Director Peter Jackson hosted an online Q&A on Sunday to promote the recent Blu-ray release of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, during which time he gave fans their first look at Evangeline Lilly as the elf Tauriel in The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Tauriel, who is Legolas' kin, is not based on any of J.R.R. Tolkien's characters and was created by Jackson and his co-writers Guillermo del Toro, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens just for their screen adaptation.[Images removed at studio's request.]Via JoBlo The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug opens December 13.