It seems that there’s some behind-the-scenes material on the Extended Edition of The Desolation of Smaug that reveals hints of battle scenes from the final films.

If you don’t have a copy yet yourself, check out the animated gifs from the Armipace Tumblr below for a bit of a taster. Also, if you missed it, you may enjoy our scene-by-scene breakdown of all the additional content in the DOS: EE. To check that out, just click here!

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Thorin all bloodied.

Thorin all bloodied.

Thranduil attacks.

Thranduil attacks.

An elf-orc skirmish in the ruins of Dale.

An elf-orc skirmish in the ruins of Dale.

Thorin and Co behind a rough walls at Erebor's gate.

Thorin and Co behind a rough walls at Erebor’s gate.

Luke Evans on set.

Luke Evans on set.

Luke Evans on set.

Luke Evans on set.

Thorin dons his helm.

Thorin dons his helm/crown.