{ "id": "epjsnkpgav", "slug": "chief-of-war", "title": "Chief of War", "updated": "2026-11-01", "topic_path": [ { "id": "culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture" }, { "id": "culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv", "label": "Scripted television and comedy series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.drama-prestige-series", "label": "Drama and prestige series (individual series)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.drama-prestige-series" }, { "id": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.drama-prestige-series.historical-and-period-drama", "label": "Historical and period drama", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/topics/culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.drama-prestige-series.historical-and-period-drama" } ], "geo": [ { "id": "geo.us.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.drama-prestige-series", "label": "United States · 2021 and later: Drama and prestige series (individual series)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.drama-prestige-series", "path": [ { "id": "geo.us", "label": "United States", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2021", "label": "United States · 2021 and later", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2021" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2021.culture", "label": "Arts and culture", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2021.culture" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2021.culture.performance", "label": "Screen and stage", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2021.culture.performance" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2021.culture.performance.screen", "label": "Film and television", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2021.culture.performance.screen" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series", "label": "Series and fictional screen worlds", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv", "label": "Scripted television and comedy series", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv" }, { "id": "geo.us.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.drama-prestige-series", "label": "Drama and prestige series (individual series)", "api_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/api/v1/geo/geo.us.t2021.culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.drama-prestige-series" } ] } ], "excerpt": "Chief of War is a 2025 Apple TV+ nine-episode historical drama created by Jason Momoa and Thomas Pa'a Sibbett about the unification of Hawai'i, starring Momoa as Ka'iana, largely in the Hawaiian language, with a predominantly Polynesian cast; no second season has been announced.", "snippet": "Chief of War is a 2025 Apple TV+ nine-episode historical drama created by Jason Momoa and Thomas Pa'a Sibbett about the unification of Hawai'i, starring Momoa as Ka'iana, largely in the Hawaiian language, with a predominantly Polynesian cast; no second season has been announced.", "node": "culture.performance.screen.series.series_scripted_tv.drama-prestige-series.historical-and-period-drama", "markdown": "# Chief of War\n\n**Chief of War** is a nine-episode American historical drama series on Apple TV+, created and co-written by [Jason Momoa](https://www.edgepedia.org/jason-momoa) and Thomas Pa'a Sibbett, that dramatizes the unification and colonization of Hawai'i at the turn of the 19th century from an indigenous perspective. It premiered on August 1, 2025, with two episodes, and new episodes followed weekly through the season finale on September 19, 2025.[1](https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/originals/chief-of-war/) • [2](https://www.tomsguide.com/entertainment/apple-tv-plus/new-on-apple-tv-plus-in-august-2025-all-the-shows-and-movies-to-watch) The series stars Momoa as the warrior Ka'iana and features a predominantly Polynesian cast speaking largely in the [Hawaiian language](https://www.edgepedia.org/hawaiian-language) ('Ōlelo Hawai'i).