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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

The Lonely Mountain and the dragon

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Do you need to watch it before The Hunt for Gollum?

Yes. It's in the Main story, the list of only what moves the plot forward to The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum.

Where it falls in the order

  • Main story2 of 7
  • Chronological6 of 11
  • Everything6 of 14
BeforeThe Hobbit: An Unexpected JourneyAfterThe Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies

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Quick recap

Fleeing Azog, the company takes shelter at Beorn's house and enters Mirkwood. Bilbo saves the Dwarves from giant spiders, but Thranduil's Elves capture the group. An invisible Bilbo frees them in barrels, while Legolas and the Elf Tauriel chase the orcs. The bargeman Bard smuggles the Dwarves into Lake-town. Kíli stays behind, wounded by a poisoned arrow, and Tauriel heals him. At the Lonely Mountain, Bilbo finds the secret door, searches for the Arkenstone and wakes Smaug. Meanwhile, Gandalf goes to Dol Guldur, learns the Necromancer is Sauron and is taken prisoner. The Dwarves try to drown Smaug in molten gold, but the dragon breaks free and flies toward Lake-town.

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4 easter eggs

Hidden details

  1. CameoThe carrot man in Bree

    In the opening scene in Bree, Peter Jackson walks by eating a carrot. It's the same cameo he'd already done in another film in the saga.

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  2. CameoStephen Colbert in Lake-town

    Famous Tolkien fan Stephen Colbert appears with his family as Lake-town spies.

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  3. Behind the scenesDouble Cumberbatch

    Benedict Cumberbatch provided voice and motion capture for both Smaug and the Necromancer.

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  4. SetupBard's black arrow

    Bard keeps hidden the black arrow his ancestor fired at Smaug in Dale. Remember that arrow.

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