[kingkawn]

ill bet after the game of thrones debacle nobody wants to take on IP that doesn't have a conclusion already written.

[guyomes]

Marc Laidlaw, who worked on the game's story of Half-life and Half-life 2, published a script online [1] that could have been the outline of the plot of Episode 3. That could be sufficient for a serie.

[1]: https://combineoverwiki.net/wiki/Epistle_3

[kingkawn]

I read this some years back when it came out. Pretty weak I think, suffering from the same loss of sense of place that most stories get once they start doing time and space meta jumping

[incahoots]

I swear I recall Martin stating that he had given the show-runners a conclusion to put in the show, but they bin'd it.

The conclusion was a dumpster fire for so many issues, and it wasn't for lack of original content to derive from I'd argue.

[kingkawn]

And yet the books remain unwritten

[incahoots]

Given how long it took for him to write the others, are you surprised?

I recalled correctly, he provided the showrunners with context, but they went largely ignored.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/paultassi/2019/05/11/george-rr-...