Thranduil and Legolas fight all throughout The Hobbit, arguing over what is best for the Elves — particularly, of course, ...

On top of that, Legolas’ father Thranduil is an isolationist ruler. His people are sequestered in a dangerous forest, and they simply do not get out much or welcome many visitors.

Jackson offered an explanation for writing Legolas into the Hobbit films to Entertainment Weekly: 'He’s [elven king] Thranduil’s son, and Thranduil is one of the characters in The Hobbit, and ...

The cast includes Lee Pace as Legolas' father, the Elvenking Thranduil, and Evangeline Lilly as Tauriel, a female elf created for the movie. Sylvester McCoy returns as the wizard Radagast, ...

Ergo, it wouldn’t be for another 15 years that he’d come to occupy the identity referenced by an apparently prescient Thranduil. Of course, Aragorn and Legolas would eventually come to meet ...