# Prime Video’s Most Rewatchable Fantasy Series Is Making a Major Shift in Season 3

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/prime-videos-most-rewatchable-fantasy-series-is-making-a-major-shift-in-season-3/
- Published: 2026-10-24T15:24:15+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-24T16:38:34+00:00
- Original publisher: Collider
- Original article: https://collider.com/rings-of-power-season-3-story-time-jump/
- Topics: Art, Culture, Entertainment, TV

## Key points

- Season 3 jumps ahead five years.
- The story moves deeper into the war with Sauron.
- Rivendell and Barad-dûr will take shape.

## Summary

*The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power* will make a five-year time jump in its third season, moving the story further into the war between Sauron and the Elves. The shift follows Season 2’s ending, when the fall of Eregion and the creation of rings for Elves and Dwarves established that the conflict was under way.

The jump could bring characters who have so far followed separate storylines together, including after the Stranger was revealed as Gandalf. It is also expected to darken the series as Sauron’s armies advance and the Dwarves remain sealed in Khazad-dûm. Co-showrunner Patrick McKay said the season will also show the building of Rivendell and a tower in Barad-dûr, bringing the setting closer to the Middle-earth familiar from Tolkien’s books.

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