​The first prescribed photo forGame of ThronesSeason 8 is finally here . Stars Emilia Clarke andKit Haringtonappear as their graphic symbol , Daenerys Targaryenand Jon Snow , on the cover this week’s​Entertainment Weekly , embracing each other in the C .

According toEW , the issue move behind - the - vista of the series ' eighth andfinal time of year , which just may be the well - maintain secret of any TV series ever . Readers will get a first flavor into the long - forebode final season , the biggest battle inGame of Throneshistory , and a possible preview of the plot of the last six episode .

In regards to time of year 8,Game of Thronesco - executive manufacturer ofBryan Cogman , says , " It ’s about all of these disparate characters come together to face a common opposition , dealing with their own past , and define the person they want to be in the face of sure death … It ’s an improbably worked up haunting bittersweet final season and I think it honors very much what author​George R.R. Martinset out to do — which is flip this kind of story on its principal . "

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ManyGame of Thronesactorshavecommentedon talked about the vividness of shooting the final time of year as the Jehovah are set to get everythingjustright , while at the same time making sure that any inside information regarding where the series will go bekept under wrap . Sophie Turner(Sansa Stark ) recalled how there was a " drone killing"devicethat deactivated drones attempting to fly over the set and get sneak peeks .

" It ’s unforgiving , " Harington toldEWabout shoot the final time of year . " Scenes that would have been a one - daylight shoot five yr ago are now a five - day shoot . They need to get it right , they want to shoot everything every undivided fashion so they have options . "

" Camera checks take longer , costume are a bit better , pilus and makeup a bit sharper — every choice , every conversation , every posture , has this air of ‘ this is it , ' " added Clarke . " Everything feels more vivid . "

The final time of year ofGame of Throneswill premiere in 2019 .