Celebrimbor now knows Annatar the Lord of Gifts is really the Dark Lord Sauron. Eregion’s true leader also knows his time in Middle-earth is coming to an end. In The Rings of Power season two’s […]
For a little while now, Morfydd Clark, who plays Galadriel, has teased that this season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power will feature an unexpected kiss. Of course, when fans heard […]
On Nov. 29, 1931, J.R.R. Tolkien introduced the world to Middle-earth — the most important part of it, anyway. The Hobbit wouldn’t be published for six more years. The Lord of the Rings was still […]
Cynthia Addai-Robinson can relate to the trepidation her Rings of Power character, Míriel, encountered when she walked into the sea in episode 6, “Where Is He?” The former queen enters the water during a sea […]
It figures that in a show named The Rings of Power, power of all sorts would factor into proceedings pretty heavily. This is especially true of season 2, episode 6, which sees director Sanaa Hamri […]
Adar told Galadriel his plan for defeating Sauron forever during episode six of The Rings of Power season two. The Uruk leader wants to combine the strength of the three elven rings with something just […]
As The Rings of Power moves through its second season on Prime Video, the show continues to expand on the lore of Middle-earth in its Second Age, with the threat of Sauron coming ever closer […]
Lore changes to Tolkien’s world are nothing new for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. But its changes to the palantíri, the spherical seeing devices that have appeared most notably in Númenor […]
Of the changes The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power has made from its source material, there’s none more sweeping than the scrunching of the story’s timeline. Rather than take place over three-plus […]
Ar-Pharazôn now rules in Númenor, but he craves much more than a scepter. He seeks something forbidden to men: eternal life. Not even the gods will stop him from trying to attain it. In The […]
Lord Celembrimbor is going to do something he swore he wouldn’t. He’s going to help craft nine rings for men. In The Rings of Power‘s “Halls of Stone,” Annatar used the elven smith’s ego, vanity, […]
It’s hard when a ship is separated by the narrative. (Although, the most amazing thing ever when the story brings them together.) And for Haladriel/Saurondriel shippers, who are legion in The Rings of Power‘s world, […]
The Rings of Power‘s first season began telling a beautiful backstory about the legendary Doors of Durin. That magical gateway, which famously held up Frodo and his companions in The Fellowship of the Ring, was […]
On The Rings of Power, Ismael Cruz Córdova plays Arondir, the most elven elf of them all. Through Arondir, we meet a whole new kind of elf, one full of rich complexities and new perspectives. […]
One of the most enduring, saddest mysteries of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy is the fate of the Entwives. During their travels together Treebeard told Merry and Pip that Ents, an ancient […]
The Rings of Power is a beautiful ode to Tolkien’s Middle-earth, sharing deep cuts but also expanding the lore. The mythical mithril is an example of both. In the Second Age, the dwarves of Khazad-Dûm, […]
The Harfoots are no longer The Rings of Power‘s only little folk. In season two’s fourth episode Poppy and Nori came across the Stoors, one of the three tribes that will one day be known […]
This week, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power expanded significantly on its depiction of ancient halflings, and in doing so gave me a great gift. By introducing the concept of Sûza-t, The […]
The Rings of Power has done something Peter Jackson didn’t with his The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit movies. The Prime Video show has brought a live-action Tom Bombadil to Middle-earth. Who is […]
Hey dol! Merry dol! The time has come, fellow The Lord of the Rings fans. A highly anticipated moment is here at long last. Yes, we mean the first appearance of the mysterious being Tom Bombadil […]