The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 3 Sneak Peek Offers First Look On Set, Including the Return of an Iconic Weapon

Amazon has released a caller glimpse astatine The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, arsenic filming continues connected the lavish TV series' upcoming 3rd season.

The abbreviated clip, shared connected societal media, shows Elendil (once again played by Peter McKenzie) grooming for battle. In costume, we past spot the histrion picking up the legendary leaf Narsil, and readying himself portion lasting connected a shoreline.

Elendil received Narsil successful Rings of Power's astir caller episode, Shadow and Flame, the series' 2nd play finale which aired successful October 2024. Still successful Númenor, Elendil is fixed the sword by deposed Queen Míriel and told to permission and reclaim his lordship — thing which he's present disconnected presumably doing.

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Production connected Rings of Power's 3rd play began successful May, and is inactive continuing present immoderate 4 months later. Amazon antecedently announced the bid would leap guardant successful clip for its adjacent episodes, which volition prime up the communicative "at the tallness of the warfare of the elves and Sauron, arsenic the Dark Lord seeks to trade the One Ring."

This archetypal sneak peek looks to beryllium the commencement of respective teases picking up the journeys of cardinal Rings of Power characters, arsenic fans hold for quality connected erstwhile the 3rd play mightiness premiere.

The amusement antecedently near its eleven characters agreed successful resoluteness to instrumentality down Sauron, who present holds the 9 rings for men. Elsewhere, Gandalf yet decides to telephone himself Gandalf, and Eldendil's lad Isildur yet sets disconnected backmost to Númenor.

Of course, fans who person seen The Lord of the Rings volition cognize overmuch of what happens next. As seen successful the movies' opening prologue, Sauron is defeated by Isildur, who slices disconnected the villain's digit that bears the One Ring utilizing Narsil. (The sword is shattered, though is reforged thousands of years aboriginal for Aragorn who wields the blade, renamed Andúril, successful Return of the King.)

Elsewhere successful Middle-earth, pre-production is ramping up connected The Lord of the Rings prequel movie The Hunt for Gollum, with histrion and manager Andy Serkis present successful New Zealand up of filming beginning. Chatty wizard Sir Ian McKellan precocious confirmed the instrumentality of some Gandalf and Frodo successful the upcoming film, though precisely however they volition diagnostic remains to beryllium seen.

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