Official First Look: A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms | Game of Thrones Prequel Series | HBO Max

Welcome back for another Game of Thrones and A Song of Ice and Fire update video. In this video, I will be talking about HBO's new Game of Thrones prequel series, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. We now have our first official look at HBO's Dunk & Egg series, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, based on George R.R. Martin's three novellas. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is set roughly 90 years before the events of A Game of Thrones. The first season will be based on George R.R. Martin's first of three novellas, The Hedge Knight. It's scheduled to release on HBO and HBO Max in 2025.
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[@Divine_Chareka]

"Dunk the Lunk, thick as a castle wall"

[@TalkingThrones]

👌

[@DavidDiazCinematographer]

and slow as an ox

[@SuperSpasticNinja]

Funny thing is, he is actually pretty great at thinking on his feet. Got them street smarts. He just isn't familiar with all the formalities and customs expected of him when he's rubbing shoulders with the haughty nobility.

[@angellover02171]

Dunk was only bad with girls. Which is normal for a teen

[@zahzahmasterchi]

Slow as an ox

[@ensoeleven]

What's cool is Aemon Targaryen from A Song of Ice and Fire said it was Ser Duncan that escorted him to the wall to join the night's watch by the order of Egg.

[@NikhilAditya25]

Is it the same Aemon that mentored Jon Snow?! And is Aegon the same Egg i.e., The Mad King?! 😮

[@ferdi6594]

@@NikhilAditya25yes to the first question. However the mad king was egg’s grandson. Egg’s real name is Aegon.

[@NikhilAditya25]

@@ferdi6594 Sorry I got confused…Aegon V (Egg) is the Mad King’s (Aerys ll) father & brother to Maester Aemon! I remember brother Aemon mentioning the Mad King as his nephew…

[@PolBlanesCebrian]

@@NikhilAditya25 the Mad King is Aerys II.

[@ferdi6594]

@@NikhilAditya25 I think egg is the mad king’s grandfather. Egg’s son and successor is jaehaerys

[@kurt7996]

I wish george was as excited to finish the actual story as he is creating this whole universe on tv!!!

[@elizabethwestlake8896]

He’s gone Hollywood and will sadly not be tempted to sit and write the rest of his opus. Not exciting or glamorous enough 😢

[@DarksideGmss0513]

He might have already finished WOW. If his latest blog posts are anything to go by. They've been weirdly cryptic. They've started with Words Of Wisdom.

[@harish123az]

@@DarksideGmss0513 He has made such jokes many a time over last few years my dude.

[@benjaminngopwaamos6878]

Unfortunately, we might just get something similar to what happened with Frank Herberts Dune universe.

[@scratchy996]

He wrote himself into a corner from which he cannot escape. I get it, the man has his standards, and he probably knows he can't keep up with them. He can't publish something he's not content with.

[@DewkChronic]

I'm not holding my breath for this because the story is not finished yet and its been over 6000 days since the last book of a song of ice and fire.

[@TalkingThrones]

George will have a few years before he needs to start worrying about the next D&E novella. He could face a serious problem, though, if he doesn't have Winds ready by the time HBO catches up to the third novella 😳 He will have to decide if he wants to finish Winds, or let HBO finish D&E without any more novellas 💀

[@travisnaganuma2542]

@@TalkingThrones god I hope not. The last time HBO finished his story it was a disaster.

[@claytonberg721]

Stephen King would have likely never have finished the dark tower series had he not been hit by a car. Honestly I really like the Dunk and Egg books so I'm looking forward to this.

[@dreamkrusherjay2869]

It's been 4,726 days as of this writing... you overshot by around four full years. It's bad enough as it is, you don't need to make it worse. :)

[@franklinauguste415]

​@@dreamkrusherjay2869Tell me you don't have a girlfriend without telling me 😂

[@amandamorgan4594]

I’m actually more excited see more of Westeros then Kings Landing 🤗

[@timkochar1313]

Sameeeee!!

