Always Truly Light | THE RINGS OF POWER Premiere Review and Discussion

We're back in Middle-earth! At long last as if it were a birthday gift, we're living in J.R.R. Tolkien's world! This is a show we have long been waiting for and having it air at the same time as House of the Dragon is truly a feast for fans of High-Fantasy. Before we get started though we take a minute to discuss some of the toxic and disingenuous takes against this show based solely on the casting of PoCs. It is disgusting that stories based on uniting and banding together, are used to gatekeep and exclude people. We stand for representation and repudiate these ill-advised "takes".  That being said, how does the series stack up? Tune in as we talk everything about this show, what we liked, what might not have hit the mark, and what we hope to see as well! Listen as we make some playful jabs against House of the Dragon and discuss how this show stacks up against The Lord of the Rings. What's in that Dwarven box? Who is the Stranger?! Join us as we discuss everything! • • • Please check out The Amidala Initiative a "...community-operated, nonprofit campaign which seeks to use our platform to raise funds for Equality Texas, the largest nonpartisan statewide political advocacy organization working to eliminate discrimination targeting the LGBTQ+ community in the state of Texas. It is our goal to show that our community can follow in the footsteps of a character like Padmé Amidala, who tirelessly used her voice to speak up to protect disenfranchised and endangered people within a flawed political system. While we may not have the reach, impact or resources of larger online presences, we do not believe that is an excuse to sit by silently as hate seeks to establish stronger footholds and threaten our most vulnerable siblings in our own galaxy." If you are willing and able please donate at the following link: https://gofund.me/529c63a5 • • • Triad of the Force is a channel which was featured on the Podcast Stage at Star Wars Celebration 2022, featuring Nani, Gus, and Moe, three lifelong Puerto Rican friends who after years of discussing the media they love, came together and created their show. Triad of the Force focuses their discussions on Star Wars, but their love for media spans everything from sci-fi, fantasy, CBMs, and beyond. From films to TV, from books to comic books, Triad of the Force looks at all media critically, from a Latine/x perspective. Joins us! Follow Triad Of The Force at: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TriadOfTheForce Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/triadoftheforce/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TriadoftheForce/ If you like us, get some merch and help the channel: TeePublic: https://www.teepublic.com/user/triad-of-the-force • • • Acknowledgement: The Intro and Outro music is the Triad of the Force Theme, composed and performed by Grushkov with full permission for use by Grushkov (https://linktr.ee/Grushkov).