All of which is discussed at length in the latest episode of The Rings of Power Podcast: "Is The Stranger Young Gandalf, a Blue Wizard, or Neither?" embedded below: Hosts Andrew Dyce and Stephen ...

The Blue Wizards are The Lord of the Rings' most ... followed by Radagast. Istar means "Wizard" in the Elvish language of Quenya, hence why this esoteric group of characters is so named.

Even their names changed. But what he did say connects them to The Rings of Power‘s Dark Wizard. Also known as Ithryn Luin for their sea-blue robes, they were two of five Istar who made up the ...

So if the Dark Wizard is not Saruman who could he be? He could be one of J.R.R. Tolkien’s ill-fated Blue Wizards of the Second Age. From the moment he arrived on Middle-earth, all signs pointed ...