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Tolkien himself considered revisiting Middle Earth for a new "uprising", but discarded it because it didn't and probably couldn't recapture the magic. Plus it probably felt too much like reality.
IIRC, he began writing another installment set in the 4th age, but abandoned it, because now that the main evils were dealt with, all that was left to happen was the world of men betraying each other, and it very quickly became a boring, depressing tale that just didn't need to exist.
"The New Shadow". He wrote about 13 pages and discarded the idea for reasons you mention.
Hollywood producers: "13 pages, you say? That's enough for a new trilogy!"
[laughs in Disney executive] “each page is enough for at least a 12 episode season of a one hour drama!”
And we can always add filler through nostalgia bait. For goodness sake, audiences still don't know where Aragorn got the boot he wore when kicking the helmet!
We need a light-hearted but edgy sitcom based around the the flawed but lovable family that runs the Prancing Pony.
'It's Always Sunny In Brandywine'.
So basically he was going to write game of thrones? Although he may have actually finished it…
And maybe dany wouldn't have kinda forgot about the iron fleet
Introducing the newest Middle Earth installment: "Tom Bombadill Kicks the Shit Out of Everyone"
Wherein Tom Bombadil restores the balance of nature by skipping across the lands, singing ditties, and punching everyone in the nuts real hard.
The 4th age is game of thrones.