Trailer Drop · Behind-the-Scenes Featurette · 13 November 2026
Prime Video has released a behind-the-scenes featurette for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 3, episode 1. Charlie Vickers and the creative team take us inside the making of the opening episode. Season 3 is streaming now on Prime Video in the UK, with episodes 5 and 6 arriving on Wednesday 18 November and the last two on Wednesday 25 November.
How Season 3 Was Forged
The featurette steps behind the scenes with Charlie Vickers, who plays Sauron, and the team who brought Barad-dûr, Rivendell and Sauron’s dark workshop to life for the season opener. It also explores how Sauron’s desperate hunt to craft the One Ring sets up total war across Middle-earth.
Set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings, the series follows an ensemble of familiar and new characters as they confront the long-feared return of evil to Middle-earth. The season 3 trailer led our Trailer Radar in October.
TV Show at a Glance
- Series: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, season 3
- Video: Behind-the-scenes featurette: The Forging of Season 3 Episode 1 (Prime Video)
- Featuring: Charlie Vickers and the creative team
- Genre: Fantasy
- Episodes: 8; episodes 1 to 4 out now, 5 and 6 on 18 November, 7 and 8 on 25 November
- UK availability: Streaming on Prime Video in the UK with a subscription
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