Arachnophobes, beware: the first trailer for Rings of Power Season 2 features a brief glimpse of some creepy crawlies, and it could signal the return of an iconic Lord of the Rings monster.
Middle-earth was in a right state at the end of Rings of Power’s first season. Galadriel had been misled by Halbrand, the so-called king of the Southlands – but he wasSauronall along.
InRings of Power Season 2’sfirst trailer out of Comic-Con, tension surrounds theforging of the titular rings. “Sauron sees himself as master of all Middle-earth,” Galadriel warns.
“He seeks to rule it not only through conquest, but by bending the minds of all its people to his own. And for that he needs not armies, but rings.”
The trailer gives us a broad overview of the season: Sauron will return disguised as Annatar, the Lord of Gifts who’ll ingratiate himself with the Elves and Celebrimbor; Elrond will lobby against the rings, believing they should be destroyed; and Nori the Harfoot will go on an adventure with the Stranger (coughGandalfcough).
Notably, we get a brief glimpse of Isildur, Elendil’s son who was presumed dead in the first season. To the surprise of nobody, he’s alive… but not well.
When we see him, he’s slashing away spiders with his sword. Anyone who’s watched the Lord of the Rings movies will think the same thing: will we see Shelob again?
Viewers should remember Shelob from Lord of the Rings: Return of the King, when Gollum leads Frodo and Sam into her lair in the catacombs near Cirith Ungol (Bilbo and co. encounter some spiders in The Desolation of Smaug, but Shelob doesn’t appear).
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For those who don’t know, Shelob is a great spider and the largest offspring of Ungoliant. She’s definitely alive during the Second Age, likely residing in the Mountains of Shadow.
She’s also known to have feasted on her children – perhaps they’re who Isildur is fighting off in the trailer.
Cameron Frew is Deputy TV & Movies Editor on Dexerto’s UK team. He’s an action movie aficionado, ’80s obsessive, and Oscars enthusiast. He loves Invincible, but he’s also a fan of The Boys, the MCU, The Chosen, and much more. He has previously written for LadBible, UniLad, and Flickering Myth. You can contact him at: cameron.frew@dexerto.com.
