Good stuff this (stuff I must admit I overlooked):
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Originally Posted by denethorthefirst
Sauron certainly did not want avenge Morgoth, or try to bring him back from the Void (to submit again under the rule of his former master?). Sauron was an egotist, he wanted to rule for himself and be worshipped as a God-King in his own right. Tolkien clearly wrote that Sauron regarded Melkor as a failure. Sauron was not some romantic idealist and he did not harbor any remaining feelings of loyalty or affection towards his former master.
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The thought occurs that for Sauron "bringing back" Melkor would have had just as little appeal as Ėonwė's instruction to go before Manwė for judgement: he would go back to being a slave.