What makes a memorable Edmonton Expo panel was fully visible Sunday night as the cinematic Hobbits celebrated the run-up to 25 years of Peter Jackson’s first The Lord of the Rings film, Fellowship of the Ring.

Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Dominic Monaghan and Billy Boyd — Frodo, Samwise, Merry and Pippin to the 3000 in attendance and millions more around the planet — came out with big smiles, wearing signed Oilers, Darnell Nurse-riffing No. 25 jerseys with their Hobbit names on the back to be later auctioned for charity.

The highest-profile group panel Expo has pulled out of its pocket since its inception in 2012, the actors revisited ups and downs of the continuous trilogy shoot, mused about their lives since and made relentless fun of each other — especially recently-appointed SAG-AFTRA un

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