Easily one of the most hotly-anticipated new series on its way right now isThe Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Amazon Prime’s continually hyped show has continued to impress with each small glimpse offered by the streamer, and now a brand new sneak peek appears ready to keep those expectations just as high as ever.
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The teaser shows a mysterious meteor plowing through the sky as several previously revealedLord of the Rings: The Rings of Powercharacterslook on in wonder. “The skies are strange,” says Sir Lenny Henry’s hobbit character Sadoc Burrows before others are shown watching the spectacle. As the meteor passes by several other people and locales, showing off the lush and breathtaking scenery viewers are in for, it finally crashes while Markella Kavenagh’s fellow hobbit character Elanor Brandyfood watches. As the impact is felt, the screen fades out to reveal… the date of another teaser. Well, Amazon is nothing if not adept at building suspense.
The sneak peek also offersa look at Elrond and Galadriel(Robert Aramayo and Morfydd Clark, respectively) as the meteor goes past. But perhaps the most significant reveal comes from near the end, where the mysterious flying object rockets past a forest to reveal several of the living tree creatures known as ents also observing the spectacle. Many have been speculating that ents would show up at some point in the series, but no confirmation has been offered until now.
The sneak peek is only 60 seconds long, which might seem like a whole lot of nothing to some. However, it apparently serves as the harbinger of a true teaser set to drop on July 14th, so there’s definitely more to look forward to.The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Powerwill be the first major foray into Tolkien’s fantastical worldsinceThe Hobbittrilogy, and a lot of fans have warily high hopes after the arguable disappointment that came from that particular adaptation.
But beingset during the Second Age, millennia before the events ofThe Lord of the Rings:The Fellowship of the Ring, as well as not directly following any concrete source material this time around allows for a lot of creative freedom that may not have been possible otherwise. So there are sure to be plenty of surprises even for seasoned fans of the rich and expansive lore. Luckily, the wait is almost over.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Poweris set to premiere on Amazon Prime Video on September 2nd, 2022.
