SDCC: Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season Two Trailer Previews Sauron’s Rise

Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power returns for season two next month, and a new trailer previews what’s to come. Prime Video unveiled the trailer for the second season at San Diego Comic-Con and you can check it out below ahead of the season’s August 29th premiere.

The new trailer sees Sauron rebuilding his strength and creating the titular rings, which the elves and dwarves are tempted with. We get shots of a Balrog, an Ent, and plenty of conflict — much of it featuring Galadriel (Morfydd Clark), Elrond (Robert Aramyo), Durin (Owain Arthur), Arondir (Ismael Cruz Cordova), and the Stranger (Daniel Weyman).

The new season is described as follows:

In Season Two of The Rings of Power, Sauron has returned. Cast out by Galadriel, without army or ally, the rising Dark Lord must now rely on his own cunning to rebuild his strength and oversee the creation of the Rings of Power, which will allow him to bind all the peoples of Middle-earth to his sinister will. Building on Season One’s epic scope and ambition, the new season plunges even its most beloved and vulnerable characters into a rising tide of darkness, challenging each to find their place in a world that is increasingly on the brink of calamity. Elves and dwarves, orcs and men, wizards and Harfoots… as friendships are strained and kingdoms begin to fracture, the forces of good will struggle ever more valiantly to hold on to what matters to them most of all… each other.