A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms har officielt afsluttet sin første sæson. Vi skal ikke spoile oplevelsen her, men det ser ud til, at serien (indtil videre) har formået at genoprette noget af den kærlighed, folk har til universet. Nu er vi rykket videre til at tale om sæson 2, som allerede er i gang med optagelserne og forventes at afslutte produktionen inden længe.
Det er i hvert fald nødvendigt, hvis den skal nå sit mål om en udgivelse i 2027. I en samtale med Variety gav showrunner Ira Parker os et lille vink om, hvad vi kan forvente at se i sæson 2. For det første bekræftede Parker, at en central lokation i den anden sæson bliver Dorne.
"They do go to Dorne. How much of that we cover, I'll leave up to people to tune in for Season 2. I don't know if I'm supposed to talk about it yet. For the most part, we're following the books. So Season 1 was The Hedge Knight. Season 2 is The Sworn Sword. Hopefully, if we get to Season 3 it'll be The Mystery Knight."
Da hver novelle introducerer et nyt galleri af bifigurer, er det sandsynligt, at vi vil se mange nye ansigter i sæson 2. Parker ved dog, at vi er blevet ret knyttet til de personer, vi mødte i sæson 1, og han ønsker ikke, at de alle forsvinder for altid.
"The one thing about this show, the nobles, the kings and queens are all terribly interesting. So many times you want to go and write for them, but the truth is that's not what this show is. There are a lot of shows, within this world and other worlds, that definitely cover that part," sagde Parker. "And we're not that. We are bottom-up. We are in Dunk's POV. Even minor lords and ladies, we don't allow ourselves to go behind the scenes in their POVs. For better or for worse, that is the storytelling lens that we have set up for this show. Whether or not somebody will come in and out of Dunk's world again, I would say probably. Westeros is a — yeah. Yes. That's all I'll say. Yes."
Parker bekræftede også, at den anden sæson vil bestå af seks episoder, præcis som den første, med en varighed på mellem 30 og 60 minutter. Dette har gjort det muligt for Parker at adaptere kildematerialet ordentligt, og han ønsker at sikre, at han holder fast i den tilgang. "One of the promises I made to George very early on is that I really wouldn't create story. We are adding to the character and the world. We're writing this TV show as if George had written a novel instead of a novella," forklarede han.