[2](https://www.tomsguide.com/entertainment/apple-tv-plus/new-on-apple-tv-plus-in-august-2025-all-the-shows-and-movies-to-watch)\n\n| Key fact | Detail |\n|---|---|\n| Premiere / finale | August 1, 2025 (two episodes) through September 19, 2025; nine episodes[1](https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/originals/chief-of-war/) • [3](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/61439/chief-of-war) |\n| Creators | Jason Momoa and Thomas Pa'a Sibbett, who share Native Hawaiian heritage; showrunner Doug Jung[2](https://www.tomsguide.com/entertainment/apple-tv-plus/new-on-apple-tv-plus-in-august-2025-all-the-shows-and-movies-to-watch) |\n| Subject | The unification and colonization of Hawai'i in the late 18th century, told from an indigenous perspective[2](https://www.tomsguide.com/entertainment/apple-tv-plus/new-on-apple-tv-plus-in-august-2025-all-the-shows-and-movies-to-watch) |\n| Lead cast | Jason Momoa (Ka'iana), Temuera Morrison (King Kahekili), Luciane Buchanan (Ka'ahumanu), Cliff Curtis (Keōua), Kaina Makua (Kamehameha)[4](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/chief-of-war/) |\n| Language | Dialogue chiefly in Hawaiian; the first two episodes were filmed almost entirely in the Hawaiian language[5](https://www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/article/2025/08/03/in-chief-of-war-jason-momoa-reigns-over-a-hawaiian-tragedy_6744019_30.html) • [6](https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/08/kirstin-downey-an-unlikely-hero-emerges-in-new-chief-of-war-series/) |\n| Production | Fifth Season and Chernin Entertainment for Apple TV+; theme by Hans Zimmer, score co-produced with James Everingham[7](https://www.reddigitalcinema.com/stories/chief-of-war) • [8](https://www.whattowatch.com/watching-guides/chief-of-war-release-date-trailer-cast-plot-and-everything-we-know-about-the-jason-momoa-historical-epic) |\n| Reception | Metascore 71 from 26 critic reviews; 92% on the Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer[4](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/chief-of-war/) • [9](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/chief_of_war/s01) |\n\n## Spoilers\n\n### Premise and characters\n\nThe series follows Ka'iana (Jason Momoa), a fierce Hawaiian warrior and noble who, in the opening episode, is summoned back to Maui, where he must decide whether to join King Kahekili in war.[10](https://tv.apple.com/us/show/chief-of-war/umc.cmc.6ag0zq020ielwv7m83v8r4dkw) With Hawai'i's four kingdoms divided by war, Ka'iana embarks on a mission to unite his people as an existential threat approaches their shores.[9](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/chief_of_war/s01) The story centers on the campaigns that led to [Kamehameha I](https://www.edgepedia.org/kamehameha-i)'s unification of the islands, a process completed in 1795 after decades of civil wars that had torn families apart and driven the surviving population into starvation.[6](https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/08/kirstin-downey-an-unlikely-hero-emerges-in-new-chief-of-war-series/)\n\n**Historical figures on screen.** Ka'iana was a real high chief of Kaua'i, described in an 1893 edition of *Paradise of the Pacific* as \"a turbulent and ambitious chief\" who turned his back on King Kamehameha I in the late 18th century and joined the side of Kalanikupule, king of O'ahu.[11](https://cdn4.creativecirclemedia.com/nmcsd/files/20250724-160757-66b-07-25-25_TV.pdf) A University of Hawai'i kumu (teacher) interviewed about the series noted that the historical Ka'iana was an early traveler from Hawai'i who left the islands, learned about other places, and learned about other systems of living.[12](https://mauinow.com/2025/08/06/qa-exploring-chief-of-war-with-university-of-hawa%CA%BBi-kumu/) The Native Hawaiian historian David Aiona Chang, who studies Indigenous people, colonialism, borders, and migration in Hawai'i and North America, created the website Ka'iana: Voyage of a Chief to make the figure's factual story more accessible, and describes him as a person who \"personified that intellectual, global agency of Native Hawaiian people. He was an explorer of the world.\"[13](https://cla.umn.edu/news-events/story/who-was-kaiana-historians-perspective-real-chief-war)\n\nOther characters are drawn from the same history: Kahekili, the mō'ī (king) of Maui played by [Temuera Morrison](https://www.edgepedia.org/temuera-morrison), attacks the island of O'ahu in a bid to conquer all of the [Hawaiian Islands](https://www.edgepedia.org/hawaiian-islands) and fulfill an ancient prophecy that whoever conquered the whole archipelago would be legitimized as its rightful ruler.[14](https://www.cntraveler.com/story/a-travelers-guide-to-chief-of-war-apple-tv) Kamehameha is played by newcomer Kaina Makua, making their acting debut in the series.