What this means is that although Elrond, Galadriel, and Sauron have all appeared in The Lord of the Rings, they will likely be very different people, personality-wise, in the upcoming show.
Galadriel, Elrond & Sauron confirmed.
Reporting on Amazon’s upcoming Lord of the Rings TV show, the Twitter handle @theoneringnet recently name-dropped some significant characters from Tolkien’s mythology who will be making an appearance on the show, namely Sauron, Elrond, and Galadriel.
“They’re calling it The Lord of the Rings,’ but I think that’s slightly misleading.