Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Continues Misplaced Sport of Thrones Custom

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms can be conserving a core Sport of Thrones franchise custom alive after Home of the Dragon wasted it. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms‘ story takes place 100 years earlier than Sport of Thrones, following the adventures of Ser Duncan the Tall and Prince Aegon Targaryen, in any other case often known as Dunk and Egg.

Talking at A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’ New York Comedian Con panel, sequence creators Ira Parker and George R.R. Martin, alongside stars Peter Claffey and Dexter Sol Ansell, defined what their favourite episodes of the present had been.

Parker mentioned his favourite was episode 6, Claffey mentioned his was episode 4, and Ansell preferred episode 3 essentially the most. Martin, nonetheless, loved episode 5 essentially the most, calling it “the massive motion episode.” He was additionally “impressed” with episode 6 dealing with its aftermath.

Martin’s assertion specifically emphasizes how A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms goes to have a serious battle episode. This has been a long-standing custom of the Sport of Thrones franchise, particularly in the principle sequence. Whereas Home of the Dragon season 3 could embrace it too, it hasn’t as a lot, signaling a return to type for the franchise.

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As well as, throughout an interview with ScreenRant’s Liam Crowley at NYCC, Claffey talked concerning the physicality of portraying Duncan in A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. This included the “fight abilities” and “horse driving” he needed to study, alongside how enjoying rugby from a younger age helped in making his coaching a lot simpler:

Yeah, I suppose [it helped]. I spent 15 years enjoying rugby at a younger age, and was fortunate sufficient to characterize the nation, and stuff like that. I suppose it was quite a lot of bodily coaching and preparation that went by way of these years of my life that I suppose lent itself to issues like fight abilities, possibly horse driving, and issues like that. It did assist massively, for positive. And I feel even issues like carrying armor and carrying heavier issues on set in all probability contributed in direction of that a part of it.

The actor’s dialogue of the coaching coupled with Martin’s reveal about episode 5 indicators the Sport of Thrones spinoff may have some very bodily demanding sequences. Whereas it is unclear after they’ll occur, the promise of an enormous battle within the penultimate episode makes it very possible the present will pull out all of the stops when the story reaches that time.

This strategy will assist it stand out whereas nonetheless feeling near Sport of Thrones, which all the time delivered its epic battles within the second-to-last episode. It is a custom the spinoff appears intent on honoring, although it is unclear what the battle it portrays goes to ivolve. It is perhaps simply as large-scale as these discovered within the unique present.

Primarily based on A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms‘ trailer, it looks as if the battle will contain Duncan and Baelor Targaryen, the inheritor to the Iron Throne on the time the present is happening. The precise particulars could also be obscured, however Martin’s pleasure and Claffey’s preparation indicators an thrilling battle forward with all the trimmings of a typical Westeros battle.

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms premieres Sunday, January 18, 2026 on HBO and HBO Max.