For The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, the endpoint is more or less set. The Sauron will rise, engulfing Middle-earth in a toxic darkness and century-spanning conflict. But as Charlotte Brändström — co-executive producer of The Rings of the Power — points out, the Dark Lord’s ascendancy is still some time away. The details of his plot remain a mystery, and it’s up to Amazon’s prequel series to flesh them out.
“We know what Sauron’s ultimate goal is, but we have no idea how he’s going to get there,” Brändström tells Inverse.