[8](https://www.whattowatch.com/watching-guides/chief-of-war-release-date-trailer-cast-plot-and-everything-we-know-about-the-jason-momoa-historical-epic)\n\n## Production\n\nMomoa conceived and wrote the series with Thomas Pa'akaiokahonua \"Pa'a\" Sibbett, his co-writer on earlier projects; the two co-wrote the scripts over a period of about ten years, and the show was Momoa's first TV writing gig.[15](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/04/jason-momoa-will-star-in-co-write-an-apple-series-about-hawaii) • [16](https://kawaiola.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/KaWaiOla-August2025.pdf) Doug Jung served as showrunner, and Momoa also served as executive producer and directed the season finale.[8](https://www.whattowatch.com/watching-guides/chief-of-war-release-date-trailer-cast-plot-and-everything-we-know-about-the-jason-momoa-historical-epic) The directing team included Momoa, Justin Chon, Anders Engström, and Brian Andrew Mendoza.[8](https://www.whattowatch.com/watching-guides/chief-of-war-release-date-trailer-cast-plot-and-everything-we-know-about-the-jason-momoa-historical-epic) Fifth Season and Chernin Entertainment produced for Apple TV+.[7](https://www.reddigitalcinema.com/stories/chief-of-war)\n\nTechRadar described the production as a $340 million spectacle.[17](https://www.techradar.com/streaming/apple-tv-plus/it-took-us-a-year-to-write-jason-momoa-opens-up-on-chief-of-wars-hawaiian-saga) Although Hawai'i remains a popular onscreen setting, the series was filmed in New Zealand, and it is the biggest Hawaiian television series ever produced.[18](https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/bitstreams/7a8c8919-e9d3-42f8-8def-f832b9a73164/download) [Hans Zimmer](https://www.edgepedia.org/hans-zimmer) wrote the theme song and co-produced the score for all nine episodes with James Everingham.[8](https://www.whattowatch.com/watching-guides/chief-of-war-release-date-trailer-cast-plot-and-everything-we-know-about-the-jason-momoa-historical-epic)\n\n## Language and cultural authenticity\n\nThe decision to have most dialogue spoken in Hawaiian was made early by Momoa and Sibbett, and maintaining cultural authenticity was the mandate they set themselves.[19](https://www.thewrap.com/chief-of-war-jason-momoa-thomas-paa-sibbett-interview-apple/) Momoa, like many [Native Hawaiians](https://www.edgepedia.org/native-hawaiians), did not grow up speaking Hawaiian and worked with a coach to speak it authentically; the series has been described as the first major TV series featuring the language and culture of Hawai'i's Indigenous people.[20](https://apnews.com/article/e5a49c8fb8d9d5fb809e354f85bab4ba) Puakea Nogelmeier, a former professor of Hawaiian language at the University of Hawaii at Manoa who helped translate the script, said he was nervous about the outcome knowing how few of the cast were fluent, but was \"pleasantly surprised\" by the performances, which he said help prove Hawaiian is a \"functional, viable world language.\"[20](https://apnews.com/article/e5a49c8fb8d9d5fb809e354f85bab4ba)\n\nThe production involved Hawaiian actors, historians, cultural practitioners, and 'Ōlelo Hawai'i language coaches on camera and behind the scenes.[21](https://news.northeastern.edu/2025/07/30/chief-of-war-hawaiian-history-apple-show/) Makeup designer Christien Tinsley worked with cultural consultants so that every tattoo on screen was genuine and respectful to Indigenous Hawaiian cultures, noting that earlier depictions of Hawaiian culture and tattoos had been filtered through the racial perceptions of white men.[22](https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/awards/chief-of-war-makeup-tattoos-christien-tinsley-interview/) Natalee Kēhaulani Bauer, an assistant teaching professor of race, gender and sexuality studies at [Northeastern University](https://www.edgepedia.org/northeastern-university) in Oakland and a Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) scholar, said the story is one most Hawaiians know deeply but the general public is largely unaware of, and that the series, with its cast, budget, and full support from Apple, goes beyond the strides of films like *Lilo & Stitch* and *Moana*.[21](https://news.northeastern.edu/2025/07/30/chief-of-war-hawaiian-history-apple-show/)\n\n## Historical accuracy\n\nEveryone involved in the production points out that while the series is based on actual events, it is not a historical documentary, and Momoa and Sibbett exercised creative license.[16](https://kawaiola.