Watch the Trailer for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Episode 8

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 1 concludes this Friday, October 14, and at New York Comic-Con 2022 over the weekend, Amazon Prime Video unveiled a “trailer” for the eighth and ultimate episode. I put the phrase trailer in quotes, as a result of it is a stretch to name one thing a trailer when it is made up nearly fully of previous footage. It’s a unadorned try by Amazon to construct up hype for the “season finale”, whereas additionally making an attempt its finest to provide away nothing forward of Friday.

The Rings of Power episode 8 trailer

“Soon, you will understand the power of the Unseen World,” an unseen character says through voice-over in the beginning of The Rings of Power episode 8 trailer, whereas we’re proven footage from the beginning of episode 7. That is adopted by dialogues and scenes from even earlier within the season, together with Nori (Markella Kavenagh) making an attempt to calm The Stranger (Daniel Weyman), Orcs shouting as they head to warfare, and river water falling into the abyss of Mount Doom.

“He was lost but shall return,” says the man who plunged the darkish fiery sword and woke up Mount Doom in episode 6. Off display, somebody says: “I am no God. At least not yet.” As we see extra photographs from older episodes — actually, it feels deceptive to name this a trailer for the finale — one other unseen character provides: “You will be known at last for who you truly are, for you are Lord Sauron.” Title playing cards in The Rings of Power episode 8 trailer warn us of Mordor’s rise and the autumn of heroes.

The Rings of Power episode 8 trailer then takes us again even additional, to the primary two episodes. Are they making an attempt to remind us of the journey? Because then the video ought to’ve been named in that style.

The solely new footage right here appears to come back after the two-minute mark — after “the season finale” title card drops — and it is just for a couple of seconds. We see Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) in a brand new inexperienced apparel and pondering as she holds onto a blade. “We are on the cusp of crafting a new kind of power,” the Elven smith Celebrimbor (Charles Edwards) — who disappeared for a number of episodes — says, not figuring out the doom his creation will convey. After that, it is again to a montage of previous scenes.

Meanwhile, The Rings of Power co-showrunner Patrick McKay has been teasing what to anticipate from the season 1 finale, along with commenting on the idea that Halbrand (Charlie Vickers) is Sauron. McKay mentioned: “What I would say is, you know, Sauron’s a deceiver. Sauron could be anyone and we always felt like it would be a waste to just have him be out in front at the beginning. If there was a story that would engage people, and let them lean in and let them read into things and have ideas and theories, that would be delightful and wonderful.

“And if you think it’s [Halbrand], it’s one version of the show. If you think it’s somebody else, it’s another version of the show, and I just hope the next episode is exciting for you.”

The Rings of Power episode 8 launch date and time

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power episode 8 is out October 14 at 9:30am IST / 9pm PT / 12am ET on Prime Video worldwide. In India, The Rings of Power is on the market in English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam.