Malinga ndi tsiku lomaliza, a TV "Mbuye wa mphete" Kuphatikiza apo, zojambula za Episode woyamba sizinayambitse ngakhale. Ngakhale izi, mutu wa Amazon Studios Jennifer Salke adatsimikizira kuti ntchitoyi yachiwiri yakhala ikuchitika kale. Zikuwoneka kuti mitu ya situdiyo imatsimikiza kuti ntchito yawo yolakalaka yochokera ku John R.r. Tolkina adzachita bwino kwambiri.
Amazon Studio idapeza ufulu wa papepala kwa "mbuye wa mphete" mu Novembala 2017. Malinga ndi kugulitsa kumeneku, studio yakonzekera kumasulidwa kwa filimu yambiri yokha, komanso masheya ake. Chisangalalo cha mafani, nkhani zomwe "mbuye wa mphete" ochokera ku Amazon adzalandira nthawi yopitilira, amatanthauza kuti kuthyola pakati pa nyengo ziwiri zoyambirira kudzakhala lalifupi. Nthawi yomweyo, kumapeto kwa ntchitoyi pazinthu ziwiri zoyambirira za nyengo yanyumbayo, gulu la filimuyo lidzapita kutchuthi kwa miyezi 4-5, koma ichi ndi chizolowezi. Munthawi imeneyi, opanga ziwonetsero ndi opanga exeran a dzina la John D. Ululu ndi Patrick McCay mapulani oyambira ndikupanga gawo lalikulu la sewero lachiwiri.
Monga momwe Petro Jackson urilogon, zochita za mndandanda wa Mediternean, koma nthawi ino, omvera adzadziwana ndi zochitika zomwe zachitika kalekale zomwe zafotokozedwazo zomwe zafotokozedwazo. Kuchita ziwonetsero za TV sikuvomerezedwa kuti, koma zikuyembekezeka kuti yomwellleni adzalowe, Markell Kavena ndi Joseph Moulal.