The Apple TV+ series starring Jason Momoa is somewhat historically accurate although darker truths seem to have been left alone.

“Chief of War,” a visually stunning new series created by heart-throb actor Jason Momoa, with its first two episodes filmed almost entirely in the Hawaiian language, is a fascinating new prism for looking into Hawaiʻi’s past.

The series, with Momoa as its leading man, takes known historical events and tweaks them in provocative and challenging ways to leave the viewer with new perspectives and questions about the era.

When the project was first in discussion some years ago, many people here assumed a star like Momoa would insist on being cast as Kamehameha, the great conqueror of the islands, who is honored in some circles with almost cult-like reverence.

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