Lord of the Rings Series -- Amazon

The problem with this is is totally against canon, as none of the Istari (wizards) arrive until 1000 years into the Third Age (which begans with the initial defeat of Sauron by Isildur / Elrond)

https://lotr.fandom.com/wiki/Wizards
But I wouldn't put it past the show runners to retcon this.

But that does further complicate why Gandalf didn't appreciate what the One Ring was almost immediately when he first suspected it when Bilbo transferred it to Frodo. Had he been around for the initial forging / gifting, War of the Last Alliance and capturing the ring, surely he wouldn't have had to travel to Minas Tirith to do some research at the Library of Congress to find out. He would have been able to figure it out immediately.


And it could be that at least some Elves took an oath to not return to Valinor until Gil-Galad granted them leave.
That makes sense and I definitely could be wrong. My thinking when I saw him, though was how his abilities resembled Gandalf's and since Gandalf wouldn't have been the first that it had to be Saruman before his jealousy of Sauron's power turned him over.