This, however, does not mean that there are no Easter eggs for fans of Peter Jackson’s six-film adaptations of the two main Tolkien books - The Lord of the Rings (2001-2003) trilogy and The Hobbit (2012-2014) trilogy. The epic drama, which has the distinction of being the most expensive TV show of all time, is mainly based on the appendices in Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings books, as well as references from The Silmarillion which is a collection of expansion stories written by him.ĭue to this, most of the events, the characters and their developments in the series are either entirely new or based on interpretations of Tolkien’s vision of Middle-earth, as it was before the times of The Hobbit or LOTR. Bayona, Wayne Che Yip and Charlotte Brändström. Payne and Patrick McKay, the eight-episode first season has been directed by J.A. If you haven’t seen the show yet, this is our spoiler warning!Ĭreated by J.D. Tolkien that would have been missed by anyone who is not deeply invested in the books or the films based on them. In doing so, the first season referred to numerous minute details from the mythology created by J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 1 came to a close on Amazon Prime Video on 14 October 2022, capping a massively successful run for the streaming platform.
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