The events of The Lord of the Rings transpired quite a long time after The Hobbit, and Gandalf was busy between the two trilogies. However, fans don't necessarily understand what he got up to. Peter ...

Fortunately, Gandalf looks to be the cooler head, taking some puffs on his pipe and making sure all decions are made with a clear head. But not everyone is grasping the Gandalf cool.

Thorin claims Orcrist, the Goblin-Cleaver , Gandalf takes Glamdring, the Foe-hammer, and Bilbo finds a large knife (big enough to be a sword for a Hobbit) which he later names Sting.

Gandalf promises Bilbo Baggins a “profitable” quest, but the wizard has a different sort of treasure in mind.

Gandalf introduces each of the dwarves to Bilbo, culminating with Thorin, who then starts to chant the dwarves song, which overlays vignettes of what promises to be their epic travels to Rivendell ...

Gandalf's pipe-weed in cannabis culture There are now a dozen or more strains named after characters, fictional pipe-weed brands from the Shire like Old Toby and Longbottom Leaf, and of course ...

"Who will laugh, I wonder?" said Gandalf, shaking his head. "We shall see," said Bilbo. The next day more carts rolled up the Hill, and still more carts.

The ring is soon lost. We cut to Bilbo celebrating his 111th birthday and meeting up with Gandalf the Grey, where the last Hobbit movie ended.

Gandalf wanted to question Gollum himself to establish exactly which Ring Bilbo had, as well as keep him away from the Dark Lord.

I could watch Bilbo and Gandalf puff hand-drawn smoke rings all day. Similar to their Christmas movies, Rankin and Bass lean heavily on songs to stitch the action together.

Until the fantasy flick hits theaters next year, Empire Magazine is giving Hobbit fans a tease of what's to come in its latest issue, with photos of Martin Freeman and Sir Ian McKellen striking a ...