Wait, Is That Sauron In The Rings Of Power Trailer?

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Is Anson Boon's white-haired character in Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power actually a human Sauron? With Amazon's The Rings of Power set during J.R.R. Tolkien's Second Age, Sauron returning as the main villain was always inevitable. Alas, the Dark Lord has been conspicuous by his absence thus far, not appearing in any official marketing materials, promotional images, or trailer footage.

That's now changed thanks to Amazon's The Rings of Power SDCC 2022 trailer. Sauron is referenced by name for the first time when a creepy old man asks a young boy, "Have you heard of him lad? Have you heard of Sauron?" Galadriel, meanwhile, reminds everyone "he has not one name… but many." Although Sauron doesn't obviously appear in The Rings of Power's SDCC trailer (the chap in black armor could be Joseph Mawle's Adar), many believe Anson Boon's mysterious character — a serpentine, slight figure wearing religious garb — is the Dark Lord in disguise.

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This youngster's knees may be weak and his palms might be sweaty, but the Sauron speculation absolutely holds up. Boon is shown draped in white robes with two unidentified followers, then seemingly casting some dark and fiery magic. If his evil aura wasn't enough of a giveaway, those glazed eyes hint that Middle-earth's most famous villain will return to plague The Rings of Power. Sauron, of course, is largely remembered as a towering warrior clad in black armor. Why does Anson Boon's version look human, or is the real Sauron yet to stand up?

During J.R.R. Tolkien's Second Age, Sauron possessed a power he lacked during The Lord of the Rings — shape-shifting. After escaping Morgoth's First Age downfall, Sauron