"There are very good reasons why the fan theory exists."

No, there are not. That's just using minor commonalities between the characters to connect the characters. None of it points towards Daemon being a Three eyed Raven.

Brynden Rivers was linked to weirwoods and ravens (his nickname being Bloodraven, his regiment of archers being the Raven's Teeth, the Ravem's Teeth using weirwood bows, and Brynden being an albino (pale white skin and pink/red eyes, like the colours of a weirdwood tree). None of that is true for Daemon.

I really don't see the reason for the delay. It's certainly not a budget issue, with the way Netflix keeps raising its prices. They're not waiting on source material. And there are plenty of other shows with complex CGI and other technical issues that manage to release a season each year. Some of them even with seasons more than twice as long. Think of Stargate Atlantis, Battlestar Galactica, Game of Thrones, Agents of S.H.E.I.L.D., etc. The only reason for Netflix to take so long is that they're taking the piss out of their customers. And that's your job, with your reviews.

Galadriel should never have been in RoP, making the Celeborn point moot. It was a needless change, just to appeal to the woke "girl boss" mentality. They should have stuck to the original story, and had Sauron as Annatar manipulating Celebrimbor, by appealing to his pride, vanity, and sense of inadequacy.

So basically, they have the show and they're just gonna sit on it for a year so the can have an airing schedule... Did Netflix forget they're an on demand streaming platform?

Hurin, Turin, Barahir, Beren, Tuor, Earandil, Elros, Elendil, Arvedui, Earnur, Eorl the Young, Helm Hammerhand....

I doubt you could have made a lazier list if you'd tried. You just picked every major human character from the Peter Jackson movies. Ignorance is not a sin, but pretending to knowledge you lack is. If you don't know the subject, then either do the research or don't write about it.

patrick

Darth Vader is iconic the way he is because he's always been that way. If he had been a woman from the start, maybe she'd be just as iconic, or maybe not. But changing him would be a moronic desecration of a great character.

Women can be sinister and iconic. Kreia from KotOR 2 is a good example from Star Wars. Outside of Star Wars, there's the Red Queen from the Resident Evil movie. The scene when she turns to look at Alice and the Umbrella Corp soldiers and says "You're all going to die down here." Is pretty intimidating and iconic. But yeah, Darth Vader is already an established character, changing him wouldn't work. It's his established traits that makes him who he is, and any changes would lessen that.

Jody

15 years ago I'd have agreed with you, but with the way movies and TV shows are today? Hard .

But yeah, Satele is awesome. Especially in the early stages of the war, and when she hooks up with Darth Marr's force ghost. I'd have loved to see a movie or short TV show based on Nomi Sunrider too, the Jedi who developed the force severing technique.

Andor is the last gasping breath of yet another dead IP. I hope you're well paid for these articles, because they're running out of franchises to run into the ground. And when they do, you're out of a job.

Want strong female characters in Star Wars? A pity Disney retcon'd the EU, it was full of them. Mara Jade, Jaina Solo, Lumiya, Sintas Vel, Mirta Gev, Darth Talon, Teniel Djo, Bastila Shan, Satele Shan, Kreia, Zannah, Meetra Surek, Nomi Sunrider.

Tom is not Aulë. Tolkien never specified who or what Tom is, but he's definitely not one of the Valar. It's possible he's a maia, and most likely one in service (at least at some point) to Yavanna if he is. It's also possible that he's an incarnation of the spirit of the world.

Dave

You're not wrong, but you missed the part where Rowling was hammered on Twitter (as was) with quotes from the books where Hermione is explicitly described as white.