Set long before the events of The Lord of the Rings, The Rings of Power takes J. R. R. Tolkien’s works and expands them, fleshing out backstories to certain characters and, in some places, rewriting history. One canon detail from the source material that the series bends to suit its narrative is the timeline of the forging of the rings – in the show, the Elven rings are made first, not last as they are in Tolkien’s legendarium. Now, writer Gennifer Hutchison has explained why the change was necessary.
