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By Alex Lauer “I want my Game of Thrones.” That request, reportedly uttered by Jeff Bezos, has been a major goal for the Amazon founder for years, according to Brad Stone’s book Amazon Unbound. And what player in the TV space wouldn’t want their own Game of Thrones? HBO’s megahit attracted tens of millions of viewers per episode by the end of its eight-season run and was seen as the leading force ushering in the era of peak TV. It showed that a fantasy drama based on books could achieve the holy grail of both critical and commercial success, and Bezos wanted that for Amazon Studios, his produc…