PETER JACKSON AND PHILIPPA BOYENS TELL US ABOUT THEIR EPIC QUEST TO FORGE A FAMILY – AND HOW THEY PUT TOGETHER A CREW THAT ENDURES TO THIS VERY DAY…

PIPE-WEED AT THE READY… AS THEY REUNITE FOR EMPIRE , IAN Mc KELLEN , ELIJAH WOOD , SEAN ASTIN , DOMINIC MONAGHAN AND BILLY BOYD LOOK BACK AT THEIR UNBREAKABLE — AND ENDURING — FRIENDSHIP

ORLANDO BLOOM AND JOHN RHYS-DAVIES , AKA BICKERING BFFS LEGOLAS AND GIMLI, REUNITE TO TAKE A TRIP DOWN MUMAKIL LANE...

AS ETHEREAL ELVES GALADRIEL AND ARWEN, CATE BLANCHETT AND LIV TYLER GAVE THE SAGA ITS GRACE. AN ETERNITY LATER, THEY REMINISCE…

THE MAN BEHIND GOLLUM — AND SMÉAGOL — IS ABOUT TO SHEPHERD THE SAGA INTO A NEW ERA. ANDY SERKIS WRITES EXCLUSIVELY FOR EMPIRE ABOUT AN EPIC RESPONSIBILITY

THE WELSH ACTOR LOOKS BACK, FROM EGGSY TO ELTON