Check back here Friday afternoon for a review of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2, by tb-two* movie critic Mina Asayesh-Brown.

Tonight's premiere is almost here! Are you ready for the final battle? The death and destruction? The end to a story that has been in our lives for more than a decade? We're not. To keep the Harry Potter spirit alive now and after the final scenes of Deathly Hallows, Part 2, check out this Harry Potter piece by Times staffer Jennifer DeCamp, a look back at 10 key moments from the series important to Harry's final battle with Voldemort.

One of our tb-two* staffers also dug up some facts about the fictional characters and real-life actors part of the Harry Potter movies. Know another cool HP fact that's not on this list? Let us know in the comments section at the bottom of the story.

**And don't forget to participate in our Harry Potter tweet chat tomorrow starting at 9 p.m. TONIGHT. Three staffers will be tweeting live from the premiere at three different theaters in Tampa Bay. Follow @tbtwo on Twitter or search for #HPtb2 to follow our live chat.**

Character facts...

*Several wizarding families are related, through marriages and blood relations, via the Black family: the Malfoys, the Potters, the Lestranges, the Weasleys, the Longbottoms, the Crabbes. (Source: The Harry Potter Lexicon)
 

*Professor Trelawney not only predicted the outcome of Harry and Voldemort's final showdown, she also predicted Albus Dumbledore's death.
 

*According to JK Rowling, Albus Dumbledore was gay. (Source: The Leaky Cauldron)
 

*Harry Potter is said to be a direct descendant of Ignotus Peverell, one of the three characters in The Tale of the Three Brothers. He owned the invisibility cloak, and that is why Harry received it.
 

*JK Rowling claims only one of her characters is modeled after somebody she actually knew in real life: Gilderoy Lockhart. (Source: jkrowling.com)

*JK Rowling originally debated with the idea of killing off Arthur Weasley in The Order of the Phoenix, but thankfully decided against it. (Source: Today)

Cast facts...

*Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley) is engaged to Jamie Campbell Bower (teenage version of Gellert Grindelwald) in real life. (Source: LA Times)

*Emma Watson formerly attended Brown University, but said she left because incessant teasing did not allow her a proper learning environment. (Source: NY Daily News)
 

*Maggie Smith (Minerva McGonagall) was diagnosed with breast cancer and went through chemotherapy while the Harry Potter series was filming. (Source: Telegraph)

By Amy Price, Durant High