actress to appear in all six of the Middle-earth movies.

Legolas is not in the book, however, the book stated that all of the Woodland Elves were present during a battle, and him being an immortal Elf, he is almost certainly likely to have been near his father when the events took place.

In the scene at Erebor, when all of the Dwarves are fully clad in armor, Gloin (Gimli's father) wears the same helmet worn by Gimli in The Lord of the Rings trilogy.

Thranduil refers to Gandalf as Mithrandir, a Sindarin word that means "grey wanderer". Gandalf in Old Norse means "wand elf".

Of the talking animals in the book (wolves, eagles, spiders, thrush, raven), only Smaug and the Spiders are given a voice in the movie.

Peter Jackson is the "carrot man" in the town of Bree in Der Herr der Ringe: Die Gefährten (2001), and in Der Hobbit: Smaugs Einöde (2013). His two pugs are the dogs in the Lake Town scene.

Smaug the Dragon made a guest appearance, and was interviewed by Stephen Colbert on The Colbert Report (2005) on December 11, 2014, to promote this movie. Benedict Cumberbatch, who voiced the dragon in the trilogy, also provided the voice of Smaug for the interview.

Only movie in the franchise to acknowledge Legolas' quiver running out of arrows. Legolas' empty quiver can be seen at the Battle for Helm's Deep, in Der Herr der Ringe: Die zwei Türme (2002).

Despite playing the title character, and being the only actor to appear on all three posters for each installment, Martin Freeman only gets second billing in all three movies.

Bilbo finds a handkerchief back at his Bag End home. In Der Hobbit: Eine unerwartete Reise (2012), he had forgotten his handkerchief as he hurried out of his home to catch up with the Dwarves, at the beginning of the adventure.

Near the end of the movie, when Bilbo gets home to see his things being auctioned off, he takes away spoons from Lobelia Sackville-Baggins. This is a reference to the first hobbit movie, Der Hobbit: Eine unerwartete Reise (2012), when Frodo asks Bilbo why he is hiding some of his things. Bilbo tells him it is because once, he'd caught Lobelia trying to take his spoons. In the book, the spoons were never recovered.

The song in the first trailer is called "The Edge of Night", originally sung by Peregrin Took in Der Herr der Ringe: Die Rückkehr des Königs (2003).

When Thranduil tells Legolas of Strider, the first few notes of Der Herr der Ringe: Die Gefährten (2001) theme is heard.

Balin the elder Dwarf, who is in all three of The Hobbit movies, is mentioned in Der Herr der Ringe: Die Gefährten (2001). The Fellowship discovers his tomb in the Mines Of Moria, and Gandalf reads from it: ("Here lies Balin, Son of Fundin, Lord of Moria")

The story of Thranduil's heirloom, the white gem necklace of Lasgalen showed by Thorin, being stolen by the Dwarves, is not in the book. Thranduil does get the recovered emerald necklace of Girion from Bilbo, after the battle, as thanks for his aid.

In the beginning of Der Herr der Ringe: Die Gefährten (2001), Gandalf tells Frodo that he was barely involved. While it is true that Gandalf is hardly involved with the main plot of the trilogy, Sir Ian McKellen still holds top billing in all three movies.

When the Hobbit film franchise was in early development under then-director Guillermo del Toro, it was originally going to adapt the book as a single movie, to be followed by a "bridge movie" set between it and The Lord of the Rings. Then the project was altered to be a two-movie arc, with the first movie subtitled as Der Hobbit: Eine unerwartete Reise (2012) and the second movie subtitled "There and Back Again". When the decision was made in July 2012 to extend the franchise to three movies, this second subtitle was still kept for the final movie, while the second movie became Der Hobbit: Smaugs Einöde (2013). However, in April 2014, Peter Jackson announced that the third movie's subtitle had been changed to "The Battle of the Five Armies". The primary reasons for the change, were that the title battle is the central focus of the movie, but also, as Jackson stated on his Facebook page, "'There and Back Again' felt like the right name for the second of a two film telling of the quest to reclaim Erebor, when Bilbo's arrival there, and departure, were both contained within the second film. But with three movies, it suddenly felt misplaced. After all, Bilbo has already arrived 'there' in the Desolation of Smaug."

