The earliest iteration we get of the Halflings is in Prime Video's "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power" series, and even then, they're called Harfoots, not Hobbits. So, are Harfoots Hobbits ...

Credit: Courtesy of Prime Video The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power's first season introduced us to the nomadic Hobbit ancestors known as the Harfoots. But in Season 2, episode 4 ...

For example, Nori is a Harfoot, an ancestor of the hobbits. Harfoots are only briefly mentioned in the prologue to The Fellowship of the Ring, but McKay and Payne have expanded on that brief ...