The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is a fascinating experiment in adaptation. It's not adapting a novel of J.R.R. Tolkien's, but rather two pages from his Appendices, which lay out the last great stand of one of Rohan's most famed kings, Helm Hammerhand (voiced by Succession 's Brian Cox ).

The War of the Rohirrim" is a unique shift from traditional Middle-earth media. It's been decades since we got a Middle-earth adaptation in animated form. (You've got to go back to the '70s and '80s for those sub-par old Ralph Bakshi and Rankin/Bass "Lord of the Rings" and "Hobbit" adaptations to find something similar.

Issues delivered straight to your door or device Despite The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim taking place 183 years before Bilbo Baggins embarked on his grand quest far over the Misty Mountains,