The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies was officially presented at Comic-Con on July 28 and director Peter Jackson and some of the cast members of the movie, including Cate Blanchett, who plays Galadriel, were in attendance.

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A Reuters report got all the informative bits from the event. discussing the movie Galadriel's role in the final of The Hobbit trilogy came up.

"I was just grateful to get in this one. I thought my time was over in Middle Earth," Blanchett said about her return in the movie.

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Jackson then weighed in on what fans can expect from Galadriel in this chapter, and it was nothing short of exciting.

"We do get to see Galadriel lose it a little in this movie ... she gets to kick Sauron's arse a little bit."

Sauron is played by Benedict Cumberbatch, who is actually on double duty in the movie, as he also plays the role of the dragon Smaug. The actor was also present at the event and spoke about the indomitable nature of his characters, of evil.

"One is made of something vulnerable and one seems to be born out of everything that's evil and difficult to pin down and kill," Cumberbatch said.

The first official trailer for The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies was also released at Comic-Con. The clip maintains a poignant tone set to Enya's music as it gives fans a glimpse of "the defining chapter of the Middle-Earth saga." The teaser picks up toward the end, when the maddened Thorin Oakenshield (Richard Armitage) cries out for war. There are some epic shots of the build up to the war and the armies of all factions seething with aggression.

The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies will hit theaters on December 18.

Watch the trailer here:

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