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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Femerus the Gnecro" data-source="post: 363685" data-attributes="member: 2381">This is only from the movie, and thus, not even close to being 'canon.'  From the books, the terms 'goblin' and 'orc' are used interchangeably and refer to the same race, i.e. the corrupted race of elves that eventually became known to most semi-affluent Tolkien afficionados as 'orcs.'  As for Uruk-Hai... they are indeed the result of cross-breeding standard orcs with humans... thus, half orcs.  Though, the concept of 'half' anything in Tolkien isn't anywhere as neat & tidy as in DnD... but that's another discussion.-Femerus</blockquote>