Saruman the White was seemingly more powerful than Gandalf the Grey, but he lacked some advantages that were key to Gandalf's ...

Saruman's jealousy of Gandalf dates back to their angelic origins in Valinor, as noted in Tolkien's Silmarillion. Saruman's envy peaked when Gandalf received the elven Ring of Power from Círdan ...

The relationship and rivalry between Gandalf and Saruman is one of the most complex blends of power conflict, moral dilemmas, and battles over the future of Middle-earth in The Lord of the ...

Even some of the imagery in his scenes screams Gandalf. But what if the Stranger is a different wizard we all know from The Lord of the Rings? What if the Stranger is Saruman? By the time we meet ...

He also loves Gandalf and wants him by his side, but turned on The Stranger in anger when Gandalf refused. That all aligns with Saruman’s story in the Third Age, in the same way The Stranger’s ...

Gandalf warns Pippin, who is the youngest and probably the most naively trusting ‘Saruman has powers you do not guess. Beware of his voice!’. This is because Saruman uses the same tactics as ...

That is definitely a lesson that Radagast the Brown learned the hard way when he unwittingly helped Saruman trap Gandalf on the tower of Orthanc, almost ensuring the downfall of Middle Earth itself.

According to Tolkien, the Istari, aka wizards like Gandalf, Saruman, and Radagast, we’re dispatched to Middle-earth until the Third Age. That said, Gandalf existed well before arriving on Middle ...

The Gandalf character has grown on me, bit by bit. In the Hobbit movie, there is a line that really spoke to me. He disagrees with his old friend (not yet nemesis) Saruman, about their views on ...

From the moment he arrived on Middle-earth, all signs pointed to The Stranger secretly being Gandalf. And that’s exactly who he is. The same has been true of the Dark Wizard and Saruman since he ...