Cameron Waldrop
We are introduced to characters and given slight hints at their backgrounds. As far as setting groundwork for series hype, this trailer goes a long way. It truly felt like the trailer made sure to deliver something any fan could connect with, and it works.
You can watch the The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power trailer below.
The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power takes place thousands of years before The Hobbit or Fellowship of the Ring, during the Second Age of Middle-earth. It was in this time period that Sauron first rose to power, and there is a flash of the iconic eye in the trailer.
The trailer’s description adds a little more context to to the story.