What happened to Sauron after the Movies?

The 25th of March, of the year 3019 of the Third Age was to be the fateful day for the inhabitants of Middle-earth. The two hobbits, Frodo and Sam, had managed to break into Mordor and get to Mount Doom undetected. There, on the Cracks of Doom, in the centre of Sauron's realm, the One Ring was destroyed and with it the terrible rule of Mordor ended. The mighty tower of Barad-dûr, which had cast the shadow of calamity on the land for almost 5,000 years, collapsed and the Dark Lord Sauron was defeated.
But what exactly happened to him that day? What were the consequences of losing the One Ring? Was Sauron really dead? - and if not, could he come back one day?

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[MysteriesOfWesternesse]

You cannot wait for our episode about Isildur? (Which is just short of 25 minutes :o)

[Thxsober]

Sauron still has the power to remove a single sock per day from a random Middle Earth dryer.

[DavidMacDowellBlue]

Tolkien was on record as saying NO ONE could have willingly destroyed the Ring. So Isildur cannot be blamed.

[donaldscholand]

Gondorians: Where's Isildur?
Elrond: Oh, he slipped. Tragic, really.

[chriscooper]

"... he will be maimed forever, becoming a mere spirit of malice that gnaws itself in the shadows, but cannot again grow or take shape." A true hell for one so high, proud and mighty. Retaining just enough knowledge of his former state to be aware of how much he had lost. Ouch.

[Rorschachqp]

You can’t blame Isildur. Even Frodo was corrupted in the end. The only reason why it got destroyed was because Gollum and Frodo were fighting right over the lava.

[Busrayne]

I always wondered if Saurons' diminishment wasn't because of Celebrimbor. As I understand it, Sauron had no idea the elven rings had been created; he crafted his spells specifically for the seven and the nine. When in the final process of forging the One, he became aware of the Three and suceeded in encompassing them also, but at a much greater cost to himself than he originally anticipated. Therefore, his fate was tied to the One Ring more than was ever wanted or forseen.

[davidsirmons]

As I understand it, when Sauron forged the One Ring, he bound his life essence to it, and when it was un-made, his life essence was effectively removed from this plane of existence. Unlike him however, Melkor (Morgoth) was not un-made, he was bound in darkness after his defeat at Utumno, and Tolkien prophesied in the appendices of LOTR that Melkor would return for Dagor Dagorath, the final battle.

[minuette]

Sauron is still alive, he is just a very weakened spirit and the vast amount of power he lost cannot be reclaimed. It would take Ilúvatar to restore his power. He is still around though, just a minor influence at most.

[johnbox]

"...What happened to Sauron..."
After the destruction of the ring, he diminished... and became Sheldon J. Plankton.

[kevindale]

I have never seen it as openly on other channels, but I love how you cite every source of image for these videos. It isn;t too big, but it pays homage to the people and companies that made these images. You are doing great work, with that and the channel at large ❤

[toddlandry]

He opened a bakery up the street from here. Changed his name slightly to Sauers but we all know it's him. It's a very good bakery and quite successful. Honestly, if he had done this all those years ago so much stress could have been avoided.

[robertgyiran]

You missed it when Sauron was defeated by Huan in the First Age and had to give up his werewolf form.

[alistairvetta]

Sam: I can't cast it into the fire for you Mr Frodo....
But I can cast you in

[Jeff-ttwj]

I like the idea of Sauron being stuck as a disembodied consciousness for all eternity with no hope of ever returning. Truly a hell.

[treyowen]

Morgoth: “don’t worry buddy, I got us a perfect way to get out of here. But it will take me a pretty good while.”
Sauron:

[initiativeplaytherapy]

I think it would have been nice if you had brought in more quotes from the books. I think it was Gandalf who said that Sauron was like a spirit that would consume itself for eternity after the Ring was destroyed. Tolkien also started to write a sequel with Sauron as the villain but decided that he didn't want the books to be neverending like that.

[Seriksy]

Tolkien started writing about the happenings after Sauron's fall and had some ideas. Shame he didn't get to continue it. However one of the last things he wrote was about looming darkness, so my guess is that he survived and Melkor would probably return

[catintheoven]

I love how Tolkien picked 25th March, which became the Gondorian new year - historically it was the new year date in England, and still is in Iran (Nowruz), its the reason the UK tax year begins in April

[XannyMaGroin]

The mouth of Sauron is even more terrifying and frightening than any form of Sauron himself. Does anyone else feel like the mouth of Sauron whom is depicted as a human man of nurmanor (misspelled I know) whom betrayed to be a servant of Sauron is more terrifying than Sauron himself? I feel like Sauron’s humanoid form should have looked like the character mouth of Sauron.