The Fellowship of the Ring, Star Wars style:
It began with the forging of the great rings. Three were given to the Elven-kings under the sky, seven to the Dwarf-lords in their halls of stone, and nine to mortal Men doomed to die. But they were all deceived for another ring was made. In the land of Mordor, where the shadows lie, the Dark Lord Sauron forged the ONE RING to control all others.
Sauron was intent on conquering the Free Peoples of Middle-earth, but his hosts were driven back by the last Alliance of Elves and Men. On the slopes of Mount Doom, Sauron was defeated when Isildur cut the ring from his finger.
Isildur took the ring for himself but it quickly betrayed him to his death. For thousands of years it lay hidden until it came into the possession of the creature Gollum, who took it deep into the Misty Mountains. It eventually abandoned Gollum and was picked up by the most unlikely person imaginable, Bilbo Baggins of the Shire.
But Sauron's spirit endured and began to hunt for the ring, now in the possession of Bilbo's nephew Frodo. Having gained intelligence of its whereabouts, the Dark Lord sent his deadliest servants to take back what was his...
* Can't remember the source of this - apologies! *
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