22 Years Later, One Crucial 'Lord of the Rings' Detail Will Finally Make Sense

— New Line Cinema

In the second Lord of the Rings book, The Two Towers, the battle against dark forces in Middle-earth gets a heroic boost from one very specific cavalry,: the Riders of Rohan. But these noble warriors on horseback were first etched into our brains by Peter Jackson’s 2002 film adaptation, in which the Riders of Rohan were led by Éomer, as played by Karl Urban.