The showrunners hope the series will be as well-received as the original films in spite of the lack of connection. “I just want to sort of quibble with the ‘vaguely connected,’” said showrunner Patrick McKay in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter last week. “We don’t feel that way. We feel like deep roots of this show are in the books and in Tolkien. And if we didn’t feel that way, we’d all be terrified to sit up here. We feel that this story isn’t ours. It’s a story we’re stewarding that was here before us and was waiting in those books to be on Earth. We don’t feel ‘vaguely connected.’ We feel deeply, deeply connected to those folks and work every day to even be closer connected. That’s really how we think about it.” “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” will debut the first two episodes of the series on September 2 before switching to a one-episode-per-week release for the remaining six episodes. “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power” debuts on the streamer September 2. September 1

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