: Most digital editions include The Appendices (Parts 7 & 8) , a massive multi-part documentary covering the film's pre-production and principal photography.

Set 60 years before The Lord of the Rings , the film follows Bilbo Baggins, a quiet hobbit who is recruited by the wizard Gandalf the Grey to join thirteen dwarves on a quest. Led by the warrior Thorin Oakenshield, the group aims to reclaim the Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor and its vast treasure from the dragon Smaug. Their trek across Middle-earth leads them through the Misty Mountains, where Bilbo encounters the creature Gollum and discovers a mysterious gold ring that will change the fate of the world.