In celebration of the movie, Nerdist chatted with Gittins and Papageorgiou on what they took from Tolkien’s lore, what aspects of Rohan’s story ... likes of Éowyn and drawing on her.

It's the final "Lord of the Rings" movie, the one that tied an all-time record with 11 Oscar wins, the one that's got the Ride of the Rohirrim, the one with "I am no man," the one with Minas ...

Here, the thin basis in Tolkien comes from the Lord Of The Rings appendix, which lists a history of Rohan, the plains kingdom south of the Elven forest of Lothlórien. A small army of ...