So how would Middle-earth's history have played out if Thorin acquired the One Ring in The Hobbit? Dwarves rarely interacted with the One Ring in The Lord of the Rings. In Jackson's films ...

the Great Goblin who traps Thorin and company in The Hobbit in his goblin-town stronghold is probably the peak of the species. A key difference between orcs and goblins in The Lord of the Rings is ...