After The Hobbit: 10 Reasons Peter Jackson Must Make The Silmarillion

6. There Are Numerous Female Characters

I€™ve already complained about Peter Jackson et al€™s need to add female characters to Tolkien€™s stories. This primarily comes from scriptwriter Philippa Boyens, who appears responsible for Evangeline Lilly€™s female elf character in upcoming Hobbit films. They want female energy in stories full of males, so why not come up with a character or, as in the case of Lord of the Rings€™ Arwen, give a character who was discussed mainly in the appendices key scenes? Well, if Jackson makes The Silmarillion this particular line of attack against him will disappear. This is because it is full, full, of powerful, important female characters. I€™ve already mentioned Galadriel and Elwing. There€™s also Luthien, who€”with Beren€”stole a Silmaril from Morgoth. And Morwen, the mother of the famous human hero Turin Turambar, who becomes an important figure in her own right. And Idril, the mother of Earendil, who devised a secret escape from Gondolin that helped to save many of that city€™s inhabitants. I€™m probably losing readers who€™ve never opened The Silmarillion now. But my point is there are a lot of female characters, so Jackson et al could make the Silmarillion films without either ruining Tolkien€™s stories with poorly-written female characters or appearing to endorse a patriarchal system.