From theories about him being Sauron, or one of the other wizards inJ.R.R.

We said, “We’re bringing this to Middle Earth.”

Saruman doesn’t really love halflings, he speaks about them really dismissively.

The Stranger aka Gandalf, played by Daniel Weyman, in ‘Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power.'

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And Radagast doesn’t seem to feel much, one way or another, about them."

The Stranger’s fondness of the halflings was potentially the strongest hint regarding his true identity.

Am I good, or am I evil?

Daniel Weyman as The Stranger screaming into a dust storm with his staff out in ‘The Rings of Power.'

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I don’t know."

Like, “Yes, that’s who he is.

Don’t worry about that.

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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.

It’s about what he’s learning, about who he’s going to be.

That is more important than just a name.”

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The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power