Morquesse, you're correct. Tolkien, when he began to write The Hobbit, did not intend to have it be a part of the saga of the Lost Tales. After he had written about the Necromancer and the orcs, he realized that it was, and finished the book accordingly. (This info from Tolkein: A Celebration.)
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