It is ALL happening. I confess, I shrieked multiple times throughout this trailer because the number of things I was hoping to see in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season two are all coming to life. Firstly, of course, there’s the one thing folks have been worrying about since the end of last season. Will Galadriel and Sauron reunite in The Rings of Power season two? The answer is yes: Sauron and Galadriel will have a reunion in The Rings of Power‘s next season. And not only will they reunite, but they’ll reunite in one-on-one combat. That’s what we call reuniting in fine fashion. So, for all you Haldriel, Saurondriel, whatever you would like to call it, believers out there, you can rest easy that Galadriel and Sauron will share some space together during The Rings of Power season two.
We kind of felt like this was bound to happen. But then again, the way Sauron and Galadriel separated in season one of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power was sour and seemed kind of long-term. It was enough to worry fans that they wouldn’t meet, at any rate. Of course, how much space they’ll share in season two and what it will bring is yet to be determined. But we need to leave a little something to the imagination, don’t we? This Sauron and Galadriel reunion moment is far from the only exciting tease in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power‘s season two trailer, though. You can check it out in full above.
We’ll wait as you watch this The Rings of Power season two trailer one more time, at least. Once just isn’t enough to take it all in. We gave space to Galadriel and Sauron already, but now we can all turn to what’s really important. This season, Adar and Galadriel could potentially work together in service of stopping Sauron, who has truly wronged them both. Of course, it’s hard to tell from this The Rings of Power season two trailer if this delicious alliance will actually take shape or not. At some points, like when Adar proposes that Sauron is an enemy of them both and he and Galadriel stand together on the top of a hillside, it seems like it might. During other scenes in The Rings of Power season two trailer, like when Galadriel is chained in a cage, it’s a little bit less clear.
I personally have been pulling for a “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” narrative for Galadriel and Adar since the duo had their explosive interaction in The Rings of Power season one. Could an elf and an Uruk truly work together? It’s the start of a bad joke. It’s the start of a fanfic. And well, it’s in this The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season two trailer. And I would love nothing more.
Of course, we would be remiss not to discuss the third power couple that emerges from this The Rings of Power trailer. Here we speak, of course, of Celebrimbor and Sauron. Sauron needs Celebrimbor to make rings. Celebrimbor needs Sauron to feel powerful. It’s all gift-giving and domestic forging at first. But things look like they go very wrong, very quickly in Eregion. The scene of Celebrimbor sobbing in this The Rings of Power trailer rocks us to our core. “What have you done to me?” The elven smith demands. Nothing good. (Well, we guess it’s a matter of perspective.) Sauron has a habit of giving those around them exactly what they want… to his own benefit.
If all that weren’t enough, this The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season two trailer gives us glimpses of epic battles, inter-familial conflict, orcs galore, evil creatures, Elrond as a war hero, Durin as a true leader, Gil-galad in a marvelous robe, and more. We also get the barest tease of Sauron engaging in battle. He’s sleek, that’s for sure. And the puppetmaster behind it all. So much chaos seeping from one being, but that’s Sauron for you. If that weren’t enough, Sauron’s powers of the unseen world are also coming back into play in The Rings of Power. It seems like he’ll be invading minds, manipulating thoughts, and fighting on more than one plane of existence this season.
After this trailer, we absolutely cannot wait to see more from The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season two. The new season premieres on August 29.