That included confirming that the very last season of Game of Thrones, season 8, will consist of only six episodes; which between this and the just-wrapped season 7, doesn’t give the team a huge amount of time to conclude what’s been such an expansive storyline.
“We have a 140 page outline for what’s only going to be six episodes for the final season,” Benioff revealed; having previously stated there were only 13 episodes left for the show, with season 7 consisting of just seven episodes, instead of the usual ten.
Though SXSW is usually associated with the fringe worlds of independent music and film, sometimes the big dogs drop in for a visit.