It was probably done partially to avoid racism. PJ would have mobs down on his head if the audience noticed that all the bad guys were "dark" and all the good guys were "white." Unfortunately, we live in an extremely insecure world that can't handle things like that.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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