Stephen Colbert Dressed as Bilbo, Gandalf and Legolas in EW HOBBIT Covers
As I'm sure many of you already know, Stephen Colbert is an epically huge superfan of J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle Earth stories and Peter Jackson's big screen adaptations of them. As a way to help give Colbert closure since the franchise is coming to an end with The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Entertainment Weekly has issued three special covers featuring Colbert hilariously dressed as Bilbo, Gandalf, and Legolas. This is what the comedian told to the magazine about his Hobbit fandom:
“Tolkien’s work has been a lifelong haven for me—truly a light in dark places when all other lights went out. For an awkward teenager, Middle-earth was a world I could escape to. Peter Jackson’s Middle-earth also gave me a world to escape to, but by the time his films came out, I was rich and famous and didn’t really want to escape my life anymore. Still, great movies.”
The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies will be released on December 17th.