Sauron’s Terrifying Army Looms in the New ‘Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ Season 3 Trailer

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power returns in less than a month, and if you’ve forgotten how tense we left things, here’s a fiery new season three trailer to remind you Middle-earth is deeply in peril . We’ve got Sauron, his Orcs, and his Ring-servants (welcome to our nightmares, Nazgnagôl) causing all kinds of chaos, and the Elves, the Dwarves, the people of Númenor, and Gandalf trying to work out their own issues so they stand a chance to fight back.

Alas, no input yet from the Balrog (who will be voiced by Simon Pegg ), but we glimpse him in the trailer along with some of season three’s other new creatures.

“In season three, Middle-earth is at war,” reads Prime Video’s official synopsis. “Five years have passed since the fall of Eregion. Sauron’s armies have marched across the whole of the world, conquering all in their path. Only a few isolated pockets stand between the Dark Lord and total victory—Khazad-dǔm, where the Dwarves are now sealed deep within their mountain halls, and the elven realms of Lindon and Rivendell, which are protected by their Three Rings.”

“But deep in the land of Mordor, in his newly completed tower of Barad-dûr, the Dark Lord toils day and night, obsessed with harnessing a power that will bring the last of his enemies to their knees: One ring to rule them all… Now, all the free peoples of Middle-earth—Dwarves, Elves, Men, and Wizards alike—must find a way to come together, in a race against time to prevent Sauron from achieving his goal of utter domination of all life.”

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is trying a different release strategy for season three. The first four episodes will arrive November 11; five and six drop on November 18; and seven and eight wrap things up on November 25.

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