Peter Jackson confirmed that principal photography on the movies had finished after two hundred sixty-six days, the same amount of days as The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Jackson has described this accomplishment as having done a once in a lifetime experience twice, in a production video.

For the scenes where Galadriel picks up Gandalf, a dummy of Sir Ian McKellen was used. This dummy was called Michael Gambon (it was even included with that name on call sheets (as seen in the appendices documentary)) because Gambon and McKellen sometimes get mistaken for one another.

The three songs from The Hobbit trilogy ("Song Of The Lonely Mountain", "I See Fire" and "The Last Goodbye") have been performed by men: Neil Finn, Ed Sheeran, and Billy Boyd, respectively. In the opposite way, the three songs from The Lord of the Rings' trilogy ("May It Be", "Gollum's Song" and "Into the West") have been performed by women: Enya, Emiliana Torrini, and Annie Lennox.

In the book, Thorin doesn't get his sword Orcrist back until after he dies, and it's buried with him. In the movie, Legolas gives it back to Thorin by throwing it at an Orc, who is about to strike the Dwarf. Thorin then uses Orcrist to kill Azog.

During the end credits, the picture of Bilbo Baggins is a slightly edited version of a picture taken of Martin Freeman holding a LEGO Minifigure of Bilbo.

Peter Jackson met Evangeline Lilly after he finished filming The Lord of the Rings trilogy, and liked her so much that he promised to include her in J.R.R. Tolkien's other stories, should they be made into film. When they started filming The Hobbit, Lilly received a phone call from Jackson, that he created the character of Tauriel for her.

Though the movie revolves around the thirteen Dwarves, there is less screentime devoted to Thorin's company in the theatrical version, compared to the previous movies. However, Peter Jackson claims the Extended Version added thirty minutes of film, thus making it the longest addition in the franchise.

Peter Jackson claimed that the nonverbal scene of Gandalf sitting next to Bilbo and fumbling with his pipe was Sir Ian McKellen's last day during production. Jackson became overwhelmed with sentiment that he was filming McKellen's swan song as Gandalf, and made the decision to disregard the scripted dialogue for the scene.

At the epilogue of the movie, the aging Bilbo is sitting down looking at the One Ring. When Gandalf knocks his door, he stands up to open it, keeping the ring inside the right pocket of his vest. This establishes a straight connection with the beginning of Der Herr der Ringe: Die Gefährten (2001), when Bilbo, talking with Gandalf in the kitchen, introduces his hand in the same pocket, in order to touch the One Ring.

On Orlando Bloom's last day of filming, after he had completed his scenes, Peter Jackson recorded a video of Bloom "covering" the viral "They're Taking The Hobbits To Isengard" song on his phone.

The movie ends with a close-up of Erebor's map, which is on Bilbo's table. It's the same map, at which Gandalf looks, when he visits the aging Bilbo at the beginning of Der Herr der Ringe: Die Gefährten (2001).

There were multiple scenes that appeared in the teaser trailer and the first official trailer that were not in the movie.

When Tauriel and Legolas arrive in Gundabad, and she questions him about what is beyond the fortress, he answers: "An ancient enemy". This enemy is the Witch-King of Angmar, leader of the Nazgul. Angmar was the kingdom that existed beyond Gundabad. The word means "house of iron".

Bofur's hat never leaves his head throughout the movie.

Like the final installment of The Lord of the Rings trilogy, the end credit sequence is made of drawings and the actor's names are put beside their drawn faces.

Reports of studio interference were confirmed by Peter Jackson, Graham McTavish, and Evangeline Lilly, with McTavish confirming the theatrical cut for this movie isn't what Jackson intended, and that the extended cuts of all three movies are closer to Jackson's original vision. Amongst other things, the studio demanded more emphasis on the love story.

This is the only Middle-earth movie to have any profanity at all, unsurprisingly spoken by Billy Connolly's character, Dain Ironfoot. Dain yells for all the non-Dwarf soldiers outside the gate of Erebor to "SOD OFF!!!", a common British insult.

The only movie in the Middle-earth saga to not earn an Academy Award nomination for its visual effects.

