While the first three episodes of season 2 of the series The Rings of Power are available on Prime Video, the introduction of episode 1 gives us a long-awaited answer.
The fall season is packed with programs on Prime Video. While the platform will soon reveal the episodes of the show’s return Pop starsas well as those of the series Worshipwhich traces the story of the first season of Loft Storythe first highlight took place this Thursday, August 29. The platform put online the first three episodes of season 2 of Rings of Power, adapted from the books of JRR Tolkien. If season 1 had convinced visually, the substance had not been unanimous among the fans. Fortunately, this season 2 brilliantly redresses the balance by refocusing on the character of Sauron and his different identities. And from the introductory scene, the series answers a mystery that had been hovering since Peter Jackson’s film trilogy.
The Rings of Power : how could Sauron have physically rematerialized in the Lord of the Rings ? Season 2 answers!
For those who are fans of the Lord of the Ringswould have loved Peter Jackson’s trilogy but would not have studied all the literary offerings of the franchise or swallowed a Tolkienian encyclopedia to understand the universe in the smallest detail, this article is for you. Peter Jackson’s films develop the idea that Frodo must go and melt Sauron’s ring of power in Mount Doom because, if the latter managed to get his “hands” on it again, he could physically rematerialize thanks to the power conferred by the ring. But how would such a reincarnation in flesh and blood be possible, when the Dark Lord is no longer embodied except by the eye that watches over Middle-earth? The introductory scene of season 2 explains this phenomenon because we discover Sauron’s ability to change state and form, in the scientific sense of the term. We see him facing Adar and his 200 orcs, 1000 years before the events of the series. They betray him, assassinate him and reduce him to nothing. Or almost. We gradually witness the transformation of his body into a viscous and black matter. Matter which slowly comes back to life and then takes human form again, with the face of Halbrand, the identity of Sauron in season 1.
The Rings of Power : Director Reveals Which Scene Shouldn’t Have Been in Season 2
A scene that illustrates the process of Sauron’s metamorphosis from one identity to another but also his resurrection process and therefore explains how he could have returned in Peter Jackson’s trilogy. And if this sequence is enlightening for fans, it was not supposed to open season 2. Indeed, Charlotte Brändström, the director of the first episodes, confided to Variety that “This scene was supposed to be in episode 6 of the first season. Since there was no more room, they decided to keep it for this season. They opened the salvo with this flashback, and I think it’s a very clever way to get into Sauron’s character. Because what the showrunners are really trying to show is that evil characters aren’t just about darkness. They have a lot of shades.“
