# Warhammer (TV show being produced for Amazon) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted, amazon-prime\ **Created:** [February 10, 2026, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warhammer-tv-show-being-produced-for-amazon/1027539 "2026-02-10T08:26:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warhammer-tv-show-being-produced-for-amazon/1027539/141 "2026-02-15T02:36:01Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > What’s so bad about the Eldar? They’re nearly as racist as the Imperium, they’re just less proactive. They’re not out there genociding for the sake of genocide, but they have zero compunction about wiping out a civilization if it’s impeding their interests in some way, or if they violate one of their incomprehensibly byzantine social taboos. They’ll do stuff like lead a tyranid hive fleet to a human world to divert it away from one of their craftworlds, instead of simply moving the craftworld. Or humans might settle an uninhabited world, live there for 500 years, and one day the Eldar show up and murder everyone, because literally a million years ago an Eldar wrote a poem on that planet, so they’ve decided its sacred. > [@Babale](#): > > What I wanna know is why Eldar think that calling humans monkeys is such a burn. “Mon-keigh” is a false cognate. The Mon-Keigh were a race the Eldar wiped out, again, literally a million years ago, and the name has hung around as a pejorative. Sort of like how the Germans were called “Huns” during WWI. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warhammer-tv-show-being-produced-for-amazon/1027539/142 "2026-02-15T02:53:40Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > They’re nearly as racist as the Imperium, they’re just less proactive. They’re not out there genociding for the sake of genocide, but they have zero compunction about wiping out a civilization if it’s impeding their interests in some way, or if they violate one of their incomprehensibly byzantine social taboos. They’ll do stuff like lead a tyranid hive fleet to a human world to divert it away from one of their craftworlds, instead of simply moving the craftworld. Or humans might settle an uninhabited world, live there for 500 years, and one day the Eldar show up and murder everyone, because literally a million years ago an Eldar wrote a poem on that planet, so they’ve decided its sacred. > [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > The Old Ones created the Eldar millions of years ago, near the beginning of the War in Heaven. They were bio-engineered as a weaponized, psychic race specifically to combat the Necrons and their C’tan masters. The Protoss in _Starcraft_ are just the Eldar with the serial numbers filed off, aren’t they? ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warhammer-tv-show-being-produced-for-amazon/1027539/143 "2026-02-15T02:58:48Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > The Protoss in _Starcraft_ are just the Eldar with the serial numbers filed off, aren’t they? And the Zerg are the Tyranids. Heck, some humans are wearing power armor (think Astarte-lite). I talked to someone who said that is not a coincidence but I do not know who ripped off who. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warhammer-tv-show-being-produced-for-amazon/1027539/144 "2026-02-15T03:00:21Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > I talked to someone who said that is not a coincidence but I do not know who ripped off who. AIUI, the original Warcraft was meant to be a Warhammer Fantasy game, but they couldn’t get the license from GW. > [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Heck, some humans are wearing power armor (think Astarte-lite). Tychus in Starcraft 2 is probably the closest the Starcraft universe has to an Astarte. He’s been physically welded into his power armor and can’t take it off even for basic functions. When he gets access to the Odin (a large nuclear-armed walking tank), he’s able to detach and use the onboard bathroom, and it causes the unit to become temporarily paralyzed. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warhammer-tv-show-being-produced-for-amazon/1027539/145 "2026-02-15T03:06:36Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > AIUI, the original Warcraft was meant to be a Warhammer Fantasy game, but they couldn’t get the license from GW. That’s an almost Blockbuster level move. GW is so unrelentingly greedy they get in their own way. How many zillions of dollars would they have made if they had made a licensing agreement possible. Heck, people are still playing it today…competitively no less. Oops… ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 3:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warhammer-tv-show-being-produced-for-amazon/1027539/146 "2026-02-15T03:15:33Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > Is military service better than being lower class on a hive world? I’m reminded of people like my grandfather who was drafted in WWII and gained weight during basic. i.e. His quality of life went _up_ when he went to war. At the very least, military service might allow that underclass hiver to spend some time in fresh air for the first time in his life. But then he’s going to be separated from his family and even if he survives how ever many years in the guard there’s a chance he’ll be retired on some other distant planet. It’s a tough call. Given the choice I might opt for the guard. > [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > GW is so unrelentingly greedy they get in their own way. How many zillions of dollars would they have made if they had made a licensing agreement possible. Heck, people are still playing it today…competitively no less. GW has been fairly liberal with their license when it comes to video games these last few years. You can find a few decent ones, and a lot of bad ones. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warhammer-tv-show-being-produced-for-amazon/1027539/147 "2026-02-15T03:16:45Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > GW has been fairly liberal with their license when it comes to video games these last few years. I’ve heard a lot of good things about _Rogue Trader_. I’ll have to get around to buying it one of these days. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warhammer-tv-show-being-produced-for-amazon/1027539/148 "2026-02-15T03:21:56Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I’ve heard a lot of good things about _Rogue Trader_. I’ll have to get around to buying it one of these days. I have played Rogue Trader and I like it (I like that style of game…it is not for everyone which is fine). If you like this kind of game and see a good sale it may be worth a buy. Maybe it was because of the failure to capitalize on Starcraft that GW opened the floodgates too wide and we got lots of crummy games and a few good ones. But I do see the quality finally getting better lately. I think developers have realized there is a market here for good games and not some quick cash grab with some low effort game. