Saruman appears as a minor villain in "Lego Dimensions", in which he allies himself with main antagonist Lord Vortech. Asteroid 418532 Saruman was named after the wizard and in honor of actor Christopher Lee. The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 25 September 2018 (). [a] The volume published as "The Silmarillion" in 1977 contains four books in addition to the "Quenta Silmarillion". The last of these—"Of the Rings of Power and the Third Age"—covers Saruman's earlier history, but was written after "The Lord of the Rings". Note: For ease of reference, citations of "Letters" include
The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-king is a real-time strategy video game published by Electronic Arts, based on the "Lord of the Rings" film series based on the book, directed by Peter Jackson. "The Rise of the Witch-king" is the official expansion to "", which was published by the same company and released in 2006, for Microsoft Windows. "The Rise of the Witch-king" was shipped to stores in the United States on November 28, 2006 and