[@user-oq7oc7yz6i]

One of my favorite stories. Duncan went from a backstreet urchin to a kings guard commander. Can’t wait to see how the show is

[@michiganscythian2445]

I’m looking forward to this. It will be a nice change of pace from “succession war” to smaller scale character story

[@pIayingwithmahwii]

and then back to succession war in dunk and egg book 4 i think lol

[@Utyug_]

@@pIayingwithmahwii sadly there is no book 4

[@pIayingwithmahwii]

@@Utyug_ yes but if it ever happens it would likely be the 3rd Blackfyre Rebellion

[@lucasbelmonte2832]

Well you should have one tiny succession "War" Dunk meets Daemon blackfyre the 2nd during the 2nd blackfyre rebellion, though he doesnt know it was him.

[@Salsmachev]

Dunk and Egg is honestly the best part of GRRM's writing.

[@h-dawg969]

I want to see the Doom of Valyria. I think it would be good as a movie, maybe 2. Imagine if they did it on a scale and level of Dune & Dune 2! They could even get Denis Villenue to do it so u know it’s in safe hands. A massive sci-fi fantasy of the Doom of Valyria would be epic, and could end with the first Targaryens who escaped to Dragonstone, leaving a hint of future happenings and for Aegons Conquest show later in the timeline.

[@TalkingThrones]

A Denis Doom would be incredible

[@h-dawg969]

@@TalkingThrones it would be wicked hey. & could lead into a show about the conquest. They’d maybe have to do time jumps like the first House of the Dragon season? Showing the happenings in the years between the time they settled on dragonstone, and the eventual conquest. I love house of the dragon, but I think it might be weird if after the dance of dragons, they keep making seasons or additional shows that are back and forth through the timeline. The should do the doom, then do Aegons Conquest and follow the timeline in a linear way covering all the stuff we want to see. I do think that tue Doom could work as a big budget movie on a Dune scale for sure though. Cheers ;)

[@ducksauce9187]

how would that even be entertaining though? you just wanna see the doom itself ruin the valyrian peninsula? where is the story?

[@kiano6105]

@@ducksauce9187 I think it's a sick idea, it's a part of the wider story that's still shrouded in a lot of mystery. Give someone like Villeneuve some artistic license and I also think he could make something epic

[@roostewrum]

As much as I like Denis, I am disappointed about some of the changes he made in Dune - most of all removing Alia's parts in the Dune story. "Welcome to my gom jabbar, Granfather!" is one of the greatest lines in fiction and he gave it to Paul? Now he has to retcon all of Alia's actions in Messiah and Children - and obviously he can't now do the return of the Baron to explain Alia's insanity. I have very grave fears he has created a GoT v 2.0 as far as messing with a story.

[@marksheen4873]

Dunk and egg novellas are great. I was pretty hesitant going in but they surprised me

[@denisemal7027]

I like the dunk and egg series better than a song of ice and fire

[@marksheen4873]

@@denisemal7027 ya the complexity and sheer scope of ASOIF is great but I do love the more narrowness of dunk and egg

[@ho0zy]

still too early for Robert’s Rebellion. Dunk & Egg will likely lead into the BlackFyre Rebellion. Aegon’s Conquest would be next before Robert’s Rebellion

[@nejands]

i think the first Blackfyre Rebellion was before Dunk and Egg's timeline, though maybe you're referring to the second Blackfyre Rebellion, which was rather uneventful and the subject of The Mystery Knight.

[@slumpgrimey8878]

Robert’s rebellion or Aegons conquest are the only series I want to see in any new GOT show

[@ronangaffney7365]

Blood raven was egg’s hand and uncle and was the one who killed deamon blackfyre in the first blackfyre rebellion it was egg who banished him to the war after he invited several blackfyres to a truece meeting under a metaphorical white flag and proceeded to slaughter them in the second dunk and egg book their is a plot for a second blackfyre rebellion and they are able to quash/delay that im really glad they are doing this i’ve always wanted to see the blackfyre rebellion its a cool period

[@tiringsarcasm]

@@nejands I think he's talking about adapting the blackfyre rebellion. Because Dunk and Egg is perfect to introduce that plotline.

[@DarksideGmss0513]

The first Blackfyre rebellion takes place before Dunk and Egg. The second occurs in The Mystery Knight. And the Third happens during Eggs rein as king.

