Game of Thrones Fans Think Jon Snow's Statue in the Season 8 Trailer Reveals a Huge Clue

HBO dropped the first teaser for Game of Thrones season eight on Sunday night (January 13), and as expected fans are already excavating it for clues and hidden meanings. Of course, some of them are a stretch, but a few actually have merit—like a theory currently trending on Reddit about Jon Snow's statue from the trailer.

For context, go back and watch the teaser for yourself, below, and pay close attention to the statues it reveals of Arya, Sansa, and Jon. Notice how Arya and Sansa's figures portray them as they are now—young—but Jon's depicts him as an older man. Some fans are taking this to mean that Jon Snow is the only one who survives when everything is said and done. That's a bold conclusion, sure, but Game of Thrones is a bold show.

"For me this trailer solidifies Jon as the main protagonist of the story," one Redditor writes. "Whatever the ending is going to be, it's going to be about Jon. He will be the hero, the ruler; he will defeat the Night King and save the realm. He's not going to die, unless it's as a final sacrifice."

Others, however, think people may be reading too much into this. One fan points to a similar death theory that popped up in season six but never panned out. "Remember season six promos with all the faces of the lead actors in the hall of the Many Faced God? Everyone had theories on which one was gonna die, none of those characters died in that season," they write. Good point!

There's also another big Easter egg in this trailer: the frozen feather that falls when Jon passes the remains of his late mother, Lyanna. For context: The audience knows Lyanna is Jon's mom, but he doesn't. As this happens, we hear Lyanna's voice faintly say, “You have to protect him.” "Him" is referring to Jon, who is the true heir to the Iron Throne. He just doesn't know it yet. (Sansa put this exact feather on Lyanna's statue back in season five.)

There's so much going on in this trailer! Catch fans coming up with 500 more theories from it between now and when season eight premieres on April 14.

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