The last time we saw Jon Snow was in the divisive Game of Thrones finale, and his story ended with him returning to the Night's Watch. Leaving Westeros behind after killing Daenerys Targaryen, Jon embarked on what appeared to be a self-imposed exile, though that won't be where his story ends.
A sequel series is currently in the works, tentatively titled Snow, and there are lots of places that could take the fallen hero. Most interesting is the fact this would obviously be an original tale seeing as George R.R. Martin still hasn't finished his Song of Ice and Fire saga (never mind starting work on a follow-up).
Kit Harrington approached the author with this sequel idea and is clearly keen to continue telling Jon's story. During a recent convention appearance (via SFFGazette.com), the actor even shed some light on where the warrior's head is likely to be at following the traumatic events of the Game of Thrones finale.
"At the end of the show when we find him in that cell, he’s preparing to be beheaded and he wants to be," Harrington explained. "He’s done. The fact he goes to the Wall is the greatest gift and also the greatest curse."
"He’s got to go back up to the place with all this history and live out his life thinking about how he killed Dany, and live out his life thinking about Ygritte dying in his arms, and live out his life thinking about how he hung Olly, and live out his life thinking about all of this trauma, and that, that’s interesting."
Needless to say, we won't be following Jon beyond the Wall for some sort of happy ending. However, there's always a chance he can find redemption and get a better conclusion than what Game of Thrones offered. Harrington would add, "So I think where we leave him at the end of the show...we wanted some kind of little smile that things are okay. He’s not okay."
We've already seen a handful of Game of Thrones spin-offs fail to become a reality, so it will be interesting to see if Snow is among the shows that manage to make it past the finish line. However, if the huge success of House of the Dragon was any indication, fans remain heavily invested in this franchise even after the main show's divisive final season.
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