For good or ill, the releasing of character posters has been a thing for a while now. Studios and networks need social media content, y’know? And a detailed peek at a character’s costume can be quite telling.
But Prime Video has taken that to a whole new level with the releasing of… characters’ hands posters.
Some of these are very cool and hint at details about the series, and some less so. Wanna play a guessing game? Silmarillion readers, this is probably your time to shine!
(You’ll want to click to embiggen these images, as the previews cut off some of the important details!)
Either this is a hobbit, or they grow really big blackberries in Middle-Earth.
— The Lord of the Rings on Prime (@LOTRonPrime) February 3, 2022
Big beard, big hammer. We know a dwarf when we see one.
— The Lord of the Rings on Prime (@LOTRonPrime) February 3, 2022
Does the gold dust imply this person is involved in the forging of the Rings?
— The Lord of the Rings on Prime (@LOTRonPrime) February 3, 2022
That’s quite a nice staff you’ve got there. (You’ll want to look closely at the top of this one.)
— The Lord of the Rings on Prime (@LOTRonPrime) February 3, 2022
Very lush robes, very fancy scroll.
— The Lord of the Rings on Prime (@LOTRonPrime) February 3, 2022
This is the coolest armor? There’s a face hidden among the leaves? I’m extremely into it? Someone tell me who this is so I can make them my favorite character already.
— The Lord of the Rings on Prime (@LOTRonPrime) February 3, 2022
Something very bad happened to this very elaborate sword. (Or wait, is that a wizard staff?)
— The Lord of the Rings on Prime (@LOTRonPrime) February 3, 2022
Gonna go out on a limb here and guess that a person with a horse-shaped sword hilt might come from Rohan.
— The Lord of the Rings on Prime (@LOTRonPrime) February 3, 2022
This scroll is considerably less fancy than the one above. Is it a map? Are those trees or runes under their fingers?
— The Lord of the Rings on Prime (@LOTRonPrime) February 3, 2022
Again, either they grow acorns real big or this person is rather small.
— The Lord of the Rings on Prime (@LOTRonPrime) February 3, 2022
We’ve seen armor like this before.
— The Lord of the Rings on Prime (@LOTRonPrime) February 3, 2022
It’s kind of nice to see a splash of color.
— The Lord of the Rings on Prime (@LOTRonPrime) February 3, 2022
Everything about this fancy armor is extremely cool.
— The Lord of the Rings on Prime (@LOTRonPrime) February 3, 2022
Tell me the apple didn’t make you think of Denethor’s dinner.
— The Lord of the Rings on Prime (@LOTRonPrime) February 3, 2022
This one looks friendly.
— The Lord of the Rings on Prime (@LOTRonPrime) February 3, 2022
I would have thought this was an intense walking stick, but the descriptive text calls it “a primitive farm implement of some sort.”
— The Lord of the Rings on Prime (@LOTRonPrime) February 3, 2022
Everyone’s hands are either very dirty or pristinely clean.
— The Lord of the Rings on Prime (@LOTRonPrime) February 3, 2022
Sailor vibes? Sailor vibes.
— The Lord of the Rings on Prime (@LOTRonPrime) February 3, 2022
Acorns, blackberries, an apple, and now a flower.
— The Lord of the Rings on Prime (@LOTRonPrime) February 3, 2022
This person is holding a book, but against the red dress it kind of looks like a clutch.
— The Lord of the Rings on Prime (@LOTRonPrime) February 3, 2022
Everything here is deeply ostentatious.
— The Lord of the Rings on Prime (@LOTRonPrime) February 3, 2022
That… that’s a lot of rings.
— The Lord of the Rings on Prime (@LOTRonPrime) February 3, 2022
An interesting contrast of implement and outfit, here.
— The Lord of the Rings on Prime (@LOTRonPrime) February 3, 2022
So, who are these characters? You’ve got plenty of time to theorize before The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power premieres on September 2nd.
