And yet, this does not necessarily point to him being more powerful than Sauron.

There is a complex interplay between the Fellowship of the Ring andLord of the Rings’Sauronin J.R.R.

Tolkien’s 1955 masterpiece novel.

The Eye of Sauron from The Lord of the Rings.

Without the ring, it seems that Gandalf’s defeat would have been inevitable.

Tolkien confirmed that had Gandalf won, the ring would have turned him evil.

Without the ring, it seems that Gandalf’s defeat would have been inevitable.

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The second of these was in the Third Age, as the novel and movies portrayed.

That made Gandalf the only one in Middle-earth remotely likely to beat Sauron face-to-face.

Indeed, Tolkien said this fight would constitute a “delicate balance.”

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Tolkien also flagged that Sauron was weakened by years of corruption.

Morgoth’s Ringcontains an abundance of information on Gandalf’s species.

This was a key part of the hiding of their power.

Sir Ian McKellen as Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings.

Unfinished Talesis composed of Tolkien stories in varying states of completion, published in 1980.

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Tolkien’s book series that began in 1954 with The Fellowship of the Ring.

Ian McKellen as Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers.

The Lord of the Rings is a multimedia franchise consisting of several movies and a TV show released by Amazon titled The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The franchise is based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s book series that began in 1954 with The Fellowship of the Ring. The Lord of the Rings saw mainstream popularity with Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies.

Gandalf saying goodbye by the ship in The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King

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The Lord of the Rings is a multimedia franchise consisting of several movies and a TV show released by Amazon titled The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The franchise is based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s book series that began in 1954 with The Fellowship of the Ring. The Lord of the Rings saw mainstream popularity with Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies.

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