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Old 03-24-2014, 03:13 AM
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I think it's safe to say I have no idea what Peter Jackson's doing, but in the book a lot of the dwarves are pretty interchangeable, quite possibly existing for the sake of forming a large number and having fun names. And allowing for long introduction scenes.
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