Unaired Game of Thrones Prequel Pilot

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, creator George R.R Martin stated that this prequel is set roughly 5,000 years before the events of Game of Thrones. "We are dealing with a different and older world," Martin told EW. In the interview George R.R Martin also said "Westeros is a very different place." King's Landing won't even exist yet, and as a result, there's no Iron Throne, either. Meanwhile, Valyria will have "hardly begun to rise," Martin explained. "it's not the story we think we know." It will teach us more about Westeros history, the white walkers origins, and "the mysteries of the East."

Referenced in Diminishing Returns: Review of the Year 2017: Part 2 (2018)