Rings of Power Season 2 Teaser BREAKDOWN

We've just gotten our first look at season two of Amazon's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power! As usual, I'm going to dive through every image and talk about the lore and give my predictions and observations!

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[NerdoftheRings]

What did you think of the teaser? Did it increase your hype level (wherever it may have been prior)? Favorite/least favorite moment?

[jeansalomon]

Sauron puts on Clark Kents glasses

Elves: Who's that?

[KansasCitian]

I just hope they can do a much better job of capturing the scale necessary to make the events of the show actually feel as important as their characters treat them.

Last season's big world ending battle ultimately involved one small village of like 100 people.

[countpicula]

Elves: “WAIT!? Who’s there!”
Sauron: [puts on a wig]
Elves: “huh, must have been the wind…”

[convexityhedging]

Annatar arrives to teach Celebrimbor more about alloys...

[thomasb.anderson]

dom moneghan towards halbrand:
do you wear wigs?
have you worn wigs?
when will you wear wigs?

[stephenbarkley]

Sauron: I'm Sauron.
Celebrimbor: *changes passwords on all their devices
Sauron: I am not that other guy, (point to hair) but he did forget to do a few things. Can I barrow your forge?
Celebrimbor: Alright, here is the login info.

[lexskyee]

Galadriel: "But they were all of them deceived for another WIG was made."

[billygoods]

The tied up person with the sea monster could be Numenor starting to make human sacrifices (or a vision of the future of Numenor making human sacrifices).

[SimpleDesertRose]

I'm looking forward to Elsa singing Let It Go for the orcs 😂😂

[darrengladden]

Glad you called out about the Blue Wizards. In the first season dialogue, it was suggested that there was more than one Istari by the Nazgals, and it did seem there were two comets in S1.

[TheHiggybaby]

<revolving shot of elven crew surrounded by wights>

Galadriel: Avengers, ASSEMBLE!

[davidjones]

Re: the Balrog. I can see it being used as a way of killing Durin 3rd: Having his ring corrupt him and leading him to aggressively mine mithril. But being in the deeper chambers when it's discovered and dying as a consequence.

My guess is that he and those with him will seal themselves off from the rest of Khazadum to save it from the Balrog, (creating the sealed chamber referenced in LOTR) but as a consequence it's existence won't be known by the wider population and it will go back into hibernation until it's rediscovered in the 3rd age.

[Sandnan_der_gruene_Pilger]

"But they were all of them deceived for another WIG was made. For in the lands of Modor Sauron crafted his master WIG. One WIG to fool them all, one WIG to blind them, one WIG to fool them twice and in the Darkness bind them." JRRT

[michaelpace]

Tom Bombadil is going to save the Elves from the Barrow Wights

[undead]

>Amazon: releases Rings of Power Season 2 trailer
*>HBO, 2 hours later: RELEASES HOUSE OF THE DRAGON SEASON 2 TRAILER*

[LordTelperion]

The siege and fall of the capital city of Ost-in-Edhil is one of the most pivotal moments of the second age, with the Army of Lindon arriving to reinforce Eregion's forces, but still unable to win the day, culminating with Celebrimbor defending the great doors of the House of the Mirdain from Sauron's forces and ultimately falling in one-on-one combat with Sauron himself. Not sure how Amazon will depict this, as their version of the grandson of Feanor isn't really the bristling-with-power High Elf battle-mage you'd think he'd need to be to fight Sauron even for a few seconds.

[kenthehobo]

"Somehow Sauron has returned"

[scotty]

Does it seem crazy to anyone else that they are going to use the Annatar storyline since they already did that in season 1 with Halbrand? I mean in season 1, Sauron already assumed a fair form, and used it to infiltrate the elves during which time he learned about ring smithing from Clelbrimbor. So are they just going to do the exact same storyline again in season 2 but with this time with Annatar?

[michaelh]

I was just disappointed that the teaser didn't end with a cheery "Ring a ding dillo!"