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/KaWaiOla-August2025.pdf) A University of Hawai'i kumu said the series changed some dynamics and sped up the history, but that the battle scene is based on the invasion of O'ahu, and framed the show as an interpretation of history that can inspire people to learn more rather than serve as the go-to source on Hawai'i.[12](https://mauinow.com/2025/08/06/qa-exploring-chief-of-war-with-university-of-hawa%CA%BBi-kumu/)\n\n**Scholarly critiques.** David Aiona Chang found the series' representation of Hawaiian women troublesome, noting that \"female chiefs who were famous for their powerful size are portrayed as thin and dainty\"; he also had qualms about its depiction of a wedding and consummation ceremony and disagreed with its imaginary picture of Zamboanga in the Philippines as \"some sort of Orientalist sin city and slave port.\" He concluded that creatives have a responsibility \"to portray with as much accuracy, truth, and dignity as they possibly can.\"[13](https://cla.umn.edu/news-events/story/who-was-kaiana-historians-perspective-real-chief-war) The columnist Kirstin Downey, a former Washington Post reporter writing in Honolulu Civil Beat, judged the series somewhat historically accurate while observing that darker truths seem to have been left alone, and noted details such as the depiction of Hawaiian women of 1787 with long flowing hair when artists' depictions suggest a short gamine cut was the fashion of the time.[6](https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/08/kirstin-downey-an-unlikely-hero-emerges-in-new-chief-of-war-series/)\n\n## Reception\n\nThe season holds a Metascore of 71 on Metacritic, based on 26 critic reviews, with 18 positive, 8 mixed, and none negative, and a user score of 7.3.[4](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/chief-of-war/) Rotten Tomatoes lists the season at 92% on the Tomatometer from 49 reviews, with a critics consensus reading: \"Starring Jason Momoa at his ferocious best, *Chief of War* is a brutal epic that recreates Native Hawaiian history with commendable authenticity.\"[9](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/chief_of_war/s01) Reviews praised the series' attention to cultural detail; Variety called it \"stunning, historical and with acute attention to detail,\" and RogerEbert.com noted it was unwilling to abandon its meditative story for loud action sequences.[23](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/chief-of-war/critic-reviews/) Common Sense Media highlighted it as a \"watershed moment in media representation,\" telling a Native Hawaiian story from an Indigenous perspective with the large scale and artistry such histories deserve.[24](https://www.techradar.com/streaming/apple-tv-plus/chief-of-war-is-a-new-historical-epic-from-jason-momoa-with-93-percent-on-rotten-tomatoes-but-does-it-live-up-to-its-potential-status-as-the-best-apple-tv-show-of-2025)\n\n## Renewal status\n\nNo second season has been announced. As of October 2026 reporting, Apple TV+ had made no official statement on renewal, and Momoa has said the show was sold and agreed upon as a limited series from the start, describing season 2's status as \"in limbo.\"[25](https://businessupturn.com/entertainment/hollywood-web-series/is-chief-of-war-getting-season-2-everything-we-know-so-far/) A CineCorner UK report in September 2026 noted that Apple was releasing the series on Blu-ray rather than announcing a renewal.[26](https://cinecorner.co.uk/news/jason-momoa-chief-of-war-blu-ray-17-november-apple-tv-no-renewal)\n\n## References\n\n1. [Chief of War, Apple TV Press](https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/originals/chief-of-war/)\n2. [New on Apple TV Plus in August 2025, Tom's Guide](https://www.tomsguide.com/entertainment/apple-tv-plus/new-on-apple-tv-plus-in-august-2025-all-the-shows-and-movies-to-watch)\n3. [Chief of War, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/61439/chief-of-war)\n4. [Chief of War Reviews, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/chief-of-war/)\n5. [In 'Chief of War,' Jason Momoa reigns over a Hawaiian tragedy, Le Monde](https://www.lemonde.fr/en/culture/article/2025/08/03/in-chief-of-war-jason-momoa-reigns-over-a-hawaiian-tragedy_6744019_30.html)\n6. [Kirstin Downey: An Unlikely Hero Emerges In New 'Chief Of War' Series, Honolulu Civil Beat](https://www.civilbeat.org/2025/08/kirstin-downey-an-unlikely-hero-emerges-in-new-chief-of-war-series/)\n7. [Force of Nature: Matthew