Alatar
Super Freak
- Joined
- Dec 27, 2018
- Messages
- 3,208
- Reaction score
- 2,590
But the real answer is that it's a TV show and the timeline has been condensed in order to make events play out well for TV. The events that this show is covering take place over decades and centuries which just doesn't work for a show.
Yeah for sure! For example, Sauron disguised as Annatar spent 300 years in Eregion working with Celebrimbor to craft the Rings of Power. They have to condense things like that.
But I think the main reason they're writing it this way is that fans want familiar and beloved characters like Gandalf to hold the attention of non-hardcore Tolkien nerds, i.e., casual fans, normy viewers.