Recently, we at Nerdist had the pleasure of speaking to Charles Edwards, who plays Lord Celebrimbor, and Charlie Vickers, who plays Sauron, about The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season two. Since our recent tweet was such a hit, we couldn’t help but ask Charles Edwards if he thought Celebrimbor would have a banner season this year on The Rings of Power. As Edwards considered his answer, Charlie Vickers very helpfully illustrated our question with some evocative hand gestures. This is an, if you know, you know, kind of situation for The Lord of the Rings fans, and we’re not going to get too deep into spoiler-territory, but we’re going to put it under a spoiler warning anyway.
You can watch Charles Edwards and Charlie Vickers react to the mention of Celebrimbor, The Rings of Power, and a banner in the video above. And it is truly hilarious. But we felt the most interesting thing was Edwards’ response to the invocation of a banner. He noted that rumors of Celebrimbor’s banner year in season two of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power “might be premature.” Make of that what you will. More than that, he couldn’t possibly say. But honestly, it’s a lot to consider. Could he mean that Celebrimbor will never have a banner year on The Rings of Power? Or just that it just won’t be in season two? We’ll have to mull that over a while longer.
In the meanwhile, thanks to Vickers, we have an approximation of Sauron’s banner behavior to tide us over. Let no one ever say we never gave you any gifts, good people of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power fandom. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season two begins streaming on Prime Video on August 29.