: Each episode reportedly cost approximately $20 million to produce, significantly higher than the early seasons of the original series.

: The central conflict, the "Dance of the Dragons," is inspired by a real historical period of English history known as The Anarchy (the 12th-century civil war between Empress Matilda and her cousin Stephen). Regional "Dragon" Trivia

: Set roughly 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones , focusing on the height of the Targaryen dynasty's power.