The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is coming. Fans went for years without hearing so much as a pip from the series, but Amazon Studios has recently started promoting it in earnest, three months ahead of its September release date. Fans pored over every detail of the action-packed reveal trailer, made some wild assumptions based on character portraits, and tried to tease information out of Tolkien scholars who got a sneak peek. A recent interview with the series’ producers in Empire magazine has given us a whole lot more to go on, and one tidbit in particular has given me much to ponder.
