“Only a true chief of war can ride a shark into battle.” With that jaw-dropping image, Apple TV+ launched its ambitious historical epic, Chief of War. Suddenly, Jason Momoa is no longer just a Hollywood heartthrob—he’s a Pacific Island legend come to life.
Back in 2015, Momoa and co-creator Thomas Pa‘a Sibbett—both native Hawaiians—began mapping out a series that would not only entertain but serve as a cultural reclamation. Chief of War unfolds across nine episodes and follows Ka‘iana, a real-life Hawaiian warrior who finds himself at the crossroads of tribal loyalty and the threat of Western colonization in the late 18th century.
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