[HCIsland]

There are definately scenes filmed in the Hobbiton set for the end of the movie. They're mentioned in the director's commentary in the special edition FotR. Obviously we will not be getting Sharky (he'll be long dead by then) but I can't imagine the hobbits just arrive back to The Shire like they were never gone.<P>I can see the Sackville-Bagginses (they were introduced in the special edition) raising havoc at Bag End (Sam: My gardens! - maybe they'll cut down the party tree) and Frodo and company having to rectify the situation. I can even see them amassing a group of followers as they march to Bag End.<P>I can see a lot of the themes in the Scouring of the Shire being picked up for a special edition RotK, but I can't see ruffians or The Battle of Bywater. It's simply too much to set up.<P>H.C.