--- title: Game of Thrones: George R.R. Martin on Spinoff Hints description: George R.R. Martin apparently doesn't intend on letting any rumors about those Game of Thrones spinoffs spin out of control. In the wake of HBO's... canonical: https://time.com/4778941/game-of-thrones-george-r-r-martin-spinoff-hints/ author: Megan McCluskey article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2017-05-15T15:02:56.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-06-24T06:56:46.943Z og:title: George R.R. 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In the wake of HBO's..._  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 15, 2017 3:02 PM UTC  by [Megan McCluskey](https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Staff Writer May 15, 2017 3:02 PM UTC [George R.R. Martin](http://time.com/4777088/game-of-thrones-kobe-bryant-george-r-r-martin/) apparently doesn’t intend on letting any rumors about those [_Game of Thrones_](http://time.com/4429346/game-of-thrones-season-7-cast-news/)spinoffs spin out of control. In the wake of [HBO’s recent announcement](http://time.com/4767797/game-of-thrones-spinoffs-hbo/) that it’s developing four possible offshoot series exploring the world of Westeros, the author took to his [LiveJournal](http://grrm.livejournal.com/536859.html) to clear up some key details about the shows. After explaining that there are actually five prequel — or as he refers to them, “successor” — scripts by five different writers in the works, Martin revealed two fan-favorite narratives that are not under consideration. The first idea he put the kibosh on was _The Tales of Dunk and Egg_ — an ongoing series of novellas that follow the adventures of Ser Duncan the Tall and his squire Egg roughly 90 years before the events of _Thrones._ However, it’s the second prospect he shut down that’s more likely to come as a blow to _Thrones_ fans: Robert’s Rebellion. “We’re not doing Robert’s Rebellion either,” he wrote. “I know thousands of you want that, I know there’s a [petition](http://winteriscoming.net/2016/07/07/sign-a-petition-for-hbo-to-make-a-game-of-thrones-prequel-series-hbo/)… but by the time I finish writing _A Song of Ice & Fire_, you will know every important thing that happened in Robert’s Rebellion. There would be no surprises or revelations left in such a show, just the acting out of conflicts whose resolutions you already know. That’s not a story I want to tell just now; it would feel too much like a twice-told tale.” Hopefully, season seven of _Thrones_ will give disappointed fans some more flashbacks to this epic battle. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4778941/game-of-thrones-george-r-r-martin-spinoff-hints/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4778941/game-of-thrones-george-r-r-martin-spinoff-hints/"},"headline":"George R.R. Martin Reveals That 2 Fan-Favorite Game of Thrones Ideas Definitely Aren't Happening","datePublished":"2017-05-15T15:02:56.000Z","dateModified":"2026-06-24T06:56:46.943Z","description":"George R.R. Martin apparently doesn't intend on letting any rumors about those Game of Thrones spinoffs spin out of control. 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