Amazon’s fantasy series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power starts in 2 weeks, on September 2, 2022. After the Middle-earth return had been stingy with new material for months, new videos are now appearing almost daily. One of them now creates amazing clarity about the Situation in Mordor at the time of the series: We see Sauron’s later ashen home in green glory for the first time.
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The new behind-the-scenes clip of the Lord of the Rings series takes us right from the start over the well-known topography of the Middle-earth map. However, where we emerge, it is not the well-known name “Mordor” that portends ominously, but “The Southlands”. This Southlands are the pre-Mordor, before Sauron settled there and all life turned to ashes. (Elsewhere, this country was immediately jokingly christened “Beforedor”.)
The Lord of the Rings. The Rings of Power – S01 Featurette The Southlanders (English) HD
In retrospect, it is clear that we have long since gained insights into this region in the previous trailers. However, without knowing where we were staying. The new characters of the healer Bronwyn (Nazanin Boniadi), her son Theo (Tyroe Muhafidin) and the newly revealed Waldreg (Geoff Morrell) explain theirs in the video featurette situation as oppressed southerners:
Hundreds of years ago, the southerners surrendered in war on the wrong side: the side of evil. Since then they have as outcasts paid for it. They work hard and don’t have much, had to start from scratch and rebuild everything.
It should be clear that these southerners are not congruent with the oliphant-riding Haradrim or the sailing corsairs of Umbar who reinforced Sauron’s troops in the Third Age of Middle-earth at the battle against Gondor in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. Rather, Tolkien’s term “Southlanders” seems to be used here as a general term for peoples in southern Middle-earth.
Elves as Guardians: New Lord of the Rings Towers in The Rings of Power
If you look closely in the new Lord of the Rings featurette, you can see the watchtower in the left mountain range background of the working people, which has already been seen in several trailers: So the southerners are not only expelled, but are also being monitored. And from controlling elves like Arondir (Ismael Cruz Cordova), as the video explains:
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The Rings of Power: The Southlands as Pre-Mordor
the Elves took it upon themselves to ensure that the southerners did not defect to the dark side again. So they’ve been occupying this territory for hundreds of years. […] This causes anger about the current situation among people. But also hope that their future can be better.
One already indicated Forbidden love between the human woman Bronwyn and the elf Arondir should add additional facets to this relationship of masters and oppressed.
Podcast: The Lord of the Rings Series Must Save Middle-earth
On September 2nd, the most expensive series of all time will start on Amazon Prime Video: The Lord of the Rings – The Rings of Power. In it we return to Middle-earth for the first time since Peter Jackson’s Hobbit films.
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In this episode we discuss what the series needs to achieve to make the disappointing Hobbit movies forget. But we also clarify a few important questions about the plot for everyone who still doesn’t have an overview after the trailers.
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