I am glad they did not do that, but that would have been cool to see, what with the heraldic(?) symbolage with his ancestor that caused all the stuff to come millenia beforehand. Well it seems the term 'Bendu stayed'. The Old Republic flag and the being Bendu (who's nature reminds me of a physical deity of the sorts).It would have been cool, especially with how awesome armored Sauron is, but it was good that they opted not to take that route. Although now that I think about it, might have been a cool way to depict the struggle the two had when Aragorn used the palantir as seen in the books. Funny you should say that, as the Bendu was actually based in part upon Tom Bombadil. I am personally not a fan of how armored they made Sauron. Peter Jackson himself said that Sauron's appearance in the movies was inspired by his old master and first Dark Lord, Melkor / Morgoth Bauglir. The armor is really cool looking and scary, but it's not for Sauron. I imagine a lightly armored shadowy warlock (necromancer ) with eyes of fire.Well, Sauron was known for copying Melkor. Speaking of Peter Jackson, one of his big rewrites to The Hobbit was keeping Azog alive several decades longer than in the book.