Game Of Thrones: Season 6 - 8 Clues From "Battle Of The Bastards" Trailer

7. It's Going To Be Insanely HUGE

Game Of Thrones Jon Snow Battle
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Jon Snow there, looking as delighted as always.

Apparently, this episode took longer to film than anything else in the show so far, so we know it's going to be big. That's despite the fact that the Stark army amounts to a few thousand Wildlings, a handful of loyal houses and a plucky band of Mormonts (there they are to the right of the picture). Yes, they have a giant, but they're not a massive force compared to the sprawling Bolton forces.

There's a pretty good shot that implies the scale of the battle-field immediately...

Game of Thrones Battle
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Exceptional planning by Ramsay putting the archers in front of the cavalry by the way: let's just have them trampled and taken out of the battle immediately...

Later in the trailer we see more of the battle lines, and more of the scale.

Game Of Thrones Battlelines
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