After two years away it's finally time to return to Middle-earth for the second season of Prime Video's The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, where we'll be reunited with with Galadriel, the Brandyfoot family, the Stranger, Arondir and of course Sauron. But one character we won't be meeting this series is Galadriel's husband Celeborn, and now Morfydd Clark, who plays Galadriel, has explained why her on-screen husband is quite literally MIA.
The Rings of Power is a prologue series to the original The Lord of the Rings franchise by J.R.R. Tolkien, set 1,000 years before the events of the book and in part follows the story of a young Galadriel, who is played by Cate Blanchett in the original movie series.
In season one, many fans had expected to see Galadriel's husband the elf Celeborn, who is known for being one of the wisest elves. In the movie trilogy Marton Csokas played Celeborn, but his scenes were cut due to time restrictions. And so with the new series detailing Galadriel's beginnings, it was presumed we would see the couple together.
However, in season one Galadriel reveals they got married before the second age, and Celeborn went to fight with the elves to fight Morgoth, and was presumed to be dead as he never returned from battle.
But given in the novel we know he is alive, many fans have been confused as to why he's been missing from the series, or why his story has been altered so much from the canon.
The couple also have a daughter Celebrían who (spoiler alert) eventually marries Elrond and yet she is also unseen so far. So if the story is to align to the canon then at some point Celeborn has to return so the couple can have their daghter.
And now Morfydd Clark who plays Galadriel has addressed her missing on-screen husband. Speaking to Dexerto ahead of the release of season two Clark hinted that Celeborn is still alive in the series.
"Well… we know Celeborn is out there," she said. "We can tell Galadriel is feeling a lot of pain for not being with Celeborn, and that this was a terrible loss to her, and I hope that they shall be reunited."
Ok, we'll be keeping our fingers crossed Galadriel will get that long awaited reunion this season, or in a potential season three.
The Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power season two is available on Prime Video from 29th August
