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
Battle of the Hornburg between the book and the film battles are: The Battle of the Hornburg is also a key part of Peter Jackson's film adaptation, "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers". In the context of the film, it is referred to as the "Battle of Helm's Deep", and like Bakshi, Jackson identifies "Helm's Deep" with the fortress itself, whether by misinterpretation of the source novel or metonym. As Gríma says to Saruman: "Théoden will not stay at Edoras ... They will flee to Helm's Deep, the great fortress of Rohan." In the movie, 10,000 of Saruman's Uruk-hai (with no orcs