As a massive fan of everything to do with Game of Thrones, I really can’t anticipate the third season any more than I already do. My historical obsession with GoT started when the first season of the HBO series released and I fell in love with the story and the characters and after attempting to wait for the next season, was seduced into reading the books, which I tore through like a ravaging White Walker.

Having read all of the massively sized novels, the third book, A Storm of Swords, was my absolute favorite. HBO has made an executive decision that I can stand behind to split George R.R. Martin‘s third tome into two seasons. Since this literary installment is chock full of excitement, it’s certainly a good call that will enable the show runners to really flesh out the character and plot developments instead of charging through them.

The latest trailer features a first look at Mance Rayder, the king of beyond the wall, Beric Dondarrion and his flaming sword and Daenerys’ and new eunuch-laden army, The Unsullied, as well as series’ favorites Tyrion Lannister, Robb Stark, Brann Stark, Kaitlin Stark, John Snow, King Joffrey, Arya Stark, Jorah Mormont, Jaime Lanister, Brienne of Tarth  and, naturally, dragons.

“We’re about to start season four aren’t we? This year. We get scripts pretty early on, much earlier on than in similar series, usually you get perhaps one episode and you just have to trust that what’s going to come in subsequent episodes is going to be as good as the one you’ve got, but in this I think there are six scripts already written, and we will probably be able to see them with more than adequate time to prepare before we start shooting.”

 In my opinion, the sooner this is green lit the better, even if production gets shut down after season 4, which I’m still hoping beyond hope never actually happens, we need to at least see the entirety of a Storm of Swordsthrough. 

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