Obviously we all knew he wasnt in great shape but jeez. Seeing it in high res...
Imagine how heart breaking it is for his returned sons to see him like this. Imagine the custodes who guard him, seeing this
Amazing they dont burn the imperium down out of pure anguish
In Tolkien’s lore, Sauron isn’t literally a giant flaming eye, that’s more metaphor than monster. But in The Return of the King (2003), Peter Jackson turning him into that towering Eye makes the final collapse at Barad-dûr feel visually massive.