After much external pressure and internal debate, I decided to create a separate fan edit for the Kili/Tauriel love story. Without any of the unnecessary book-relevant scenes getting in the way, you can now fully appreciate the emotional journey of these star-crossed lovers. I will be happily including this on the Special Features section of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. Enjoy!

For those of you interested in something a bit fancier than a plain old digital copy this December, here's a sneak peek at what the DVD/Bluray main menu will look like! Everything was created in Adobe After Effects, with a high-quality scan of Thror's Map as the background. I changed the map color to green, since that's how it was colored by Tolkien in his book.