To the perfunctory television receiver spectator , the plot of pot started with the first episode of , well , Game of Thrones … all the room back in 2011 . But for fans of A Song of Ice and Fire , the combat for the Iron Throne has actually been going on for hundreds of age . HBO has created an entire enliven special about it for its latest Blu - ray departure , but I got a chance to see it for myself on the big screen . Let ’s just say it made me want Viserys back on the show so bad .
The season seven Blu - ray of Game of Thrones features a storybook - style enliven story call Conquest & Rebellion : An alive History of the Seven Kingdoms , which explain what happened in Westeros before Game of Thrones began . The 45 - minute inspire picture show starts with the Doom of Valyria , moving through Aegon Targaryen ’s conquest of the Seven Kingdoms all the way of life to Robert ’s Rebellion . Several actor from the show state parts of the story as their respective characters , include Sophie Turner ( Sansa Stark ) , Nikolaj Coster - Waldau ( Jaime Lannister ) , and Aiden Gillen ( Petyr Baelish ) . Each chapter represents what pass to one of the kingdoms during Aegon ’s Conquest . In some ways , it finger like a template for storylines that could frame at least one of the Game of Thronesspinoffs . There ’s a lot to go on .
As someone who is n’t well versed in A Song of Ice and Fire , Conquest & Rebellion was quite educational . It ’s true that fans of the show often miss plot points and details that al-Qur’an fans are well intimate with , and this special shed light on a lot of things I ’d question about but did n’t really get . Like how the Baratheon kinfolk came to be symbolise by a stag , how Dorne avoided being conquered , or why the Seven Kingdoms were so resentful at the idea of give birth another Targaryen swayer . It was informative but accessible , and never deign . The graphics is also really something special . It ’s simple , but that actually work in its favour .
However , the best part of Conquest & Rebellion has to be Harry Lloyd returning as Daenerys ’ brother , Viserys Targaryen . He bookends the reanimate film , introducing the Targaryen dynasty and closing out with the story of how he and Daenerys get away . But , contrary to what I antecedently cerebrate , he ’s not perform it as a fresh and acrid ghost . For some grounds , he ’s voicing it as if the quality is still alive , wait to cross the Narrow Sea and tame his commode . It ’s kind of brilliant . Viserys pops in at random metre through the animated film to tally some spice to other people ’s taradiddle — this includes a rather heated commutation with Sansa Stark , where he basically chides her crime syndicate for surrendering to his . It ’s so bizarre , it almost voice like he blockade their recording session to go : “ Girl , please . ”
The whole thing takes on this uproariously tongue - in - cheek tone when Viserys ends it fiercely swearing to come and take the kingdom back from Robert Baratheon . Honey , it ’s not conk out to go the way you think . Either that , or this is a 6th Sense situation , and Viserys is a ghostwriter who does n’t screw he ’s utter . I see dead Targaryens .
Conquest & Rebellion : An Animated History of the Seven Kingdoms is on the Blu - ray for Game of Thrones season seven , now available . Some people have been share the film onYouTube , and HBO has released blue-ribbon clipsonline .
Game of Thrones
Daily Newsletter
Get the best tech , science , and culture news in your inbox daily .
News from the future , delivered to your present .
You May Also Like
