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Season 2 of “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” premiering Thursday, Aug. 29, on Prime Video, follows the rise of Sauron (Charlie Vickers) as a primordial force of evil in Middle Earth. Charlie Vickers in “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power”

Cover Story Elves, Ents and Orcs: Season 2 of ‘The Rings of Power’ makes its debut

By Dana Simpson Galadriel (Morfydd Clark, Ancient evil is nothing “Saint Maud,” 2019) and Elnew for the Elves, Hobbits, rond (Robert Aramayo, “The Dwarves and other peoples King’s Man,” 2021) take on inhabiting Middle Earth. respective missions to regain Beginning with 1914’s “The their race’s power and defeat Voyage of Éarendel the Evethe persistent forces of evil ning Star” — considered to threatening Middle Earth. be the first of author J.R.R. Ultimately, when their own Tolkien’s ever-developing plans fall short of success, Middle Earth fantasy saga — they turn to the infamously up to the modern day, there coveted Rings of Power to is seemingly no end to the get their way. Unfortunately, grip that Tolkien’s lore has gaining power is never clearon the world at large. From cut and simple. the literary series to board Back to complete their games, tabletop role-playing missions or die trying, Galgames, video games, movies adriel and Elrond must now and more, it feels as though face an infamous primordial everyone in the modern day evil in the show’s newest has consumed something of season: the powerful future Tolkien’s within their lifetime. ruler of Mordor, Sauron Newest on the scene, of (Charlie Vickers, “Medici”). course, is Prime Video’s Season 2 of “The Lord of the “The Lord of the Rings: Rings: The Rings of Power” The Rings of Power,” which begins Thursday, Aug. 29, on premiered Video. 26 ChestnutSept. St., 1, 2022 HEARPrime WHAT the focus of SeaonPa the• Suite streaming e, 200 platform.MATTERSWhile Across its eight episodes, son MOST 2 is primarily on the 814-837-7475 elves, and distant cousins, rise of Sauron — formerly

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only seen as Halbrand in the series — as the leading antihero in Middle Earth, fans of the first season may be happy to hear that the team behind the scenes plans to “[fix] a big Season 1 complaint” regarding the differences between Galadriel’s character in “The Rings of Power” and that within Peter Jackson’s (“King Kong,” 2005) Lord of the Rings trilogy. Much of her character development, as fans of the novel know, can be attributed to her ownership and use of the Elven ring Nenya. “This season we get to ... [see] a real different side to Galadriel,” explains executive producer Lindsey Weber, as reported by ScreenRant.com. “She’s humbled. ... She’s had to face the question of whether she’s wrong, and decide which way to go to set right what she’s had a hand in unleashing on Middle Earth.”

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Returning alongside Clark, Aramayo and Vickers this season are Owain Arthur (“The Palace”) as Prince Durin IV, Ismael Cruz Córdova (“Mary Queen of Scots,” 2018) as Arondir, Peter Mullan (“Children of Men,” 2006) as King Durin III, Ema Horvath (“Don’t Look Deeper”) as Earien, Markella Kavenagh (“Romper Stomper”) as Nori Brandyfoot and Benjamin Walker (“Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” 2012) as High King Gil-galad and Calam Lynch (“Bridgerton”) in a role that has yet to be named, to list just a few. Deadline also reported that “15 actors were added in recurring roles at the end of 2022.” Among them is notable addition Rory Kinnear (“The Imitation Game,” 2014) as friendly Hobbit-savior Tom Bombadil, a man “older than the old,” who did not make it into the Jackson film adaptations.

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