Simon Tolkien, the son of Christopher Tolkien and grandson of JRR Tolkien - is a fan of #lotr and the series consultant of the Rings of Power. He is also known for his own novels such as No Man’s Land, Orders from Berlin, and The King of Diamonds with one of them being dedicated to his father.

While Simon wasn’t as involved in the Rings of Power as it seemed at first glance as the series consultant and not a main writer, the main point was that he did not stop certain changes to the lore that he might have been able to as a grandson and fan of JRR Tolkien and his works.

Simon could have nudged the writers more towards a show that would be truer to his grandfather’s legendarium and the source material while making Rings of Power related decisions. But it is unknown exactly why he did not, though we can speculate.

0:02 Simon's Beginnings
0:52 Creative Differences
1:32 Rings of Power
2:10 Views on Film Adaptations
3:14 “LOTR films were too faithful to the books”
3:51 The bottom line