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where where the easterlings?Also,where was Merry killing the troll at the black gate?

I did not see any Easterlings in <I>The Return Of The King</I>, just Southrons.<P>Do you mean Pippin, not Merry? It wasn't in the right scene, but we did get to see Pippin saving (?) Gandalf from the blade of an Orc in Minas Tirith. I believe this was a substitute.

really? i coulda swore those where eastlanders if not, whats the difference.

Actually, I'm not at all sure now. I certainly did not notice any Easterlings, whereas the Southrons were easy to spot as they had on the same uniform as they did in <I>The Two Towers.</I>

I think Pippin and the troll got cut until the EE (possibly gone forever), because I heard accounts that he had a run-in with one, & I don't think that what happened at the Gate was quite what they meant. Who know, though :/ ?

Well, I'm glad to hear that I'm not the only one who didn't manage to spot any Easterlings on the Pelennor Fields. No, wait, I'm not glad I'm outraged! <P>Just today I listened to Richard Taylor prattle on about the amount of work that went into the costumes of the Easterlings that we see (travelling up from the south ) in <I>The Two Towers</I>. Sure, that was a lovely few minutes of film, but why waste time on that if they don't even appear in <I>The Return of the King</I>?! <P>Either put them in, or don't, I say. None of this halfway stuff. I really hope they appear in the Extended Edition, or their one appearance is absolutely pointless as Southrons could have been more easily (and accurately) used. I guess if they did that there'd be one less action figure, though.