“Y ou’d do well to identify what it is your opponent most fears,” he tells her. When Halbrand and Galadriel are imprisoned in Numenor, Halbrand shares some very telling advice with his jailmate.
Seriously, we know NOTHING about this guy except that he was on a boat (and let his wreck-mates perish) and is “trying to escape his past.” He’s like the dreamy boyfriend you obsess over until you realize you have NO real information about him. Here’s why I think this one might be true: Revealing Halbrand to be Sauron presents the story the fans know in a novel way. If, in episode one, Celebrimbor had been like “Hey, Elrond, let me introduce you to my buddy Annatar, he has a great idea,” no one would find the reveal to be dramatic and his “secret” identity would have leaked before the pilot finished. As material for exciting storytelling, this creates a problem for the writers in sustaining any dramatic tension. Tolkien fans know that, in the Second Age, Sauron came to the elves in fair guise as “Annatar,” the Lord of Gifts, and helped Celebrimbor to craft the rings of power. I’m personally a huge fan of this theory, as it would indicate to me that the writers are trying to honor the material while also surprising loyal Tolkien viewers. The most prominent rumor making the rounds is that Halbrand – the lost king of the Southlands and Aragorn analogue – is Sauron in disguise. So let’s review the two bi g g est theories and whether we think they will be confirmed by Friday’s end.Īlso Read Stephen Colbert Adorably Explains How Chance The Rapper, Gilbert & Sullivan, and Lord of The Rings Connect Theory 1: Halbrand’s I dentity, or, the “sexy Sauron” theory Even so, all of the dramatic uncertainty means that fan theories abound. And given the rather strange pacing of this show, I ’ m not even sure where we’re headed narrative-wise - and I know my Silmari l lion fairly well. Now, it’s clear that we won’t have every theory debunked by the end of episode 8. We are nerds! We are active viewers! Anyway, back to my point.) Most Tolkien-heads saw it coming from the start. And in episode 6: “Udûn”, we got that confirmation (sidenote: did anyone else find it eye-roll inducing when, in episode 7: “The Eye”, the camera panned up to show the burning land, and then had the title of Southlands “burn away” to say Mordor? Dear showrunners, we figured it out last episode. Case and point, many fans already (correctly) worked out that the Southlands occupied the space on the map traditionally depicting Mordor. And the fan theories have reached boiling point.
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A fter years of secrecy, months of fanfare (and fan hate), and weeks of soaring cinematography accompanied by Bear McCreary’s equally triumphant score, Season One of the Lord of the Rings prequel series The Rings of Power will air on Friday, October 14 on Amazon Prime.
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