The Hobbit Trilogy: 5 Changes That Worked And 5 That Didn't
2. Radagast The Brown
Radagast the Brown is another Tolkien character that is only mentioned but not seen in the original Hobbit book - only being mentioned in passing by Gandalf on occasion. That's fine, there's nothing wrong with including characters from the wider world of Tolkien's huge Middle Earth world, but Radagast's inclusion was a little haphazard at best. For starters, the character is one of the Istari; Maiar spirits sent to Middle Earth to aid the free peoples of the world against the threat of Sauron. Jackson got that part right, but the loyalty to the character's description essentially ends there. While Gandalf described Radagast as a wizard that was one with nature, the Istari themselves are described in numerous Tolkien works as being noble in nature, tasked with the protection of all things native to the world against Sauron. Radagast hardly fits the bill of a noble wizard, and while intricacies of the character were never detailed by Tolkien (therefore leaving interpretation open), Radagast's presence in the films is another example of an unnecessary character adding very little to the overall narrative of the films.
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