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**The Saucepan Man** · 01-26-2004, 11:49 AM

It's worth reading the threads in the Index linked to by Sharkû, since they address many of these points.

As I understand it, Uruk-Hai were simply a large, strong form of Orc, more resistant to sunlight than standard Orcs, originally "bred" by Sauron. The name means, I think, "Orc folk". There is no suggestion that they were derived from cross-breeding with Men (although it remains possible that they were).

Saruman had Uruk-Hai at his disposal too at the time of the War of the Ring. But these are not to be confused with the Orc-Man hybrids that he is referred to in LotR as having created.

The films certainly seem to have generated a lot of confusion on this issue. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]

01-26-2004, 11:49 AM	#15
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	It's worth reading the threads in the Index linked to by Sharkû, since they address many of these points. As I understand it, Uruk-Hai were simply a large, strong form of Orc, more resistant to sunlight than standard Orcs, originally "bred" by Sauron. The name means, I think, "Orc folk". There is no suggestion that they were derived from cross-breeding with Men (although it remains possible that they were). Saruman had Uruk-Hai at his disposal too at the time of the War of the Ring. But these are not to be confused with the Orc-Man hybrids that he is referred to in LotR as having created. The films certainly seem to have generated a lot of confusion on this issue. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img] __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!