[@kailanerman5090]

Okay, just that photo and some of these castings (especially Egg and Aerion) I'm THRILLED!!!! He looks exactly like Dunk the Lunk should, and the two Targeryen Prince's look spot on! Tansel too! My favorite story in the ASOIAF

[@priestsonaplane2236]

Disagree he should have long black hair not short blonde hair. Wimp womp

[@kailanerman5090]

@priestsonaplane2236 hair length isn't something I'm willing to fight over, and IF I remember correctly, he has "sandy brown hair" Which... looks like the photo

[@priestsonaplane2236]

@@kailanerman5090 maybe I’m just used to the way he was depicted in the comic/ graphic novel

[@DenDave_]

Really? I always imagined Duncan taller and more bulky. As you say, he was called Dunk the Lunk, thick as a castle wall. This guy is tall-ish but lean, not that physically commanding. But then again, capable actors who fit physical descriptions are tough to find i suppose.

[@kailanerman5090]

@DenDave_ I agree, but he's definitely got the right face and mannerism. He looks like a big teenager as he should Though "the lunk" could mean lanky, and "thick as a castle wall" could be more about his short sightedness and not thinking before acting 🤔

[@trentwoodfin6641]

Roberts rebellion could be a one season special series, like 10-12 episodes

[@barbaraowen45]

I absolutely can’t wait. Thank you so much for all the updates

[@TruthSeeker434]

Guys at work wonder how I'm always up on the new information. Thanks for keeping us informed.

[@MKO-USA]

Robert's rebellion can be a 3 seasons show with epic action...I truly believe is just a matter of time before we see it. House of the Stag: Robert's Rebellion.

[@thatoneblackdude3333]

Gourge already said he's not doing it and good it's a worthless story we already know what happened and people only want it so they can see there favorite toxic dude bro Robert swing around a hammer which is not a good reason for a show to exist.

[@anoushkas8726]

​@@thatoneblackdude3333 Lol, you sound dum!😂

[@MKO-USA]

@@thatoneblackdude3333 You can sit on these one. We know details but we have not seen it to the detail. George has say many thing he has not accomplished. No doubt HBO can negotiate a 2 for 1 deal.

[@thatoneblackdude3333]

@@MKO-USA we don't need to see it in detail we have the history and lore videos , multiple characters talking about it in both show and book we do not need a Roberts rebellion show just like I don't think we need a war of conquest one we don't need to see everything.

[@MKO-USA]

@@thatoneblackdude3333 speak for yourself, Robert’s Rebellion is as good as Agon the Conquer. And we all know that is one of the next shows in line for HBO. That kinda defeated your conquest argument. HBO wants ratings and subscriptions. GOT is war centered, HOD is war centered, AC will be war centered, even a Knight of the Seven Kingdoms has plenty of fight and war.

[@benwells7047]

I saw the image on Facebook and before I even knew who it was my brain said that looks like dunk the lunk, thick as a castle wall. They did a great casting job

[@Krytuun]

Thank you for your fast but thorough uploads. You really show passion in all things Westeros. Been following your channel for years.

[@TalkingThrones]

I appreciate that!

[@sayantikadutta2265]

Dunk and egg stories have a soft spot in my heart ❤

[@randykent9594]

Dunk should have long hair. The kid playing Egg is spot on how I imagined.

[@missydehart6920]

Dunk and Egg! ❤

[@TnerB91]

Robert’s rebellion would be a hit for sure , you can even start it years prior to the conflict similar to how HOTD has handled it, seeing a younger Tywin would be soooo cool, they could even show the destruction of house Reyne. Just seeing everyone younger played by different actors would be dope.

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

Sadly I don't think anyone can pull off a young Tywin because they'll be overshadowed by the memory of the acting prowess of Charles Dance.

[@nedder1]

When the night was dark and full of terror, Talking Thrones was there. Now we feast.

[@patrickk___]

“Oak and iron guard me well, or else I’m dead and doomed to hell.” -Ser Duncan the Tall

[@edwin3813]

i would like to see the prequel of the beginning of white walkers.

