Game of Thrones is turning the Targaryens into Rise of Skywalker’s Sith

One sticking point: The script is in producers’ hands at Warner Bros., which is in the middle of a contentious, complicated buyout by Paramount Skydance, so anything being developed there will likely get backburnered for an unknown length of time as the dust settles. But that isn’t the issue that bothers me about the untitled Game of Thrones movie. I’m more concerned that it’s reportedly yet another war-driven prequel about the Targaryen family, this time focused on Aegon’s Conquest, and the Targaryens’ original rise to rulership in Westeros. The Targaryens are rapidly becoming the Sith of the Game of Thrones universe, and the increasing focus on them should concern fans who don’t want to see this franchise stuck in the same morass as the Star Wars movies.