2002

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Tolkien-related events that took place in 2002.

January

• 1 - A Tolkien Miscellany is published.
• ? - Vinyar Tengwar 43 is published.

February

• 1 - Tolkien's Ring is published.

March

• 6 - Fan site Council of Elrond goes online.
• 24 - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring wins four Oscars, out of thirteen nominations, at the 74th Academy Awards.

May

• 29 - The mailing list Lambengolmor is launched.

June

• 6 - At the MTV Movie Awards, Lord of the Piercing is aired.
• 12 - The Art of The Fellowship of the Ring is published.
• 18 - The Standard Deviants: Rings, Kings and Things is released.
• ? - Vinyar Tengwar 44 is published.

July

• 12 - Przemyslaw Mroczkowski, scholar and friend of J.R.R. Tolkien, dies.
• 22 - Actor Alexander John dies.
• 25 - The Uncharted Realms of Tolkien is published.
• 26-29 - Mythcon XXXIII.

August

• 5 - The History of Middle-earth Index is published.
• 8 - Tolkien Thing IV.
• 16 - The Annotated Hobbit: Revised and Expanded Edition is published.

September

• 13-15 - Oxonmoot 2002.
• 24 - The Xbox and GBA ports of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game) are published in the US.

October

• 5 - The Ellinikós Sýllogos Philon Tólkin is founded.
• 16 - The PS2 port of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game) is published in the US.
• 22 - The PC port of The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (video game) is published in the US.

November

• 2 - The symposium "J.R.R. Tolkien: The Man Behind The Lord of the Rings" is held at the Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies. Tom Shippey, Randel Helms and Ron Newcomer speak.
• 6 - The Lord of the Rings: The Making of the Movie Trilogy is published.
• 13 - The South Park episode "The Return of the Fellowship of the Ring to the Two Towers" is televised.
• 29 - John Justin, who played Thorin in The Hobbit (1968 radio series), dies.
• ? - J.R.R. Tolkien's Sanctifying Myth: Understanding Middle-earth is published.

December

• 6 - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers Photo Guide is published.
• 18 - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers premieres.
• ? - Dragon Flame is released.

?

• ? - At Dawn in Rivendell, the third album of the Tolkien Ensemble, is published.
• ? - The audiobook of The Hobbit, read by Rob Inglis, is published.

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