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Eagles in battle are a recurrent theme in Middle-earth, beginning with the great battle in the sky where Earendil slew Ancalagon the Black. For folks who have only seen the movies and not read the books (as repugnant as that sounds), I would think the eagles tie the Hobbit to the Lord of the Rings, just as the Ring does. Remember as well that the eagles aid Gandalf and his companions during the warg attack in the Misty Mountains, a very crucial tie-in to Gandalf's rescue from Orthanc in LotR.
Seeing as the next two movies are only installments of a whole story, then conceptual continuity is necessary to bind the tale together coherently and with images people can connect with from one film to the next.
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And your little sister's immaculate virginity wings away on the bony shoulders of a young horse named George who stole surreptitiously into her geography revision.
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