Before we get into Sauron, it’s best to start with his predecessor and the first Dark Lord of Middle-earth: Morgoth. First known as Melkor, he was a Valar—or one of the most powerful beings in Arda.

English high fantasy inventor J.R.R. Tolkien named The Lord of the Rings, his three-volume 1954 novel, after Sauron, but Sauron was actually not the story's biggest threat. Lord of the Rings' Sauron ...

The Lord of the Rings gave the world two of its greatest villains in Sauron and Morgoth, but Morgoth was so much worse, as one detail of his history proves. J.R.R. Tolkien introduced Sauron in the ...

Prime Video brings audiences back to Middle-earth in the all-new season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power during the most crucial period in the Second Age. Sauron (Charlie Vickers) is now ...

One of the biggest differences between The Rings of Power and The Lord of the Rings trilogy is that Sauron (Charlie Vickers) is at the forefront of the Prime Video show's story. Season 1 featured ...

Middle-earth’s Dark Lord didn’t reveal his true identity on The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power until season one’s finale, when “Halbrand” asked Galadriel to join him. During the show’s second ...

Aayush Sharma is a Movie/TV News Writer from India. He has been writing about Hollywood movies, US TV shows, and more for the last 9 years. He has attended several film festivals around the world and ...

Nerdist: It’s only been a few days since everyone learned you’re playing one of the most iconic villains of all time. So I have to ask, without being humble, what’s more exciting for you on a personal ...

Whether you still think of him as the giant, flaming eye from Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings film trilogy, or have fully committed to Charlie Vickers' portrayal as Halbrand in The Lord of the ...

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The Rings of Men now belong to Sauron. The Dark Lord finally got ahold of them in The Rings of Power‘s season two finale. Celebrimbor gave his life trying to keep his final works away from “Annatar,” ...