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During our chat, McKay and co-creator J.D.

We want you to feel the phases it moves through.

Annatar/Sauron walks through Eregion as it�s attacked by Adar�s forces in The Rings of Power season 2

The Siege of Eregion is as brutal and destructive as it is epic in its scale

“It took a year to prepare,” McKay revealed, “And it took weeks to shoot.

We had hundreds of extras, and an immeasurable amount of prosthetics made by Barrie and Sarah Gower.

“It’s not wall-to-wall action,” McKay admitted.

An exhausted Elrond squats down on the battlefield in The Rings of Power season 2 episode 7

Elrond takes center stage during The Siege of Eregion

“You’re moving in and out of sequences of very tense action and emotional character-driven moments.

The Siege of Eregion is not just the big bang at the end of the season.

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