Chuang, ACS on Apple TV+ Epic Series \"Chief of War\", RED Digital Cinema](https://www.reddigitalcinema.com/stories/chief-of-war)\n8. [Chief of War: release date, trailer, cast, plot and everything we know, WhatToWatch](https://www.whattowatch.com/watching-guides/chief-of-war-release-date-trailer-cast-plot-and-everything-we-know-about-the-jason-momoa-historical-epic)\n9. [Chief of War: Season 1, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/chief_of_war/s01)\n10. [Watch Chief of War, Apple TV](https://tv.apple.com/us/show/chief-of-war/umc.cmc.6ag0zq020ielwv7m83v8r4dkw)\n11. [Plainsman TV listings, July 27 to August 2](https://cdn4.creativecirclemedia.com/nmcsd/files/20250724-160757-66b-07-25-25_TV.pdf)\n12. [Q&A: Exploring 'Chief of War' with University of Hawaʻi kumu, Maui Now](https://mauinow.com/2025/08/06/qa-exploring-chief-of-war-with-university-of-hawa%CA%BBi-kumu/)\n13. [Who Was Ka'iana? A Historian's Perspective on the Real \"Chief of War\", University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts](https://cla.umn.edu/news-events/story/who-was-kaiana-historians-perspective-real-chief-war)\n14. [A Traveler's Guide to 'Chief of War', Condé Nast Traveler](https://www.cntraveler.com/story/a-travelers-guide-to-chief-of-war-apple-tv)\n15. [Jason Momoa Will Star in, Co-Write an Apple Series About Hawaii, Vanity Fair](https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/04/jason-momoa-will-star-in-co-write-an-apple-series-about-hawaii)\n16. [Ka Wai Ola: August 2025](https://kawaiola.news/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/KaWaiOla-August2025.pdf)\n17. [Chief of War 'is about as big as it gets for me', TechRadar](https://www.techradar.com/streaming/apple-tv-plus/it-took-us-a-year-to-write-jason-momoa-opens-up-on-chief-of-wars-hawaiian-saga)\n18. [A Hawaiian epic made in NZ: why Jason Momoa's Chief of War wasn't filmed in its star's homeland, AUT open repository](https://openrepository.aut.ac.nz/bitstreams/7a8c8919-e9d3-42f8-8def-f832b9a73164/download)\n19. [Chief of War: Jason Momoa on His 'Very Hawaiian' Apple Show, TheWrap](https://www.thewrap.com/chief-of-war-jason-momoa-thomas-paa-sibbett-interview-apple/)\n20. [Jason Momoa worked with a coach to speak Hawaiian authentically in 'Chief of War', Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/e5a49c8fb8d9d5fb809e354f85bab4ba)\n21. [How Historically Accurate Is Apple's 'Chief of War'?, Northeastern Global News](https://news.northeastern.edu/2025/07/30/chief-of-war-hawaiian-history-apple-show/)\n22. ['Chief of War' Makeup Designer Honored Hawaiian Culture With Tattoos, TheWrap](https://www.thewrap.com/industry-news/awards/chief-of-war-makeup-tattoos-christien-tinsley-interview/)\n23. [Chief of War critic reviews, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/tv/chief-of-war/critic-reviews/)\n24. [Chief of War is a new historical epic from Jason Momoa with 93% on Rotten Tomatoes, TechRadar](https://www.techradar.com/streaming/apple-tv-plus/chief-of-war-is-a-new-historical-epic-from-jason-momoa-with-93-percent-on-rotten-tomatoes-but-does-it-live-up-to-its-potential-status-as-the-best-apple-tv-show-of-2025)\n25. [Chief of War Season 2: Renewal Status and Everything We Know, Business Upturn](https://businessupturn.com/entertainment/hollywood-web-series/is-chief-of-war-getting-season-2-everything-we-know-so-far/)\n26. [Chief of War was number one in the world, and Apple is giving it a Blu-ray instead of season 2, CineCorner UK](https://cinecorner.co.uk/news/jason-momoa-chief-of-war-blu-ray-17-november-apple-tv-no-renewal)\n\n---\n*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › Scripted television and comedy series › Drama and prestige series (individual series) › Historical and period drama*\n\n*Initially written Oct 3, 2026 · Reviewed: Oct 3, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Oct 15, 2026; Oct 25, 2026; Nov 1, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026*\n\n*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*\n\nLicense: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license\n", "same_as": [], "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/chief-of-war", "markdown_url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/chief-of-war.md", "license": { "name": "Edgepedia Community License 1.0", "url": "https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license", "summary": "Free with credit, commercial use included. 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