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[RemusLupinFan]

Originally Posted by Midnightsfire

I think the Laketown story arc was simply a way to flesh out the character of Bard. What purists accept wouldn't look at all that well in a movie if "Bard the Bowman came out of nowhere to save the day," which is what we have in the book. In the movie, we have a character we sympathize with.

I think you're probably right. In the book, there are some characters that just show up, like Bard, and we don't really get to know them. I think it makes sense in the movie to develop some backstory and context for such characters. In any case, they needed a way to show that the Master was corrupt, which is stated in the book (it's escaping me exactly what is said about the Master of Laketown in the book...).