Lord of the Rings fans are in for a true Hobbit-worthy feast in 2024. Not only is Rings of Power returning for a second season on Prime Video, there’s a new animated movie hitting theaters in December. That movie is The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim, and we’ve just seen the first trailer .
How exactly does War of the Rohirrim fit into the timeline of Middle-earth ? Will we see any familiar characters from the movies show up? Here’s everything you need to know about the latest addition to the Lord of the Rings saga. The War of the Rohirrim takes place 183 years before the Lord of the Rings trilogy and thousands of years after the events of The Rings of Power. It’s a time of relative peace for Middle-earth, albeit an uneasy peace.
Sauron still lives and is quietly beginning to reconsolidate his grip on power and seek out the elusive One Ring. The trailer alludes to this in its final scene, where we see a treasure hunter gathering rings in service of Mordor. Unfortunately for Sauron, the One Ring is still firmly in Gollum’s clutches deep within the Misty Mountains.
In this earlier period of Middle-earth’s Third Age, man has more to fear from his fellow kind than the orcs of Mordor. The War of the Rohirrim focuses on Helm Hammerhand (Brian Cox) and his family. Helm is the king of Rohan.
The “Hammerhand” nickname comes from the fact that his strength and prowess in unarmed combat are legendary. He’s basically the Middle-earth version of Community cha.