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When Gandalf realized the evil was Sauron, I started thinking about the first LotR movie. If Gandalf was aware, way back in the time of the Hobbit, that Sauron was making a comeback, then why was he all surprised by the ring Bilbo had? He had to run back to the citadel, read some books and shite to realize that the ring was tied to Sauron. It seems to me that he would have known thatright away. Maybe I'm looking too much into it?

The obvious answer is that while he knew of the connection and was unsettled by it,

He also may not have known the details of Ring lore.

Keep in mind, Sauron was linked to all of the rings of power to a degree.

It's hard to imagine that the One Ring, after being lost for thousands of years and assumed long since washed to the bottom of the ocean, would suddenly be right there in the Shire of all places.

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Posted by boxcarbarney

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Posted on 12/30/13 at 7:20 am to Volvagia

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The obvious answer is that while he knew of the connection and was unsettled by it, He also may not have known the details of Ring lore. Keep in mind, Sauron was linked to all of the rings of power to a degree. It's hard to imagine that the One Ring, after being lost for thousands of years and assumed long since washed to the bottom of the ocean, would suddenly be right there in the Shire of all places.

Perhaps. It just seems that the Ring and Sauron are so tied together that Gandalf would have known what to look for. Hell, in this Hobbit movie, all Gandalf had to work with was a silhouette in some fire and he was able to figure out it was Sauron.

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