Witness the Legend of Rohan – The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim Steelbook is now available to purchase, bringing Middle-earth's past to life in stunning animation. Tyler Schoeber ...

Middle-earth returns this holiday season in The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, a groundbreaking ... untold stories that expand the rich tapestry of Middle-earth.

Kamiyama and screenwriters Phoebe Gittins and Arty Papageorgiou frame The War of the Rohirrim as a historical tale told by The Lord of the Rings' Éowyn (Miranda Otto, returning in voiceover).

Directed by Kenji Kamiyama, The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim is a prequel to The Lord of the Rings, which takes place roughly 100 years before the One Ring ever came to Bilbo Baggins.

But The War Of Rohirrim also feels conspicuously closer to 1990s direct-to-video release than an heir to some of the grandest big-screen fantasy storytelling of the past 25 years. Though there are ...