Amazon's 'Lord of the Rings' series offers hobbit sneeze of a sneak peek

15 seconds. That's all you get (unless you have Prime Video).
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Shannon Connellan
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An elven watchtower stands over a green valley, with a sentry looking out.
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Prime Video's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is one of the more anticipated shows of the year, and after some first-look images that polarised the internet over a t-shirt and the first epic trailer, we get another teeny-tiny look into Middle Earth.

Well, you get 15 seconds. FIFTEEN. In it, you'll spy a few characters in costume and a stunning watchtower of some kind, looking over a valley.

If you're a Prime member, you can see more of the clip — it's a 60-second sneak peek, in fact, which is available only for 48 hours starting today at 3 a.m. ET.

The Rings of Power isn't taken from J.R.R. Tolkien's trilogy, but instead, as Mashable's Belen Edwards suggests, "brings us into the Second Age, likely drawing from Tolkien's Silmarillion and Unfinished Tales." It'll feature Saint Maud's Morfydd Clark as Galadriel and Game of Thrones' Robert Aramayo as Elrond.

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power premieres on Prime Video Sept. 2.

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Shannon Connellan
UK Editor

Shannon Connellan is Mashable's UK Editor based in London, formerly Mashable's Australia Editor, but emotionally, she lives in the Creel House. A Tomatometer-approved critic, Shannon writes about entertainment, tech, social good, science, culture, and Australian horror.


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