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Love it! So, if this is the actual armor dress that ST mentioned, and this is what she's wearing in the early season at Winterfell, then MAYBE that scaly dress is a late season end game look?

Looks good. Finally some more older actors showing up.

I bet this whole conflict between characters (because drama) is all cleared up by episode 3. Dany will win their trust in time for the big battle. Maybe Tyrion will as well, or not, given the Tyrion spoilers. Maisie is a huge Sophie fan because they are such close friends, she's just being a bit of a cheerleader for her bestie. That's my take, anyway.

So, Miranda Richardson has been added to the cast. I'm intrigued. I've been wondering why the cast lacked older actors, as so many of the best characters in GOT were those played by actors and actresses over 40. Imagine the GOT pilot without Ned, Catelyn, Tyrion, Robert, Jorah, Sandor amongst others I'm sure. Now I'm wondering if casting is still on-going, and if we'll be hearing more names over the upcoming months.

Cersie as the final Boss? Human conflict has been front and center from the start, so it would make a kind of sense. But does this match what we know about the KL battle? We know that the city burns, and I've assumed that is because of a dragon battle between Dany and the Night King.

Another omission - Yara.

Characters not included in the pics: Gendry, Tormund, Gilly, Mira, Beric, The Mountain, Qyburn, Edd, Edmure, Sweet Robin The most sad omission to me is Gendry. :( I overall love these because of the season 1 callback. Jon looks amazing. So do Dany & Sansa. Sam looks adorably out of place. Jamie also looks a little out of place too.

Jon Snow: -Alive Sansa Stark: - Alive Arya Stark: - Alive Bran Stark: - Alive Ghost: - Alive Nymeria: - Alive Cersei Lannister: - Dead Jaime Lannister: - Dead Tyrion Lannister: - Alive Daenerys Targaryen: - Alive Missandie: - Alive Grey Worm: - Dead Drogon: - Dead Viserion (gold): Dead Rhaegal (green): Dead Yara Greyjoy: Alive Theon Greyjoy: Dead Euron Greyjoy: Dead Brienne of Tarth: - Alive Podrick Payne: Alive Davos Seaworh: Alive Melisandre: Dead Tormund Gigantsbane: - Dead Sandor Clegane: Alive Thoros of Myr: - Dead Samwell Tarly: - Alive Gilly: - Alive Baby Sam: - Alive Varys: - Dead Petyr Baelish: Still Dead Qyburn: Dead Ellaria Sand: Still Dead Obara Sand: Still Dead Tyene Sand: Still dead Nymeria Sand: Still dead Olenna Tyrell: - Still Dead Meera Reed: Alive Robin Arryn: Alive Edmund Tully: Alive Dolorous Edd: Dead Bronn: Alive Jorah Mormont: Alive Daario Naharis: Alive Offscreen Gendry: Alive Hot Pie: Alive The white walkers: Dead The wall: Dead The iron throne: Dead

Camilla is coming....

Do we only have this Sansa Statue spoiler/foiler or whatever it is from one source, or have other attendees backed up the original twitter source? Also, I would love there to be an 80 year leap into the future, so I won't hold my breath for it to happen. LOL. For the record, it isn't at all uncommon for the statue of a person who lived to be eighty, to appear as they were when they were younger if this turned out to be a statue gallery for war heroes. Especially on a TV show. Anyway, I feel like I know about as much as Jon Snow in so far as season 8 is concerned AKA. NOTHING. And I'm sure that HBO is loving it.

I think that there is usually some kind of promotional material that starts coming out in January of February, even if it is just the official posters and character photos. I'm thinking of the blue lit photos we had one year, or the wall of masks that we had another. I hope that kind of material starts showing up much sooner than March! ARG.

I hope the fandom isn't too disappointed about Empire of Ash. From Bloys' interviews I take it Long Night will film in Belfast this Winter, aka "first quarter". If that is true, I think that the earliest it will air, if it is picked up, is Spring/Summer of 2020. Assume the pilot is done by April 2019, they have to review it. evaluate how it works, and recast parts if need be. If they pick it up, then they have to write and produce nine more episodes, which could easily take the rest of 2019. So, then they take five or six month for Post-Production, and it is possible to have it ready to go by 2020. But I think this is a tight schedule.

Absolutely agree to disagree. It just comes down to how interesting and epic one thinks the written stories are compared to some equivalent relatively unknown story. As an aside, I think if Long Night is to be GOT worthy, all expectations about the Legends of Old have to be turned on their head. Bran the Builder can't be a shiny noble hero, Lan the Clever can't be a mustache twirling villain, The Last Hero should be someone we don't see coming. Empire of Ash sounds great, and ready to go as described, IF that leak is accurate. It's got the political crisis, the epic scale and the impending doom in a sword and sandal setting and I think it has all the elements it needs. IF it comes to pass. I cannot wait to start hearing casting leaks for both or either. PS - I actually would love to see Dunk & Egg and especially the Dance of Dragons produced in some form.

Dunk and Egg do not have the scope for a story covering multiple seasons. Where is the epic? Where is the potential for creating a story full of interesting characters spanning two continents? What is the gripping, overarching threat hanging over the story and over the heads of all the characters whether the characters know or not? Where is the cool, hook, like the dragons? It's too small. Same with Robert's Rebellion. They are rehash. But. yes, I agree they would make potential stand-alone miniseries or TV movies. I think the premises of Both Long Night and Empire of Ash can sustain seven or eight seasons, and have the potential for the continent spanning, epic that Game of Thrones has. As to the obvious shortcuts of season 7? I agree with you that the writers tripped up on a lot of things as they speed the story along in the interest of reaching the conclusion. If they were keeping the story at the same pace of the early season the show would need a couple more seasons.