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\n\tThe drama collection takes place 1000’s of years earlier than the occasions of J.R.R. Tolkien\u2019s \u201cThe Hobbit\u201d and \u201cThe Lord of the Rings\u201d books with an ensemble forged of acquainted faces combined with new characters. Set within the not-for-long peaceable Second Age of Middle Earth, the present marks a first-time enterprise into the difference of Tolkein\u2019s historical past of the fabled interval. Villain Sauron<\/a> (Charlie Vickers) will likely be \u201cout and about doing his thing\u201d in Season 2.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cWe filmed the primary two episodes then went on hiatus, after which with possibly two months to go of the hiatus earlier than beginning episode 3, the showrunners stated \u2018We want to have a meeting with you,’\u201d Vickers told Deadline in Episode 8 of the \u201c\u2018LOTR: The Rings of Power\u2019 After Show \u2018Inside the Ring’\u201d<\/a> after the finale had aired. \u201cThey took me into the set that Galadriel discovers in the first episode with the orcs through the walls and Sauron\u2019s sigil on the forge. They took me in there and said \u2018This is your world. You\u2019re playing Sauron.’\u201d<\/p>\n \n\tWatch the teaser trailer:<\/strong><\/p>\n \n