User blog comment:Westry2/The Ork Blog/@comment-5323539-20130328032559/@comment-5323539-20130328160041

Uruk-hai were an Orc/Goblin hybrid in the movie. In the novels, they were an Orc/Man hybrid. Orcs were made from Elves and Goblins. So Uruk-hai aren't really orcs, but something completely different.