"a bustling port city...on the star-shaped island of Númenor"
Feb 12, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
VF: "They were selling the rights to the Appendices that outlined...the Second Age of Middle-earth, along with any references to that...in The Lord of the Rings" and "The Tolkien estate also wanted input into the direction of the series." 1/5
None of UT, S or HoMe (or other writings). But with the Estate involved, the showrunners could ask to use a detail (like the map of Númenor) and the Estate might grant or deny on a case by case basis, without ever giving carte blanche. 2/5
