In some ways, we wanted to do an origin story for Sauron.
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“I hope after the last episode airs, viewers watch the whole season again
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“Season one opens with: Who is Galadriel? Where did she come from? What did she suffer? Why is she driven?” says Payne. “We’re doing the same thing with Sauron in season two. We’ll fill in all the missing pieces.”
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“Sauron can now just be Sauron,” McKay adds. “Like Tony Soprano or Walter White. He’s evil, but complexly evil.
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Season two has a canonical story
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Another thing I don't see talked about much is how the writers of the show had to only use material in the Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings since Amazon didn't get rights to The Silmarillion or any other published Tolkien works. Idk if having the rights to other material would have changed anything, but that is something that really stood out to me and a reason why copyright laws are bad.