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Originally Posted by Azure
And to add to that, a side story of the Hobbit was that Gandolf realized that 'Sauron' was still alive, and didn't want him to get involved with Smaug. I know they didn't explain it very well, but I'm not sure how you could. At the 'council' Saurman was actually aware of the 'one ring'...and wanted to find it for himself which is why he denied the existence of the Necromancer in Dul Guldur.
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That was all in the book too? I thought for sure that was back story, Similarion type stuff. Cause when Tolkien was writing The Hobbit, he had no idea the LotR was coming.
I didn't think Sauruman was in The Hobbit at all. And not even an idea in Tolkien's head at that point.