[@netogame7727]

Master aemon was calling for egg on his death bed!”😢

[@CoopaCoop]

Finish the books.

[@gregnagy7569]

Join me.....not gonna happen.

[@smallkancil]

Hey, it's the sin eater from Fargo @ 5:03! Love this character. :D

[@zekethewise7042]

im excited for all the upcoming game of thrones spinoffs but yes we do need a Roberts rebellion

[@halian9256]

I'm really excited for this as it is a very, very fitting tale for television. At last we can focus on one main hero character and his sidekick, a classic formula that has always worked.

[@RSHjr]

This just made my day!! 🤜🏽🤛🏽

[@tracyrice7007]

I love your channel ❤

[@Kesapaiva]

like i have waited for this so longgggg

[@LaffingTreeLady]

This makes me so happy!!!

[@gtoor3798]

The battle royale scene is going to be something else

[@handsomepoochie9987]

I am excited about this. I fall asleep listening to the audiobook knight of the seven kingdoms every night. It’s an excellent story.

[@YourTurgan]

How do you choose the best locations for shooting videos like this?

[@skellogg011]

I'm really excited to watch this!

[@naemontargaryen7348]

waiting for new video of you talking about *week ahead trailer* for episode 2, coming soon i hope?

[@TalkingThrones]

Next!

[@mrsdixon3524]

So will be getting a show every year at least😢 Great work and dedication helps alot with the waits💜

[@matthewkeating-od6rl]

Great vid

[@korvmalin]

Dunc and egg is my favorite part from the got lore! Can’t wait to see this

[@nelidacenteno4895]

I like that you say novela.

[@toddharris4774]

The only rebellion worth viewing, are the Blackfyre Rebellions. Screw Robert, I wanna see Daemon, Bittersteele, Blood Raven, Maehkar, Aegon the Unworthy, ect..

[@xtorres1987]

You said it bro. That's exactly what I want to see. Bloodraven most.

[@lyarrastark6254]

I love the Dunk & Egg stories and am thrilled about the upcoming show.

[@donnalanglois3201]

I can’t wait, I’m so happy about this new show 😊

[@crazyirish209]

Winds of winter 😂😂 good one 👍

[@DeionTheory]

We’ve seen the story of Robert’s rebellion like a gazillion times through the GoT series. I’d like to see the Blackfyre rebellions from the first through the War Of the Nine Penny Kings

[@BlazerManiacNumber96]

Robert’s Rebellion isn’t really worth an entire show considering the story is explored in its entirety within the events of A Song of Ice and Fire. The Blackfyre Rebellions or Ninepenny Kings would be much more interesting

[@Gaverny]

Good stuff! Thanks for the vid mate

[@FinishedProject]

I think roberts rebellion should be a 3 part movie series.

[@anoushkas8726]

Noooo! It should be at least be a 10 episode 2 to 3 seasons.

[@lucasbelmonte2832]

George said it would be pointless

[@FinishedProject]

@anoushkas8726 Hotd is down to 8 episodes on the 2nd season with tons of time jumps and the hedge night series is starting at 6 episodes... do you really think we will get a 3x10?

[@radicalz2501]

@@FinishedProject they're doing as many episodes as they need to tell a good story

[@buckguy1215]

Anything and everything Game of Thrones is what i want to see next 😂 As long as they keep it going, and keep new series coming I'll be watching, and happy doing it. But i really want to see Aegons' conquest and Robert's rebellion

[@stormblessedkiwi8049]

Casting looks amazing from what I can remember. It has been awhile. I think i really remember liking The first and third and not caring much for a sworn sword. Not sure that would be that interesting of a season unless i am forgetting things. Would that be fair to say?

[@tamaracharese]

Ohhhhh the famed Dunk and Egg

[@saltymcpepper5777]

I can’t wait for this! I hope they do it justice!

[@soundshape6496]

Okay Tanselle - can sip & paint anytime anywhere

[@akiramado9198]

Cant wait to see that whole mystery night story come to life

[@owen-h-o1-231]

Aegons conquest should of been the first spin off they made with a flashback scene showing the doom of valryia. Then house of the dragon should of been the 2nd spin off and so on. It would of made it all much clearer if they released the spin offs in order of the major events in the timeline. It’s going to be confusing going from 130 ac which is house of the dragon now to like 200+ ac for this new show.

