5 questions we need answered from the Game of Thrones season 7 trailer
By Corey Smith
1. Where is everyone that isn’t in the trailer?
Hello? Where is everyone? The trailer featured a plethora of characters, some on the screen for only the briefest of moments (Ellaria Sand and Yara Greyjoy making out for instance), but they are there nonetheless. There are a few noticeable absences, however.
The ones that jump out at us are, Olenna Tyrell, Bran Stark, Samwell Tarly, Euron Greyjoy, the Night King. There are others missing, like the Hound and Uncle Benjen, but those five seem much more important to the overall arc of the series. Bran Stark featured heavily in season 6’s marketing, so his absence is perhaps especially notable.
Even more notable, is the lack of any appearance by the Night King. The Night King as featured in virtually all of the season 7 marketing up until this point, so why no appearance in the trailer? Seems like a striking absence if you ask us.
Also, with many assuming Sam will play some part in discovering Jon’s parentage, or a way to defeat the White Walkers, where was he? Was it simply a case of watching Sam reading books being too boring for a trailer?
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This could all be a simple case of not having enough time to squeeze in everyone, but some of the absences have to mean something. Likely, some, if not all of the characters missing would have given away something had they appeared in the trailer. Again, how many days until July 16th?