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‘A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms’ Season 1 Premiere Recap And Review: A Wonderful Return To Westeros
HBO's six-episode series adapts George R.R. Martin’s novella with character expansions like a new feast scene and introduces key figures such as Ser Duncan and Lyonel Baratheon.
- On Sunday, January 18, HBO premiered A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, adapting George R.R. Martin's The Hedge Knight and opening with Ser Duncan the Tall burying his master and introducing Dunk and Egg.
- Because the novella is only about 30,000 words, producers stretched the tale into a six-episode season with a running time just shy of 3.5 hours, adapting Duncan's internal monologue to dialogue.
- Lyonel Baratheon’s pavilion scene introduces an original feast featuring his wild dancing and a combative dance with Dunk, alongside additions like Tanselle, Dornish puppeteer, and Dunk voiding his bowels.
- Dunk faces immediate tournament stakes as he must be vouched for by Ser Manfred Dondarrion to enter and risks losing his horse or arms, while reluctantly accepting Egg as his squire.
- Set roughly a century before Game of Thrones, the series ties closely to Westeros lore with Ormund Baratheon succeeding Lyonel and fans hoping for seasons beyond the three published Dunk and Egg novellas.
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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms showrunner: This GoT spin-off needs patience
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms showrunner Ira Parker spoke to India Today on why this Game of Thrones spin-off needs patience. Parker highlighted how the prequel prioritises intimacy over dragons, focusing on the grounded bond between Dunk and Egg while remaining faithful to George R. R. Martin’s original novellas.
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