Azog's primary goals throughout the trilogy are to kill Thorin and end the bloodline of Durin. If Daín II Ironfoot and Thorin's sister, Dís, were technically not Durin's bloodline, then Azog would've succeeded.

Stephen Fry (Master of Lake Town) left behind a large supply of alcohol when his scenes wrapped. These were given away as gag prizes when filming wrapped.

In the novel, Bilbo spots the Eagles before he is knocked out. In the movie, he is knocked out, and the first thing he does, upon waking, is spot the Eagles.

Orlando Bloom and Hugo Weaving were in five out of the six Middle-earth movies. Bloom was not in Der Hobbit: Eine unerwartete Reise (2012), and Weaving did not appear in Der Hobbit: Smaugs Einöde (2013).

Peter Jackson had previously stated this will be his last movie he would do with J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth properties, but recently said he would consider returning to it, due to his emotional attachment.

The song in the end credits is "The Last Goodbye", composed and performed by Billy Boyd, who played Pippin in The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Boyd wrote and composed the song for the movie.

Bard asks a woman in Dale if she has seen his children. She replies by saying they are on the market in Stone Street. Stone Street is the name of the studio in Wellington, New Zealand where large portions of the movie were shot.

The Misty Mountain Trolls, the Dol Guldur Trolls, and the Ogres don't appear in the book.

This movie is the shortest movie in Peter Jackson's Middle-earth film franchise. Der Hobbit: Eine unerwartete Reise (2012) is one hundred sixty-nine minutes, Der Hobbit: Smaugs Einöde (2013) is one hundred sixty-one minutes, Der Herr der Ringe: Die Gefährten (2001) is one hundred seventy-eight minutes, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) is one hundred seventy-nine minutes, Der Herr der Ringe: Die Rückkehr des Königs (2003) is two hundred one minutes, and this movie is one hundred forty-four minutes. (This list does not include the Extended Editions.)

At the end of the movie, when Gandalf knocks on Bilbo's door, the dialogue between Bilbo and Gandalf "No thank you! We don't want any more visitors, well-wishers or distant relations!" seem to be the audio recordings taken straight from Der Herr der Ringe: Die Gefährten (2001).

The five armies in the movie, are the Dwarves, the Elves, the men of Lake Town, the Orc army from Dol Guldur led by Azog, and the Orc army from Gundabad led by Bolg. In the book, the Five Armies are the Elves, the Men of Lake Town, the Dwarves, the Eagles, and the Orcs.

This is the first Middle-earth movie in the franchise, in which the Extended Edition received an R rating by the MPAA. It is also the first Extended Edition, with the second least amount of new footage (twenty minutes), the movie with the least amount of new footage is The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) (thirteen minutes).

The mithril chain mail given by Thorin to Bilbo just before the battle of the five armies, is the same that old Bilbo (Ian Holm) gives to Frodo (Elijah Wood) in Der Herr der Ringe: Die Gefährten (2001).

Cast member Sir Christopher Lee and Cinematographer Andrew Lesnie died the year following this movie's release. Lesnie died in April of 2015, Lee in June.

Daniel Radcliffe and Tobey Maguire were considered for the role of Bilbo, before Martin Freeman was cast.

The only movie in Peter Jackson's Middle-earth series to not, even temporarily, hold a spot on the IMDb Top 250.

When Galadriel is in Dol Guldur, she wears Nenya, her ring of power, on the right hand. Nenya, also named the White Ring, the Ring of Adamant, and the Ring of Water, is a word in Sindarin that means "water".

Despite being one of the main antagonists in the second movie, and featured in the cliffhanger, Smaug barely appears in the final trailer, nor does he appear much at all in the final movie, save the first eleven minutes, and a fleeting shot later on.

DIRECTOR CAMEO (Peter Jackson): A painting of Bungo Baggins, which was put back over the fireplace, with Belladonna's painting by their son, Bilbo, after he cancelled the auction for his house.

Sir Christopher Lee reappears as Saruman, and it is his final time in the role. This movie takes place sixty years prior to The Lord of the Rings trilogy. The role of Saruman the White is similar to Sir Christopher Lee's role in the Star Wars prequels. Count Dooku, a former Jedi Knight, who turned to the Dark Side, and became apprentice to the evil Sith Lord Darth Sidious.

