Jackson’s Sauron exudes a nearly omniscient menace appropriate for the trilogy’s scope.
The Sauron ofRings of Power, meanwhile,is just as single-minded but employs subtle manipulation over brute force.
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Only onceCelebrimbor’s secluded away inside the forge again does Sauron’s illusion fade into the truth.
Adding sorcery to his Olympic-level manipulations isfar more frightening than if Sauron had legitimately hijacked Celebrimbor’s will.
If Sauron easily managed this trick,what does he have left to unleash?
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After all, how can you fight an enemy when he holds the key to your mental prison?
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Epic drama set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘The Hobbit’ and ‘The Lord of the Rings’ follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to Middle-earth.
