Game of Thrones fans are looking forward to forthcoming spin-off series A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, but concerned about one aspect of the season.
Fans ofGame of Thronescouldn’t be more excited to spend more time in Westeros thanks to the upcomingKnight of the Seven Kingdoms, but they’re wary of the length of its first season.
The Hollywood Reporterconfirmedthat Season 1 ofSeven Kingdomswill be six episodes long, which is a departure from tradition as the original series and its current spin-offHouse of Dragonboth began with 10 episodes.
While fans wereexcitedby the announcement, some expressed concern that six episodes would not be enough time to dig into George R.R. Martin’s work.
“I’m noticing the new (already short) standard of 10 episodes is getting even shorter… what’s going on,” one fantweeted.
Anothercommented, “We really in 6-8 episode hell with these TV shows dawg. Bring back 20 episode seasons,” with a thirdwriting, “We want 15 episodes with 48 minutes each.”
However, there seems to be a good reason behind the decision to make the season so short as one fanexplained, “Listen, I know 6 episodes sounds like nothing but Hedge Knight is a short book. Like how they turned The Hobbit, a children’s book of 200 pages or so into 3 forgettable films. I’d rather they do it true to book within a short span than convolute shit & invent stuff GRRM never wrote.”
The first season of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is based on Martin’s prequel novel The Hedge Night, which is only 160 pages compared to one of Game of Thrones’ 900-page books.
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If Seven Kingdoms’ first season proves to be successful, there’s a chance that later seasons will follow Martin’s two follow-up books The Sworn Sword and and The Mystery Knight.
The show takes place a century before the events of Game of Thrones. It will follow knight Ser Duncan the Tall (the future Lord Commander of the Kingsguard) and his squire, Egg, (the future King Aegon V Targaryen) as they go on adventures throughout Westeros.
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Kayla Harrington was a TV & Movies Writer on Dexerto’s US team, specializing in The Boys, The Walking Dead, House of the Dragon, Marvel and Star Wars. She also has bylines at Mashable, BuzzFeed, and The Mary Sue.