[@ayiza8511]

look at that tall Dunk. I really we hope we see the that times Targaryens. And a young Aemon, Meeker Bealor

[@Bludgeoned2DEATH2]

I know there’s a lot of hesitation about this but I absolutely loved these novellas. I cannot wait to watch the Trial by Seven of Duncan the Tall and years down the road I can’t wait to see the Second Blackfyre Rebellion absolutely lose steam before it got off the ground lol. Super excited for this 🤘🏽

[@JustinJ802]

I was looking forward to what they once called "The Long Night." I would love to see a cinematic take on the history. Also looking forward to seeing Aegon the Conqueror to Meagor and Balerian war against The Faith of the 7. In a perfect world 20 years from now we have 10 spinoffs with 3-6 seasons of each! One can dream!!!!

[@RocStone]

would be dope to see a series on the dawn age or even earlier to show more of the children of the forest and the giants and then when the first men came into the age of heroes until the andals came but a show about ancient Valyria would be cool to see too

[@snakeoi1sean]

I hope this does well and they're able to do each 6 episode season as one of the stories from the Knight of the Seven Kingdoms.

[@brandanpalmer9712]

Excited to see Maekar. I’ve always loved that Targaryen for some reason.

[@BulletESV]

George is writing it also 🙏

[@protector_of_the_realms]

It might be a good thing they’re not going past the events of the book because we all know what happened last time lol but I’m quite surprised to learn it’s going to be 1 story per season and that’s going to be stretched to 6 episodes? I actually thought it was going to be 6 episodes but it would span all 3 stories so far with 2 episodes for each one. The stories themselves are only 100 pages and roughly each GOT episode covered 80 pages at a time so it seems a bit of a stretch to do an entire season with 6 episodes based off only 1 story. Unless they’re shorter episodes like 20 minutes. Idk what extra you could fill it with, it’s pretty contained but I wouldn’t mind seeing flashbacks to Duncan being raised up throughout the show. That could work and make the opening more emotional on rewatch though I would’ve thought I’d have heard somewhere about a young Duncan being cast if that was the case and I haven’t come across it so I doubt it. But honestly I would’ve liked them to wrap all the existing stories up in only 6 episodes whether that was just for 1 season or over multiple because I think these characters and stories they have really lends itself to an episodic style of series of different adventures across Westeros as they travel about

[@TAZS]

great casting so far 🙏

[@TalkingThrones]

Ayy bro! You watching HOTD?

[@MckenzieCalan]

I can imagine the end of Dunk and Eggs story being really well done cinematically.

[@HouseOfRon]

As excited as I am for this it hurts a little knowing it will push back S3 of HOTD to 2026. But I can’t wait to watch D&E brought to the screen

[@BlazerManiacNumber96]

I doubt HoTD was ever targeting 2025 to begin with

[@domafronoy2004]

Where can i watch HOTD SEASON 2 with “ENGLISH SUBS” free streaming?

[@SWACBUZZ]

Fun fact: Joffrey mentions Ser Duncan the Tall on Game of Thrones Season 4 Episode 1 at the 42:14 mark.

[@haziq12ish]

Yeah 4 pages long

[@elchingon98734]

And what about you uncle.

[@jamesm5529]

I want to see a show about the fall and the conquest 👌🏻

[@dcpack]

Sounds a lot like A Knight's Tale. A HELL of a lot like.

[@user-hari1597]

Maybe within November first teaser for this show can be expected.

[@jesse.rodriguez]

Tv audiences know Robert’s Rebellion already. Give us the Blackfyre Rebellions first 🤞🏼

[@iananderson5561]

Robert's Rebellion would be cool but I'd prefer Aegon's Conquest or the Blackfyre Rebellions (yes, I know the second Blackfyre Rebellion kinda features in Dunk & Egg).

