The new Apple TV+ show depicts a little-known moment in Hawaiian history—and has already drawn comparisons to 'Game of Thrones' and 'Shōgun.'

The 'Game of Thrones' alum co-created and stars in the sweeping, action-packed drama about the unification of Hawaii in the 18th and 19th centuries.

In the West, we live on stolen land. The degradation and genocide of Indigenous Americans on the mainland is widely known. Yet, the settlement of the Hawaiian Islands is much less examined. Now, in Apple TV+’s sweeping 18th-century war epic “Chief of War,