At the beginning of the end credits, all of the characters from the three movies are presented with Alan Lee's illustrations, in the same style as the credits of Der Herr der Ringe: Die Rückkehr des Königs (2003). When the main credits begin, there can be seen a chronological review of The Hobbit trilogy with the landscapes, creatures, and several scenes from the three movies.

There are three Sherlock Holmes in this movie: Benedict Cumberbatch played Holmes in Sherlock (2010), Sir Christopher Lee was Holmes in three movies (he also played Mycroft Holmes and Sir Henry Baskerville), and Sir Ian McKellen played the retired detective in Mr. Holmes (2015). Martin Freeman, of course, is Watson in Sherlock (2010), and Stephen Fry was Mycroft in Guy Ritchie's Sherlock Holmes movies.

The codpieces of Azog, Bolg, and the armored Trolls are skulls.

During Bard's speech to the people of Lake Town, after they reach dry land, the fourth wall of cinema is broken by a Siberian Husky, as it looks directly at the camera during a widescreen shot, though it is highly unlikely the Husky's gaze was intentional.

The runestone that Kili gives Tauriel, is the same one he showed to her in Der Hobbit: Smaugs Einöde (2013), a gift from his mother with the word "inikhde", which means "Return to me", in Khuzdul, the Dwarvish language.

As of 2018, Orlando Bloom is the only major Elf actor not to appear in a Marvel movie: -Hugo Weaving (Elrond) had starred as the Red Skull in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). -Liv Tyler (Arwen) played Betty Ross in Der unglaubliche Hulk (2008). -Lee Pace (Thranduil) played Ronan in Guardians of the Galaxy (2014). -Evangeline Lilly (Tauriel) starred in Ant-Man (2015) and Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018). Cate Blanchett (Galadriel) in Thor: Tag der Entscheidung (2017)

During their visit to Gundabad, Legolas tells Tauriel that his mother died in a battle against Gundabad's Orcs a long time ago. J.R.R. Tolkien never mentioned Legolas' mother in the books.

Bilbo uses the One Ring to make himself invisible a total of six times throughout the trilogy: -1st - to escape Gollum in the Goblins' caves. -2nd - to escape the spiders. -3rd - to help Thorin and the rest of the Company to escape from Thranduil's cells. -4th - to hide from Smaug's sight after his awakening. -5th - to avoid being eaten by Smaug, running from Smaug's fire breath. -6th - to travel from Dale to Ravenhill, to tell Thorin about Azog's trap.

According to a fan, someone asked Peter Jackson at the premiere if he was going to see it. He said "I will, but not yet. I'm not sure what the studio has done with it."

Through Peter Jackson's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogies, the release dates were always set in the month of December, perfect timing for award season.

After the battle, a Lake Town citizen blows into a horn in Dale. The fanfare that is heard is a part of the track titled "Sons of Durin" in the movie's soundtrack.

During the battle of the five armies, Legolas clings onto a giant bat to fly across the rocky terrain. In Peter Jackson's King Kong (2005), a similar giant bat was also hitched for a ride.

This movie marks the third time Sting, Bilbo's silver sword, is featured in the theatrical poster alongside the title character, following Der Hobbit: Eine unerwartete Reise (2012) and Der Hobbit: Smaugs Einöde (2013), thus making its appearance more than key characters of the trilogy, Gandalf The Grey and Thorin Oakenshield, who were only seen in the poster of the second installment. It is also seen used by Frodo on the poster for Der Herr der Ringe: Die Rückkehr des Königs (2003), meaning it has appeared on four posters in the whole franchise.

Only entry in the franchise, to feature two female characters among the promotional materials for the movie. However, Éowyn and Arwen appear together on the main posters and DVD cover for Der Herr der Ringe: Die zwei Türme (2002).

Orlando Bloom and Luke Evans appeared in Die drei Musketiere (2011) and Der Hobbit: Smaugs Einöde (2013).

Throughout the duration of filming three movies, Martin Freeman frequently joked around by giving one or two middle fingers towards cameras when behind the scenes footage was being shot.

