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Did Tolkien write a new scene for Jackson's The Hobbit?

In the two volume, The History of the Hobbit, the author, John Rateliff, shares Tolkien's 1960s rewrite of the novel that he ultimately abandoned.

In Tolkien's rewrite, after travels that include a stop in Crickhollow and a night in Bree, Thorin's party is waylayed by a broken bridge on their road East. With the help of Gandalf, the party is able to cross the river with their ponies but end up spending the night in the woods in the area. It turns out the bridge was deliberately damaged by the three Stone Trolls who were looking to catch tasty travelers stuck in the area.

It will be interesting to see if screenwriters, Walsh, Boyens, and Jackson use it to set up the party's encounter with the trolls.