The Rings of Power's season 2 finale pointed to the Dark Wizard being Saruman, but the showrunners call that unlikely, so is he really a Blue Wizard?

The first season of The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power loved its mysteries — a secret Sauron, a spooky sword, and an amnesiac meteor man. And while we had a pretty good idea of who that meteor man was at the end of season 1, the finale of season 2 finally gives him a name.

One of the big questions about the Stranger’s identity was whether it actually made sense that he is Gandalf. The big issue arises is that according to J.R.R. Tolkien’s Appendix B, Gandalf didn’t actually arrive in Middle-earth until the Third Age – specifically via a ship at the Grey Havens, where he met Cirdan and was given his ring.