The Rings of Power season 3 needs to just tell us who the Dark Wizard is, already.

The mystery box storytelling simply doesn’t work for this show.

This Lord of the Rings article contains spoilers for The Rings of Power.

Ciarán Hinds as the “Dark Wizard” in The Rings of Power

(Though hes still quite a long way from the wizard of legend he will one day become.)

ButThe Rings of Powergiveth answers and it also taketh them away.

Or at the very least obscures them once more.

Morfydd Clark as Galadriel; Charlie Vickers as Sauron in The Rings of Power

Which, lets be honest, is definitelynota comforting thought.

Plus, the Dark Wizard himself has alreadymostlytold us who he is.

But which is more likely?

Gandalf in The Rings of Power

That their ultimately adversarial bond might have roots this deep is admittedly an interesting one.

Plus, whodoesntwant to watch Ciaran Hinds channeling Christopher Lee?

Canonically speaking, it would giveThe Rings of Poweratonof narrative space to work with.

(Or lack thereof.)

The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is streaming now on Prime Video.