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Udûn

"Udûn" is the sixth episode of the first season of the American fantasy television series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The series is based on J. R. R. Tolkien's history of Middle-earth, primarily material from the appendices of the novel The Lord of the Rings (1954–55). The episode is set thousands of years before the novel in Middle-earth's Second Age. It was written by Nicholas Adams, Justin Doble, and showrunners J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay, and directed by Charlotte Brändström.

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The series was ordered in November 2017. Payne and McKay were set to develop it in July 2018. Filming for the first season took place in New Zealand, and work on episodes beyond the first two began in January 2021. Brändström was revealed to be directing two episodes of the season that May, including the sixth. Production wrapped for the season in August 2021. The episode-long battle for the Southlands is the culmination of several character arcs, bringing key characters together for the first time and featuring them in multiple action sequences. It ends with the eruption of Mount Doom, created through visual effects, which turns the Southlands into the dark land of Mordor.

"Udûn" premiered on the streaming service Amazon Prime Video on September 30, 2022. It was estimated to have high viewership and received positive reviews, with praise for its narrative focus and the execution of the action sequences. Multiple critics found it to be the best episode of the season. "Udûn" received several awards and nominations, including a Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Award nomination for its sound editing and two wins at the 21st Visual Effects Society Awards.

Plot

An army of Orcs and their leader, Adar, march on the tower of Ostirith searching for humans from the village of Tirharad. They find the tower abandoned, and Arondir triggers a booby-trap that collapses it on many of the Orcs. The humans, who are back in Tirharad, celebrate. Meanwhile, Galadriel and Halbrand make their way towards the Southlands by ship with Queen Regent Míriel of Númenor and her soldiers. Galadriel meets Isildur and learns from his father, Elendil, that Isildur's mother drowned.

Development

Amazon acquired the television rights for J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings (1954–55) in November 2017. The company's streaming service, Amazon Prime Video, ordered a series based on the novel and its appendices to be produced by Amazon Studios in association with New Line Cinema. It was later titled The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. Amazon hired J. D. Payne and Patrick McKay to develop the series and serve as showrunners in July 2018. Justin Doble joined the series as a writer by July 2019, and Charlotte Brändström was set to direct two episodes of the first season by May 2021. The series was originally expected to be a continuation of Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003) and The Hobbit (2012–2014) film trilogies, but Amazon later clarified that their deal with the Tolkien Estate required them to keep the series distinct from Jackson's films. Despite this, the showrunners intended for it to be visually consistent with the films. Amazon said in September 2019 that the first season would be filmed in New Zealand, where Jackson's films were made.

Writing

The showrunners wanted to explore the Second Age in surprising ways and then show an evolution to the way things are in the Third Age. An example of this is the eruption of Mount Doom which turns the Southlands into the dark land of Mordor. McKay said the writers wanted to have a "major centerpiece moment that we

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