As the streaming wars heat up, Amazon is betting big on The Lord of the Rings. The company is spending hundreds of millions of dollars developing a prequel series set long before the events of the movies. This as-yet-untitled series will be set in the Second Age of Middle-earth, an important time that literally reshaped the face of the planet.
If you’re not familiar with the extensive backstory behind The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, don’t worry. Here’s everything you need to know about Middle-earth’s Second Age and what it could mean for the plot of the prequel series.
Source: IGN.com Amazon's Lord of the Rings Prequel: The Second Age Explained