While audiences have Peter Jackson‘s new incarnation of Lord of the Rings to look forward to, Amazon has just released the epic new trailer for The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power season 2. This trailer drops just before the premiere of the second season, which debuts on Prime Video on August 9.

The description for season 2 reads,
“Sauron has returned. Cast out by Galadriel, without army or ally, the rising Dark Lord must now rely on his own cunning to rebuild his strength and oversee the creation of the Rings of Power, which will allow him to bind all the peoples of Middle-earth to his sinister will. Building on Season 1’s epic scope and ambition, Season 2 of Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power plunges even its most beloved and vulnerable characters into a rising tide of darkness, challenging each to find their place in a world that is increasingly on the brink of calamity. Elves and dwarves, orcs and men, wizards and Harfoots… as friendships are strained and kingdoms begin to fracture, the forces of good will struggle ever more valiantly to hold on to what matters to them most of all… each other.”

The show had recently given fans a look at this new season with their activation at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. Two big details were revealed about this season at Comic-Con. One notable thing that fans will have to look forward to is that this season will be all about Sauron, and another big reveal is that an epic three-episode battle will take place.

During Comic-Con, actor Kevin Eldon, who will be playing one of this season’s Dwarf characters, talked about what fans will be able to see from these upcoming episodes, “Season 2 will introduce us to one of the most famous [dwarves]: Narvi (played by Eldon). Cited in J.R.R. Tolkien’s appendices to The Lord of the Rings as the dwarf who built the Doors of Durin (“Speak ‘friend’ and enter”), Narvi is set to play a significant role in the dwarven politics.” Eldon had spoken about his character, “He’s weaving in and out of the action throughout the season. He’s only mentioned in Tolkien’s appendices, and he’s described as a great craftsman. [Showrunners] J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay had little to go on, but I think we have successfully turned this footnote into a flesh-and-blood character. As well as being this fantastic architect, we see in season 2 that he’s an adviser as well. He’s a right-hand man of King Durin.”

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