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Thanks to Ali on RichardArmitageNet.com for posting these images and more from the tablet edition of EW. Now I can stop crawling the walls wondering about it!
Needless to say, I can’t get over how young Thorin is looking here. Is it just the lighting, or is this from a flashback? Definitely a Thorin Glamour Shot if ever there were one 
We get a great view of the pommel of his original sword here too. You know, the one he has before upgrading to Orcrist.
Dwalin and Balin look like they are up to no good in Bag End!
OMG OMG OMG…. What a fabulous Thorin pic.
I swoon, I swoon, I swoooon, lol.
Thanks DarkJackal.
Seriously, this photo almost made me late to work this morning. I don’t want to know what mischief the actual movie will cause!
Lol.
LOL, april73!! Quck someone grab the smelling salts!
This is a softer Thorin…the eyes. Oh dear.
I urgently need a mouth-to-mouth lol.
From Thorin I’m sure
Yes… Or from Guy of Gisborne, another of my favorite RA’s character, lol.
He is definitely… omg!
Now about that sword: “We get a great view of the pommel of his original sword here too. You know, the one he has before upgrading to Orcrist.” It suddenly hit me that this must be the lore for always having to deconstruct my legendaries…
YESS! That explains it. I could NOT for the life of me, figure out where that sword came from. Thanks!
That’s too funny. Thorin finally came across a First Age, so time to remove all the relics from his original! He had probably outleveled it anyway!
Thanks for the info about the sword. I hadn’t thought, but of course, this is the younger Thorin from flashbacks.
Bless PJ! They may need to supply us with oxygen at the movie theaters
Well I sure hope it is a younger version or our eyes have been deceiving us for the last few months.
Now, this is definitely the kind of stuff to give the troops.
I think a lot of people are finally understanding the Thorin appeal.
True, though we know who the faithful are
I MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE YOUNG THORIN AS MY PHONE WALLPAPER.
OH just admit it! I can’t go there, too distracting. I’ve got boring old Jack Sparrow on mine instead
There needs to be slash fanart of Thorin and Jack Sparrow. Because reasons.
all i can say is wow. <3
Take that image with you to New Zealand! Have a great trip!!
Thanks for putting this pics up! Balin is definitely still the dwarf I think looks the most . . . “dwarfy”
I really love Dwalin and Balin smirking over something at Bilbo’s expense!!
December come soon. Then the world can end
After watching the Hobbit of course
I feel for those in other countries who won’t get the movie till after the world ends
Hehee. Well the world cannot, and won’t end this year – because there’s another Hobbit movie coming up next year
It’s now November 20, much later than most of these comments, and I have no idea what to think about this Thorin. He’s certainly handsome, but how does Peter Jackson justify making him look so young when Balin, twenty years his junior, looks like Santa Claus?? From all the images of him released so far, this does in fact seem to be his actual appearance in the movies, not just a flashback. If it’s not, then New Line has done a fantastic job in hiding the real Thorin from us. Anyway, I’m not sure what to think about this.
Thanks for the questions Seth. I know you’ve read the newest info I put on TORn, so we know Thorin is younger than Balin for sure. I still think this looks very young compared to some of the images (the attitude is different too), but it may be the lighting only. Here is a less contrasty version
http://heirsofdurin.files.wordpress.com/2012/08/richard-armitage-as-thorin-oakenshield.jpg
But I really can’t see the streaks of white in his hair in these shots. Since I am now pretty sure they’ve shortened the timeline, this could be a shot of him during the Battle of Azanulbizar, which would fall in between the coming of Smaug and the quest.
Only a short time now before we know for sure.