House Of The Dragon Season 3 might release close to A Knight Of The Seven Kingdoms, but is that a good thing or bad for the two GOT prequels?

Pressure was already high on the Game of Thrones prequel, House of the Dragon Season 3. However, it seems like the stakes have just gone up for the show, as another GOT prequel might be lined up for release within months of the assumed release date for House of the Dragon Season 3.

Game of Thrones is based on the popular novel series by George RR Martin, A Song of Ice & Fire. The show was spread across eight successful seasons, and the love it got from fans compelled creators to make prequels of the show based on prequel novellas written by George RR Martin. While House of the Dragon has already seen two relatively successful seasons in the past, the second season was met with some criticism from its audience. Simultaneously, another Game of Thrones prequel, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, is also in the works.

However, what is interesting is that House of the Dragon Season 3 and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Season 1 will probably be released very close to each other.

House of the Dragon Season 3 and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms will most likely be released quite close to one another

House of the Dragon Season 3 is slated for a 2026 release, and although no release date has been announced so far, it is safe to assume that the show will be released sometime in spring or summer. On the other hand, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms will probably be released sometime earlier in the year, meaning that the two Game of Thrones prequels will be released within months of each other.

This is the first time something like this is happening within the franchise, so it will be interesting to see how the audience responds to both shows.

While the content and timelines of both shows will be quite different, there is bound to be some amount of comparison between the pace and storyline of the shows, owing to them belonging to the same franchise. While House of the Dragon Season 3 will continue to explore the Targaryen civil war, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms will explore the storyline of Dunk and Egg as they explore Westeros 90 years prior to the events of Game of Thrones. The latter is based on the novella named Dunk and Egg by George RR Martin, and the character storylines that will be explored in the series have left fans quite excited.

How the release date plays out in favor of either or both shows remains to be seen. However, creators of both shows should be prepared for some amount of comparison between the two.

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Edited by Sroban Ghosh