Lowest received Middle-earth movie on Rotten Tomatoes, at a sixty percent, as of January 2015.

In addition to the aforementioned Elf actors and actresses, several other cast members of Tolkien movies have been involved in Marvel films as well. Sir Ian McKellen appeared in X-Men (2000), while Dominic Monaghan appeared in X-Men Origins: Wolverine (2009), along with Danny Huston, whose father, John Huston, has played Gandalf. Sir Christopher Lee appeared in the original Captain America television series. Benedict Cumberbatch appeared in Doctor Strange (2016). John Rhys-Davies was the first actor to play Wilson Fisk, a.k.a. The Kingpin, in The Trial of the Incredible Hulk (1989). Marton Csokas appeared in The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Rise of Electro (2014), and Richard Armitage appeared as Heinz Kruger in Captain America: The First Avenger (2011). Martin Freeman appeared as Everett K. Ross in The First Avenger: Civil War (2016).

This movie's post-production officially concluded November 15, 2014. On November 17 , 2014, one month before the release in theaters, Peter Jackson showed the cinematic version of the movie to an exclusive projection at the "Weta Studios" in Wellington, New Zealand, only for the "Hobbit Contest international members" who had visited New Zealand, and the locations where the two trilogies were filmed (The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit), after having won "The Hobbit: The Fellowship Contest". An international contest for all Tolkien's fans around the world, organized by Peter Jackson with the collaboration of: Air New Zealand, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, New Line Cinema, Warner Brothers, and WingNut Films. The contest officially started the first week in September 2014, and was concluded in the first weeks in October 2014.

The golden ground where Thorin hallucinates, is the same place where he had tried to kill Smaug in Der Hobbit: Smaugs Einöde (2013) by smothering him in hot melted gold.

Sir Christopher Lee's final live-action role.

The final movie of the cinematic Middle-earth franchise, that began with The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001).

Martin Freeman co-stars with Benedict Cumberbatch in Sherlock (2010).

This is the sixth movie taking place in Middle-earth to be directed by Peter Jackson. It is also set third in terms of franchise chronology.

This is the last movie in The Hobbit trilogy, and also the final movie in the Middle-earth film franchise.

The extended cut is Peter Jackson's first R rated movie since The Frighteners (1996).

In Fast & Furious 6 (2013), Luke Evans' character (Owen Shaw) blames another character's flaws on loyalty, claiming that he is "loyal to a fault". Here, Bard is present when Bilbo Baggins claims that the Dwarves are "loyal to a fault".

As well as on Der Hobbit: Eine unerwartete Reise (2012), Hugo Weaving (Elrond) and Benedict Cumberbatch (Smaug/Necromancer (voice)) also worked together on Patrick Melrose (2018) as David Melrose and Patrick Melrose respectively.

The film was originally gonna be called "The Hobbit: There and Back Again" which is a reference to Bilbo's book title in the Lord of the Rings trilogy

In Bard's speech to the people of Lake Town, he says "the winter is upon us". This quote is similar to the trademark and tagline of the television series Game of Thrones: Das Lied von Eis und Feuer (2011). The Lord of the Rings trilogy actor, Sean Bean, had a major role in the series' first season.

In the beginning of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), Gandalf tells Frodo that he was barely involved. While true, Sir Ian McKellen still holds top billing for in all three movies Gandalf is hardly involved in.

Both actors who portrayed Bilbo, each appeared in movies involving interstellar travel. Sir Ian Holm played Ash in Alien (1979), while Martin Freeman played Arthur Dent in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (2005).

Dominic Monaghan: "Merry" from the Lord of the Rings trilogy, can be briefly seen during the auction scene.

Fran Walsh: A painting of Belladonna Took hanging over the fireplace at Bag End.

Katie Jackson: As a scared girl aboard a boat in Lake Town, who tries to escape from the town.

Ruby Ashbourne Serkis: As a scared girl aboard a boat in Lake Town, who tries to escape from the town.

Liu Yuan: A young Hobbit at the auction of Bag End.

Fraser Hesketh: A Lake Town refugee throughout the movie. His wife and children had also made cameo appearances.

