Dwalin. Balin. Kili. Fili. Dori. Nori. Oin. Gloin. Bifur. Bofur. Bombur. Ori. And leader of the pack Thorin Oakenshield.

In short (ahem), the Company of Dwarves - the baker’s dozen of beardy adventurers who, via wizard Gandalf, enlist Bilbo in their great quest to raid the treasure vaults of a thieving dragon.

Don’t worry if you can’t remember all the names; Jackson’s making it his mission to mould them into distinctive individuals on screen.

“That was something I worried about,” he  confesses. “I imagined 13 guys with long hair and beards and I thought, ‘How are we ever going to know which dwarf is which?’”