Do it is advisable watch ‘Sport of Thrones’ earlier than ‘Home of the Dragon’?

It has been a very long time since we set sail for Westeros, however the wait is nearly over.

On Sunday, Home of the Dragon — the Sport of Thrones prequel set 200 years earlier than the occasions of the HBO mega-hit — will swoop its means onto our screens. Likelihood is you’ve got seen among the new characters (hi there Matt Smith and Emma D’Arcy) or perhaps the newest, very Succession-y, trailer.

However the query is, do it is advisable have seen Sport of Thrones? Or, in the event you’re a type of individuals who noticed a part of the present after which obtained delay by largely horrible critiques of the ending, do it is advisable have seen all of it?

The brief reply isn’t any, most likely not. However to interrupt that down somewhat extra, let’s take a more in-depth take a look at what Home of the Dragon will contain, and the way it pertains to occasions that came about within the present that paved its means…

What’s Home of the Dragon about?

Based mostly on George R.R. Martin’s ebook Hearth and Blood, Home of the Dragon focusses on the occasions main as much as the Targaryen civil conflict. Mainly, it is all about succession. King Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine) is on the Iron Throne at first within the present, however the query of who will finally substitute him is proving a difficult one.

Will or not it’s his daughter, Rhaenyra (Emma D’Arcy), or his brother Daemon (Matt Smith)? And the way will the opposite one really feel if they don’t seem to be named because the inheritor?

Count on loads of scheming, backstabbing, and battles, if the trailer is something to go by.

How is Home of the Dragon linked to Sport of Thrones?

Fairly thinly, to be sincere. Okay, so Home Targaryen may be very a lot a factor in Sport of Thrones too (Emilia Clarke’s GoT character Daenerys is a Targaryen making an attempt to work her means again to Westeros), as is the Iron Throne itself (the seat that guidelines the seven kingdoms of Westeros). However except for the setting and the ancestral names, there is not all that a lot to hyperlink the story of Home of the Dragon with the story instructed in Sport of Thrones.

200 years separates the 2, in spite of everything. This new present is actually historic historical past.

So do I have to have seen Sport of Thrones?

Properly it definitely would not harm. On the one hand, in the event you’ve seen Sport of Thrones you will be accustomed to ideas just like the Iron Throne and the presence of dragons, and you will know somewhat bit about Home Targaryen and the way temperamental these guys may be. Possibly there’ll even be just a few Easter eggs that you simply would possibly spot.

However on the identical time, if you have not seen it, do not let that put you off. It is a complete new story, with a complete new set of characters, set in a complete totally different period.

Except you occur to have learn Hearth and Blood (which many will not have), we’ll all be moving into darkish.

Home of the Dragon(opens in a brand new tab) premieres on HBO and HBO Max on Aug. 21 at 9 p.m. ET. You possibly can learn our assessment right here.