The show aspires to be “timeless” like the original books.

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Lewis, his friend and colleague," said McKay.

“It was very important that what he was creating was not an allegory.

He was not commenting on historical events of his time or another time.

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He was not trying to transmit a message that spoke to contemporary politics.

“We aspire to being timeless.

And we aspire to do the same thing.”

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Rings of Power is set to stream on Amazon Prime, with a planned release date of September 2.

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