The wait is almost over! Starting tomorrow, the public will finally be able to discover The Rings of Power. But do you have to have seen Peter Jackson’s original trilogy to understand the Lord of the Rings series?
On September 2, the first two episodes of The Rings of Power will finally be available on Amazon Prime Video. With House of the Dragon, The Lord of the Rings series is undoubtedly the most anticipated of the year!
SHOULD YOU HAVE SEEN THE LORD OF THE RINGS TRILOGY BY PETER JACKSON?
More than 20 years after the release of The Fellowship of the Ring, the trilogy directed by Peter Jackson continues to fascinate. The comparison will be inevitable for fans. However, many spectators will discover the universe created by JRR Tolkien through The Rings of Power.
A question then arises. Do you have to have seen the original trilogy to understand the Prime Video series? Since the events told in The Rings of Power will take place in a time before The Lord of the Rings, it is quite possible to immerse yourself in the universe without having seen the films of Peter Jackson.
Indeed, the story of the series takes place about 7000 years before The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. It will relate the major events that occurred on Middle-earth during the Second Age.
A RICH AND ABUNDANT UNIVERSE
We will thus be able to discover the story behind the creation of the Rings of Power, the history of the island kingdom of Númenor, the rise of Sauron and the last alliance between Men and Elves. These events take place over several thousand years in Tolkien’s books. For the purposes of the series, the timeline has been condensed.
The series therefore takes place in the Second Age. According to Romain Beis, manager of the LeStream channel on Twitch and founder of the Le Grand Pop site, it must be said that it is between three and seven thousand years before The Lord of the Rings.
“We should focus on the end of the Second Age, which will make it possible to link with the prologue of Peter Jackson’s trilogy since The Fellowship of the Ring opened with the voice of Galadriel and the images of a great battle. It was the last battle of the Second Age.”he points out.
“It’s a particularly interesting age because if the First Age is more dedicated to the Elves and the Third Age to the Humans, we are here in the one that approaches the greatest mix between the free peoples of Middle-earth”explains the specialist in the saga.
However, if it is not necessary to have seen the feature films of Peter Jackson, it is certain that The Rings of Power will make you want to get started! You will be keen to grasp all the references and know the end of the mythical story imagined by Tolkien.