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Warning: The following article contains spoilers for The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season 2. Tolkien listed just five Istari in The Lord of the Rings and associated works: Saruman, Gandalf ...

The Rings of Power may be set thousands of years before the events of The Lord of the Rings, but that doesn't mean it's completely disconnected from J. R. R. Tolkien's iconic trilogy. Of course, ...

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Will Gandalf be in The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power? That’s the question many Lord of the Rings fans are asking after watching the first two episodes of Prime Video‘s The Rings of Power. We ...

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