No spoilers ahead! The first episode explains about Middle-earth, which is a must before embarking upon this grand journey - even if you are a big Tolkien or LOTR fan.

So, you won't see Lord Aragorn and Legolas first, but there is a legendary character called Galadriel, who is on a quest to find the dark force, while the forbidden romance blossoms between an elf and a woman. Here the story revolves around many characters and intriguing plots. This time the adventure isn’t limited to a core group. There is a lot to experience with no-time boundation, which sometimes impedes cinema-based projects as creators don’t get enough time to showcase various important details.

There would be familiar names and landscape, but the series is set during the Second Age of Middle Earth and it is a prequel to The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. How is it different from Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings & The Hobbit movies? The series has brought the world of Middle Earth legends to the TV screen. The much-awaited series is here to offer you a magnificent TV experience of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. It has been more than eight years now since the final film in The Hobbit trilogy enthralled the fans of JRR Tolkien and finally the wait is over. Does ‘my precious’ bring back a flood of memories? If yes, then get ready to take another ride from Shire to Mordor via Rohan - because the Dark Lord or Sauron doesn't sleep and everything revolves around that one ring, which rules them all.

A '(Snyltar)' indicates the actor or actress lent only his or her voice for his or her film character.Before we could savour the grand visuals complemented by dragons, bloodshed, reckless kings and cunning courtiers in Game of Thrones, it was 'my precious' or 'the precious' - which wowed the global audience and a whole generation of fantasy lovers.

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1.9 Orcs and Uruk-hais of Isengard and Mordor.

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