Rings of Energy Might Have Been the Lengthy-Rumored Younger Aragorn Present

Keep in mind again in 2017, when Amazon reduce a cope with the J.R.R. Tolkien property for a cool $250 million? Earlier than the ink had even dried, phrase on the road was that Amazon’s buy of the Tolkien movie rights would translate to a tv sequence about younger Aragorn, set lengthy earlier than the would-be King of Gondor was combating wars and ruling kingdoms. However then, the present by no means received off the bottom, and now, The Rings of Power is a month out from launching on Amazon Prime. For years, followers have been questioning: was the younger Aragorn present only a pipe dream, or did it ever have an actual shot?

Now, we lastly know the total story. In a brand new interview with Complete Movie, Rings of Energy co-showrunner J.D. Payne confirms that the younger Aragorn present was an actual contender—one in all many, in truth.

“Once we first went up for the job, we have been informed there have been actually dozens of different individuals who have been additionally throwing their hat within the ring, and everybody was coming in with various things,” Payne stated. “Amazon purchased the rights to the trilogy, the appendices, and The Hobbit. They stated the sphere was broad open—any story inside that materials, you would inform. So that you had individuals pitching the Younger Aragon present, or the Gimli spinoff, or other forms of issues.”

Lord of the Rings fans will do not forget that after the loss of life of his father, Aragorn was raised in Rivendell as a ward of the elf lord Elrond. Elrond gave Aragorn the title “Estel” and cherished the boy like an adoptive son, solely revealing his actual title and his royal heritage when Aragorn turned twenty. After that, Aragorn’s youthful adventures started: he fell in love with the unattainable Arwen, traveled Center-earth alongside Gandalf, dedicated some epic wartime deeds in a number of kingdoms, then “handed out of information” for many years till the motion of The Lord of the Rings, which begins when he’s 87 years previous (royal genes blessed him with lengthy life). Warfare, thriller, forbidden love—all of it appears like an incredible tv present, doesn’t it? Nevertheless it wasn’t meant to be.

“They wished to make one thing that felt worthy of Tolkien,” Payne continued. “And as we actually considered it, and culled by way of the fabric, we noticed all totally different sorts of tales. That story of the Second Age—the Darkish Lord Sauron and the Fall of Númenor, and the combat towards Sauron at Mount Doom—that arc of the key Second Age occasions felt like such a tremendous, untold story.”

Chin up, Aragorn followers—within the Rings of Energy, now we have 5 seasons of Tolkien goodness to look ahead to, starring lots of Aragorn’s ancestors (together with Elrond himself). Possibly someplace down the highway, we’ll lastly get the Aragorn present of our desires. Simply so long as there’s no Tom Bombadil spin-off.