[@porkeywings]

Roberts Rebellion would be cool but i think it would be weird seeing other actors as young versions of the characters, similar to the Han Solo movie

[@BlazerManiacNumber96]

Both Roberts Rebellion and Aegon’s Conquest are kind of pointless though. The former we already know all crucial details and the latter just isn’t an interesting story. Aegon shows up, rolls over everyone and wins

[@paelon]

trial by seven will be awesome

[@HectorGonzo-bx4ny]

I just hope GOT doesn’t fall into the quantity over quality trap that happened to Marvel and the Walking dead.

[@DefectiveSquash]

Cant wait to see a RR show, we need to see Ned and Ashara

[@HikachiNakashima]

I am looking forward to seeing this on my tv screen and still hoping for Robert’s Rebellion and a series of Aegon The Conqueror.

[@AllThoughtsActual]

If this is a success, which I think it’ll be. I would love to see a live-action adaptation of the rule of Ageon the unworthy and the subsequent Blackfyre rebellion

[@porkeywings]

I wonder how theyre going to stretch the Hedge Knight into a whole season, its pretty short considering GoT season 1 covered the entire first book

[@jxonthemove]

Excited to see the Trial by Seven on live action!

[@alexanderforbes1452]

Maekar casting is absolutely perfect, rest seems good too. Excited for this, I love the Dunk and Egg novellas.

[@SpookyN00b]

"Hold us over till the Winds of Winter" lol, thats a joke right?

[@ibeg1951]

Smart of them to start this during hotd is airing While hotd will be full of big battles, dragons and spectacle.... This is a smaller story So if hotd is airing every 2 years and this is aired in the year when everybody is waiting for new hotd season It is best way to present this story and give it a chance to be succesfull There is 3 novelas published A 2 more sketched out

[@BenMyattt]

Roberts Rebellion would get me so hype. I can’t even explain.

[@mainthrowaway]

I am predicting that that picture of Dunc is when he meets Tanselle.

[@TalkingThrones]

It might be. The area he's in looks active. Maybe the tourny grounds?

[@mainthrowaway]

@@TalkingThrones The area looks kind of like a tourney to me and you can see the shield on his back. Edit: mistake

[@robertdebrus3732]

I like dunking my toast in my egg

[@musicmight7334]

This one will always be the best Game of Thrones .. it had heart!

[@kingrushy4533]

I need a show based on Rhaegars life, him and Daemon are my two favorite characters in the entire story.

[@HouseOfRon]

Hopefully if we get a story based around Robert’s rebellion we can get a lot of Rhaegars story too 🙏🏻

[@retiredcryptohunter9031]

My favorite story from JRRM and I have these novels and I read them at least once a year. Its a very good story and I hope they stick to what was writen

[@denisemal7027]

The guy who read the books on KZbin before he got copyrighted into removing them was awesome I wish I could find them again so I could let my grandson listen to them

[@TalkingThrones]

You can probably find the audiobooks on KZbin.

[@bjrnbrynemo9059]

Can't wait. GOT season 7 and 8, is nothing but a vague memory to me now...

[@QpacGem]

How man times will Dunk give Egg a clout in the ear?

[@HernandezProAccounting305]

I'm excited

[@theirish95s57]

Cant wait to hear "You'll get a CLOUT on the ear"

[@StevenCastaneda]

Seems like it will be a great story

[@joher91]

great!!!

[@May14533]

They better have a huge Dunk

[@jobobtargaryen1258]

Can't wait to see Bloodraven!!!!!!!

[@sab0024]

I want to see eagon the conqueror spin off! That’s what I’m waiting for.

[@xenomorph42]

I agree, in my opinion, I think with HOTD at its high point they should start off with “Aegon, the Conqueror” or start from Valeria leading to the great doom. Just my 2cents to see how it all started would be just fascinating especially how Aegon united the Seven Kingdoms

[@lucasbelmonte2832]

A series covering the conquest was recently green lit.

[@Phizzo4real]

I think they should start with his rise to the lord of Dragonstone and his fight in Essos, then leading up to the actual invasion. Even feature some of his visits around the continent before building the map he will later used.

[@xenomorph42]

@@Phizzo4real I agree.