To us, that sounds very much like the orcs, or Uruk, as they prefer everyone call them, had a canonical presence on the side of good during this great battle. And that means they fought against Sauron ...

Editor's Note: The following contains spoilers for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. After Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) and Halbrand (Charlie Vickers) stop Adar (Joseph Mawle) from escaping in ...

Aren’t the orcs just purely evil beings who could have no love in their hearts? Well, we suppose that’s a fair question to ask. But The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has long been veering away ...

This week’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power delves into the deepest of Tolkien lore and the far-flung dawn of sentient life on Middle-earth to touch on a question not even the professor ...

Zosha Millman (she/her) manages TV coverage at Polygon as an entertainment editor, but will happily write about movies, too. She’s been working as a journalist for more than 10 years. [Ed. note: This ...

No matter how old you were when you first saw the Lord of the Rings, the orcs were terrifying. Sure, for the most part they could barely stand up to our main heroes, but they still carried a certain ...

Perhaps you, like me, have become a huge fan of Adar on The Rings of Power and, by extension, feel fondly toward his beloved children, the Uruk—derogatorily known as orcs. If so, then you’ve probably ...

One little orc/uruk baby is in the middle of much discussion among the lovers of Middle-earth in our world. During The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season two’s first episode, we got to meet ...