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HBO Sets Jan. 18, 2026 U.S. Premiere as First Trailer Debuts for Game of Thrones Prequel ‘A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms’

The prequel centers on a smaller-scale, tournament-driven story that treats dragons and magic as distant legends.

Overview

  • The first season consists of six episodes that will air weekly in the United States.
  • The series adapts George R. R. Martin’s Dunk & Egg novellas set roughly a century before Game of Thrones.
  • Peter Claffey leads as Ser Duncan the Tall with Dexter Sol Ansell as his squire Egg, who later becomes Aegon V Targaryen.
  • Showrunner Ira Parker emphasizes a grounded perspective focused on ordinary people and medieval tourneys with no active dragons or magic.
  • Martin is credited as co-author and producer and has praised the episodes, while international release details, including for Germany, have not been announced.