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About this video essay:
An analysis of mystery boxes, plot twists and big reveals in Amazon’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power.

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Chapters:
00:00 Mystery Boxes in the Rings of Power
02:18 Why Gandalf shouldn't have been a mystery box
07:26 Rewriting the Harfoots storyline
11:04 The problem with Halbrand
13:15 Rewriting Sauron
19:11 Final thoughts

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