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All together now: Characters converge on Westeros in ‘Game of Thrones’ season 7
By Kyla Brewer TV Media
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ummer may be kicking into high gear in most parts of the country, but winter is about to arrive in prime time. That’s good news for millions of diehard fans who can’t wait to see what happens in the Seven Kingdoms this season. The Lannisters, Targaryens, Starks and the rest whisk viewers back to Westeros and beyond in the season premiere of “Game of Thrones,” airing Sunday July 16, on HBO. Based on George R.R. Martin’s “A Song of Ice and Fire” series of fantasy novels, the sweeping drama chronicles the lives of several powerful families that inhabit a fictional medievalesque universe. By the end of last season, many of the key characters were on the move and, after following several distinct storylines for the past few seasons, fans are hoping things will finally come together this season. For years, the Stark family motto, “winter is coming,” has loomed over the series — a warning of what’s to come. In season 7, winter has arrived, and the characters battle for control of the Iron Throne in an epic war that will surely take out some key players by the time the dust, or snow, settles. Writers had to pack all of the action into just seven episodes this
season, which presented a serious challenge. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, executive producer David Benioff explained their approach. “So it’s really about trying to find a way to make the storytelling work without feeling like we’re rushing it — you still want to give the characters their due, and pretty much all the characters that are now left are all important characters,” Benioff said. Among the leaders marching off to war is the newly minted King of the North Jon Snow (Kit Harington, “Pompeii,” 2014), who’s managed to unite the North and retake the Starks’ ancestral home of Winterfell. He’s joined by a small but formidable group of loyal friends, such as
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tough-as-nails wildling Tormund Giantsbane (Kristofer Hivju, “The Fate of the Furious,” 2017) and smallbut-fearsome Lyanna Mormont (Bella Ramsey, “The Worst Witch”). It was once believed that Snow was the late Ned Stark’s (Sean Bean, “The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring,” 2001) bastard son, but it’s recently been revealed that he is actually the son of Stark’s sister Lyanna and the long-dead Rhaegar Targaryen, giving him a legitimate claim to the throne, although he doesn’t know it yet. However, fans who believe that this makes Jon safe this season should be on notice that Harington told the publication Games Radar that his character was in “mortal danger like anyone else.” Also this season, Jon’s long-lost half-sister, Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke, “Me Before You,” 2016), crosses the Narrow Sea after years in exile in a bid to reclaim her birthright. She arrives in Westeros alongside her Dothraki, Unsullied, Dornish, Tyrell and Greyjoy allies — as well as her dragons, of course. The Mother of Dragons is poised to take the Iron Throne, but first it appears she’ll retake her rightful place at erstwhile Targaryen fortress Dragonstone. Kristofer Hivju as seen in “Game of Thrones”
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