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I heard this on one of Corey Olsen's (aka "the Tolkien Professor") podcasts. He who was one of a select few social media Tolkien fandom people who Amazon flew to London to meet the showrunners. So, I don't have a text citation for you.don't mean to be condescending but citation please all I'm finding is the quote from Varerity's interview. This seems to be the most in-depth info I can find Lord of The Rings and the Complicated World of Tolkien's Posthumous Work
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My understanding is that if, for instance, they wanted to reference (or maybe even briefly include in a scene or more?) a character who is not part of the rights they purchased, they could theoretically work with the estate to gain specific, limited use of that character.