HOB - Chapters into Scenes Weekly

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From what I've heard PJ wants to incorporate the White Council subplot so as to let us see 'the big picture' that was happening in Middle-earth while Bilbo and co went off on their merry adventure. As such, I think the intro should be like that of FOTR.

1.Gandalf/Galadriel narratting the fall of Sauron and his rise in Dol Guldur. Gandalf dsicussing how Saruman has been blocking attempts to drive out Sauron (foreshadowing Saruman's fall) and commenting on the dangerous state of the North. The meeting Thorin at Bree. Thorin asks his help and they start plotting.

2.Second intro, sorta like 'Concerning Hobbits' in FOTR EE. Bilbo narrating something like 'Every journey has a first step' and 'In a hole in a ground lived a Hobbit' and we cut to Bilbo somiking and Gandalf arrives and so on. Thorin comes, explains his story(with flashbacks scene).