The upcoming Lord of the Rings prequel, The Hunt for Gollum, faces a unique challenge: how to bring back beloved characters from the original trilogy.

Published last November for $105, the collection includes beautiful editions of all three volumes in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings saga.

The actor originally cast as Aragorn in The Lord of the Rings was fired on the first day of filming and replaced by an alternative star – and people are still reeling from the drama years later ...