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Old 10-20-2020, 07:32 PM   #2
Galadriel55
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Snarky answer: they spent all the Gondor budget on tomatoes.



Legit answer: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Because realistically, they could totally have named a random soldier "Beregond" and given the fans another character to fan over. Imrahil might be a little more difficult, because he has a bigger background and a higher rank that would be weird if left unexplained. Is Ingold a character? I don't remember the movies well enough, but he's another name that could easily have been attached to a 2-second cameo by soldier#6 to feed the fans.

It's not the abundance of named characters that makes an adaptation good. Actually, the adaptation that's been occupying my free time and post-count on the Mirth forum is very good despite taking the minimalist route in terms of actually naming all of their referenced characters / events / places. But knowing the movies' style and desire to include a Tolkien name, I am honestly not sure why they didn't capitalize on the Gondor characters.
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