Yes, Companions of Middle-earth, Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Episode 8 just made two big revelations. Both were, admittedly, fairly straightforward (more than the other).
And while the series itself didn’t get a second reveal – Rings of Power spent the entire season wondering, “Is Sauron here?” and “If he is, who is he?” – It was the forehead slapping moment that at least one TG employee felt like he saw he was getting close to a mile away.
But, the details of both of these revelations are big enough that I won’t spoil them all above Spoiler warning Below is where you might want to watch the final episode of Rings of Power before diving in. Unless, of course, you don’t have power rings. “It’s time to admit that Rings of Power is just a fan fiction,” declared one of our cast members, wondering if he’ll finish Season 1, and read the caption instead.
In any case, The next part of this article contains spoilers for Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Episode 8!
Episodes of Power Episode 8 Unmasked Sauron
All it took was a conversation and a history lesson. Yes, in the middle of the final episode of Ring of Power 8, Galadriel (Morfydd Clark) asked the same question as Adar: Who exactly is Halbrand (Charlie Vickers)? But unlike the fallen Orc, Galadriel actually got the answer.
As my colleague Malcolm Macmillan wrote, “It all happens because Halbrand may be Sauron.” Galadriel discovered that something was wrong when she found out there was no king of the Southlands, something we now realize she should have looked for before.
The message here is simple: Don’t trust tragic people just because you feel sorry for them. Halbrand/Sauron then tried to plant the seeds of self-doubt in Galadriel’s mind, saying she told him he was not bound by his past. They can rule Middle-earth for the better of all together.
“Not today, Satan,” said Gladrill, in many other words, sending her into a mind-blowing series of moments, as she was seduced first by the sight of her dead brother alive, then drowned underwater. At the end of it all, we see Halbrand in Mordor, smiling, and I said to myself, “Of course they made him attractive. Sauron is stupid sexy.”
Now that Halbrand/Sauron has put self-doubt and shame in Galadriel’s mind and heart – she was his ally – she argued that Celebrimbor makes not two, but three rings of strength. This way, the force will be evenly distributed, and it will all be less likely to fall into the clutches of Sauron.
Episode 8 of Power has taken over a huge character from LOTR – but don’t bet on it
And since The Stranger (Daniel Weyman) is now confirmed not to be Sauron, we’ve got a new name for him: Istar. Well, that’s not his name, but what it is. Istar, is one of the Istari: the five wizards sent to Middle-earth.
We got this name from the witches who were attacking The Stranger during the end, when one of them shouted “It’s the other!” It was called “Estar”. Later, The Stranger said, in a beautiful voice, that “Istar” means “magician.”
But, just because you might associate a good, kind wizard with Gandalf doesn’t mean The Stranger is actually Gandalf. There are still four other Istar wizards: Saruman, Radagast, and two Blue Wizards.
Furthermore, the Lord of the Rings Law says that Gandalf won’t even be here in Middle-earth yet. He and Saruman arrived in Middle-earth later in chronology, during the Third Age. Episodes of Power occur in the Second Age.
Outlook: How will Rings of Power Season 2 play with Canon more?
As you know, Amazon was not able to get all the rights to all of Tolkien’s books. So, while beliefs tell us that Gandalf and Saruman shouldn’t be in the Rings of Power, there’s no reason to assume this show will stick to scripts.
Having said that, I would kind of like it if Amazon really gave us a fresh look at some of the other processors. The less it plays the “what can we really do without disturbing the first-in-knowledge audience”, the more chances Ring of Power has of being unique and interesting.
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