Return of the King cut an ending that gave Lord of the Rings

J.R.R. Tolkien argued the Scouring of the Shire, a battle at Hobbiton with Saruman, was key to his books. But Peter Jackson left the ending out of his movie trilogy. Here’s why he did, but why the scene would have been pivotal.

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