Luc Campbell: A young Hobbit at the auction of Bag End.

Ollie Matthews: A young Hobbit at the auction of Bag End.

Billy Jackson: A Lake Town refugee who stabs an Orc during the battle.

Riley Brophy: A Lake Town refugee at the arrival of the Elves of Mirkwood.

Bruno Du Bois: A resident in Lake Town moving a wheelbarrow before Smaug's attack. Du Bois' scenes were not included in the theatrical version or the Extended Edition, but were shown in the appendices.

Jamie Haugh: A somber villager, who appeared after the destruction of Lake Town, and after the battle, mourning the dead. Haugh during the scenes with the villagers angry with Alfrid had appeared in every single shot taken for the scene.

Corrin Ellingford: A guard in Lake Town standing by the Master's house before Smaug's attack.

Kate Mulligan: A woman strolling in Lake Town before Smaug's attack.

Terry Notary: A somber villager who survived the destruction of Lake Town.

Rachel Gilkison: A woman in strolling in Lake Town before Smaug's attack.

Shane Rangi: A Lake Town refugee and a Gundabad Orc.

Eric Saindon: A guard in Lake Town standing by the Master's house before Smaug's attack.

Hayden J. Weal: A somber villager who survived the destruction of Lake Town.

Towards the end of the movie, Thranduil instructs his son Legolas to go find the Ranger Strider (Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings). Aragorn would have been roughly twenty-seven-years-old at this time, according to the timeline of the Middle-earth movies. However, there's a slight discrepancy between the timelines of the movies and the novels. In truth, The Hobbit occurs in the Third Age in 2941-2942. Aragorn was born in the Third Age in 2931, making him between ten and eleven years old at the end of the Battle of the Five Armies, and unlikely to be a Ranger. But in Der Hobbit: Eine unerwartete Reise (2012), the old Bilbo begins describing events that occurred sixty years prior to Der Herr der Ringe: Die Gefährten (2001), which begins in the Third Age in 3018, when Aragorn is eighty-seven years old.

In the novel, Fili and Kili died to protect Thorin Oakenshield. In the movie, they die for different reasons: Fili is murdered in battle by Azog, and Kili is killed trying to save Tauriel, while Thorin is actually trying to protect them.

During the confrontation in Dol Guldur between Galadriel, Saruman, Elrond, Radagast, and Gandalf against Sauron, the latter is helped by the Nazgûl. It's the first time that they reveal their true appearance, embodied in their trademark armor.

In the novel, the Master of Lake Town is given a fair share of the Erebor treasure at the end, but consumed by greed, he makes a getaway with whatever gold he can carry. He later dies of starvation in a wasteland. Since the Master gets killed early in the movie, Alfrid was given a similar fate in the extended edition where his greed ultimately kills him.

In the book, Bolg is killed by Beorn during the Battle Of The Five Armies. In the movie, he is killed by Legolas, outside of the main battle. Bolg's father Azog is killed by Thorin in the movie, also away from the battlefield; in the book, Azog has already been killed 143 years earlier, by Thorin's cousin Dain during the Battle outside the Gates of Moria. Der Hobbit: Eine unerwartete Reise (2012) briefly showed this battle, but the movie adaptation kept Azog alive to be the returning villain throughout the Hobbit trilogy.

In the theatrical release, Alfrid escapes with some of the gold that the Master of Lake Town was trying to steal. However, in the Extended Edition, Alfrid is killed when he falls onto a catapult as it is fired, and he becomes stuck in the throat of a troll.

As Fíli dies before Kíli in the movie, Kíli becomes crown Prince of Erebor for a little while, until his own death later on.

When Dain questions where is Thorin during the battle of the five armies, at the right of the screen can be seen a giant white Orc. This is the same Orc that later tries to kill Legolas in Ravenhill, looking to destroy the tower, upon which Legolas stands.

When the Dwarves come close to Thorin's corpse, all kneel except Dwalin and Gloin.

As seen in the behind the scenes footage of the Extended Edition, the last shot filmed, is that of Kíli watching his just killed brother Fíli fall down on Ravenhill, which was shot by the Second Unit. The first main unit just finished filming Thorin fighting Azog on the ice plate beforehand.