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warhammer-tv-show-being-produced-for-amazon/1027539/149 "2026-02-15T03:53:47Z")
I just got Rogue Trader a few days ago. So far it’s been pretty good. There are a few things I am struggling to figure out, like wounds. Also, I apologize for straying off topic. Given the bredth and potential depth for a series, some people will feel slighted. What drives WH40K forward? Is it the TTRP game or books and video games? Or is it the minis? ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warhammer-tv-show-being-produced-for-amazon/1027539/150 "2026-02-15T03:54:15Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > I talked to someone who said that is not a coincidence but I do not know who ripped off who. > **[I Hope You Like Text - Penny Arcade](https://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/04/10/i-hope-you-like-text)** > > Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warhammer-tv-show-being-produced-for-amazon/1027539/151 "2026-02-15T04:02:32Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > What drives WH40K forward? Is it the TTRP game or books and video games? Or is it the minis? AIUI, the results of games held at official events have some effect on the ongoing canon, though I don’t know how heavily that’s weighted vs. whatever GW’s loremasters have decided they want to do. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warhammer-tv-show-being-produced-for-amazon/1027539/152 "2026-02-15T04:23:54Z")
GW used to be very tight-fisted with their IP. I think the concern was that a WH game would pull audience from the table top game. About 10 years ago, they pulled a complete 180 on this policy and started licensing their IPs out to just about anyone who asked. This has led to some really good games (Total War: Warhammer trilogy and Rogue Trader are two particularly good standouts) and a horde of mid- to low-tier crap. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warhammer-tv-show-being-produced-for-amazon/1027539/153 "2026-02-16T00:20:30Z")
….I go away for a few days and we talk about one of like TWO things I can really pontificate on this board about and it’s already 150 replies deep ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warhammer-tv-show-being-produced-for-amazon/1027539/154 "2026-02-16T00:32:45Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > …I go away for a few days and we talk about one of like TWO things I can really pontificate on this board about and it’s already 150 replies deep Now I wanna know what the other thing is, lol. And I’m sure there’s still lots to say about Warhammer. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warhammer-tv-show-being-produced-for-amazon/1027539/155 "2026-02-16T19:53:19Z")
> [@Babale](#): > > Now I wanna know what the other thing is, lol. Fallout…. I can talk about Fallout all the live long day. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warhammer-tv-show-being-produced-for-amazon/1027539/156 "2026-02-16T19:54:55Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > Fallout…. I can talk about Fallout all the live long day. Also an Amazon TV show (and a very good one I think). ---
**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2026, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warhammer-tv-show-being-produced-for-amazon/1027539/157 "2026-02-16T19:56:52Z")
> [@Push\_You\_Down](#): > > Fallout…. I can talk about Fallout all the live long day. I’ll post to my New Vegas thread so we can chat about Fallout some too ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warhammer-tv-show-being-produced-for-amazon/1027539/158 "2026-04-01T09:51:11Z")
And now, for something completely different; an April Fool’s production from Games Workshop. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/59NORGNnWlQ/maxresdefault.jpg "The Emperor Protects: A Warhammer 40,000 Musical") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59NORGNnWlQ) ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warhammer-tv-show-being-produced-for-amazon/1027539/159 "2026-04-01T11:38:41Z")
As far as the discussion of the gender of WH 40K factions goes, I’ll add that the still-sapient Necrons have genders they identify with, despite being technically sexless undead-coded robots. > [@Miller](#): > > It’s doubly stupid, since canonically, normal humans can be recruited as space marines. If they pass the training (which, in true grimdark fashion, has something like 99% fatality rate) then you get a bunch of cybernetic and biotech implants that turn you into a towering muscle monster. > > Personally, I prefer the idea that about 50% of space marines are female, and always have been, but you pump enough space steroids into a human, you lose all the secondary sexual characteristics that typically signal that someone’s female. Yeah; I’ve seen that called the “their gender is Space Marine” theory. They’re basically living weapons that happen to be roughly human-shaped. > [@Babale](#): > > The Eldar unintentionally created Slaanesh and he (is it she in 40k? I usually hear Slaanesh as “he” in Fantasy but “she” in 40k?) eats their souls after death as a result. “She Who Thirsts” is Slaanesh’s title among the Eldar, at least. > [@Babale](#): > > What I wanna know is why Eldar think that calling humans monkeys is such a burn. Presumably they evolved from their own planet’s equivalent of a monkey, no? It’s not like they are lizard people or something. Are they really that much further removed from space monkeys than humans are from earth monkeys? As said, they are highly engineered to the point that their skin lacks pores and they poop crystals (which might help explain their irritability). ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [April 1, 2026, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warhammer-tv-show-being-produced-for-amazon/1027539/160 "2026-04-01T17:56:02Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > GW is so unrelentingly greedy they get in their own way. How many zillions of dollars would they have made if they had made a licensing agreement possible. Heck, people are still playing it today…competitively no less. > > Oops… They are scared of people realizing the game is just as fun on the computer and don’t need to spend 30 dollars on what is basically a gumball machine level toy. To be honest I don’t think they are wrong. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warhammer-tv-show-being-produced-for-amazon/1027539.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warhammer-tv-show-being-produced-for-amazon/1027539.md?page=9)