San Diego Comic-Con 2024 briefly turned into Middle-earth when the cast and crew from The Rings of Power came to Hall H to celebrate the series’ upcoming return to Prime Video. They did that by debuting an all-new season two trailer. But humans, dwarves, wizard, Harfoots, and elves weren’t the only ones from J.R.R. Tolkien’s fantasy world to make the trip to pop culture’s premier showcase. The Rings of Power panel also debuted a behind-the-scenes featurette of the many creatures that will also appear during the show’s sophomore season. Now Prime Video has shared it with everyone on this Earth.
In addition to some terrifying beasts and an army of Orcs, we’ll be revisiting some truly iconic figures from The Lord of the Rings. Ents and a young Shelob will make their presence felt during the Second Age.
This creature teaser has everything: Barrow-wights, Hill-trolls (our new boy Damrod!) and Sea-worms. And since this is Middle-earth after all, there are also plenty of Orcs around. and dark lords are only some of the enemies you’ll have to face during your journeys. But we’re most excited to see two very memorable creatures.
The show is bringing back our favorite lumbering, slow-moving talking trees, the Ents. Only, they don’t seem that slow at this point in their lives, which is thousands of years before they meet Pip and Merry. And we’re also going to get the chance to see another of Middle-earth’s most notorious creatures as a youngster. The spider Shelob is here to eat anyone and anything unlucky enough to cross her path.
We can’t wait to see a youthful, nimble, still totally horrible Shelob in action. This teaser also includes some tantalizing scenes of non-creatures in combat or on trial. And we can’t wait to see all of them, but we have to wait a little longer for that. The Rings of Power will return to Prime Video for its second season on August 29.