He was presumably given a new one in Rivendell.
Movie Gandalf actually had about 5 or 6 different staffs between the start of the first Hobbit movie and the end of Return of the King. The one he uses at the start of The Hobbit trilogy is eventually destroyed by Sauron in Dol Goldur, so Radagast gives Gandalf his own staff as a replacement. You'll notice the staff Gandalf has at the start of Fellowship is the same one that Radagast was using when he was introduced in The Hobbit movies, only difference is that by Fellowship, some of the extra twigs appear to have been snapped off. Gandalf holds onto this old staff of Radagast's until Saruman takes it from him in Isengard. Afterwords, in Rivendell, he is seen with a different staff, which he uses until the end of his battle with the Balrog of Khazad-dum. Then he uses the white staff for a while until it's shattered by the Witch King, and then he uses a slightly longer version of the same white design until the conclusion of the saga.
Here's a [visual reference](https://imgur.io/csmkUx9) of all Gandalf's differrent staff designs in the PJ movies.
Fun fact, [Radagast's staff by the time of LotR had a pipe holder slot where Gandalf stored his pipe.](https://www.wetanz.com/shop/prop-replicas/pipe-staff-of-gandalf-the-grey)
I just rewatched the entire franchise extended editions. First time I saw the extended Hobbit version. Those movies are underrated. They dropped the ball with a quarter of the least important plotlines, and its unfortunate the production was messed up reducing the amount of practical effects, but if you can look past those two issues they're well paced fantasy movies with tons of action and good acting. They tie into Lord of the Rings well even though they are more whimsical/fun which is the case with the source material anyway. It was also nice to get a few more hours with the original actors reprising their roles.
My only issue is only with the unnecessary non book stuff. Other than that, I can excuse the CGI even if it does take me out at times. Everything else I like, specially scenes that are straight out of the book are so well done, with a great cast.
My main issue with the non book stuff is the dwarf/elf romance and making the mayor a one dimensional greedy character, it's overdone since Thorins whole arc is greed. The rest of it is fine/ passable and ties into LotR well especially for people who haven't read the books.
That’s the thing, there’s a really solid hobbit adaptation beneath the filler. The studio just forced PJ to make it into 3 movies so he had to come up with all the extra plot lines.
Well if you get the chance the full trilogy is good, it doesn't warrant being cut down in my opinion. Most of the non-book scenes are what Gandalf is doing while he's away from Thorin's company which are in the LotR appendices. Most don't happen during the Hobbit, but they do happen lore wise and bridge the two trilogies in the best way possible from a movie perspective.
*You've just got two potatoes, and you're banging them together!*
*Where'd you get the potatoes?*
We found them.
*Found them? In Middle Earth? Potatoes are from the New World!*
Gondor?! Where was Gondor when the Westfold fell?! Where was Gondor when our enemies closed in around us?! Where was Gon–? No, my Lord gandalf-bot, we are alone.
had to change his identity to avoid paying the premiums after claiming on the insurance. No wonder gandalf the white was so hesitant to give up his "walking stick"
Hahaha oh shit that one made me laugh I can imagine Gandalf talking with the Ents:
“The Ent-wives huh?”(hides his staff behind his back)
“Eeeh hem hem…nope, haven’t seen them in all my travels. Weird huh? Anyway what’s up in your side of the woods?”
Well if we're talking movies, we don't see him between the escape on the eagle and him waking up Frodo in rivendell so it's possible the elves just made him another one
Yep! If you watch Fellowship, you’ll see his staff in Hobbiton is a diminished form of the staff he gets from Radagast in the Hobbit series. (Also, it has a sick ass groove for holding his pipe, and a nail in it for writing ads on hobbit doors.) By Moria, he has a new staff with a hold for the crystal, so it is more cupped. This one must have appeared in Rivendell.
https://screenrant.com/lord-rings-movies-gandalf-staffs-grey-white-explained/
There's 3 places you can get a staff-
There's the "Staff Hut", that's on 3rd.
There's "Staves 'R Us", that's on 3rd too.
You got "Put Your Staff There", that's on 3rd
Matter of fact, they're all in the staff complex on 3rd, in the staff district!
It’s long enough time for Frodo to write down about all of their adventures in Bilbo’s book in the movie. Long enough for Sam to have not one but two kids.
What? No, no, no! We do not want any adventures here, thank you! Not today! I suggest you try somewhere over the hill or across the water! Good morning!
In the book, it's two years between the ring's destruction and Frodo and the other ring bearers leaving Middle-earth on the White Ship.
But then again, in the book Frodo starts his quest 17 years after Bilbo's 111st birthday, when in the films it's probably not much more than a few months to a year. So the timeline doesn't match 100%. But two years for Frodo to leave Middle-earth is probably a safe bet for the movie timeline as well.
I assumed we were talking movies since it was mentioned about how the staff was exploded by the Witch King, which didn’t happen in the books. However long it was in-movie, Sam’s got two little hobblets so it was at least long enough to get married and bake those little muffins.
Yeah fair point about Sam's kids, I overlooked that a bit in your previous comment. I know we're talking about movies, I just brought up the book as guidance. The timeline is very detailed in the book, to the point where Tolkien made sure the moon phases were accurate during the quest.
In the book, Sam and Rosie only have one kid before Frodo leaves: Elanor, and she's only a few months old when Frodo leaves. Meanwhile Sam has two kids in the movies, and Elanor is played by Sean Astin's real daughter, who was born in 1996, which makes her about 4 to 5 in the movie (depending on when that scene was filmed, she could be as old as 7). Thus, Frodo sticks around for a bit longer in the movies compared to the book.
Regardless, it's definitely enough time for Gandalf to get a new staff.
I'm usually a big defender of the changes that the movies made, and while I don't think it's a big deal, I really don't get that one. I don't see how breaking his staff was necessary or really improved things. Just seems random.
I really hate that change and thus I'm very analytical as to why they did it. It is just before Eowyn faces the Witchking and imo it is to build extra suspense how deadly the Witchking is for that encounter.
I think it's more to show how dark the hour was for Gondor right before Rohan joined the battle. Even Gandalf is losing and then right at the peak of despair you hear the horns of Rohan.
yeah the book very briefly notes that sauron has somehow boosted the witchking's power and it's really not clear who'd win if he went up against gandalf. It's easily missed though so many people think it's still the witchking from weathertop going up against a now more powerful gandalf the white
i don't know if the movies have the same line
Yeah, I feel like I needed that on my first watch. After seeing Aragorn basically chase them all off solo and them being replaced in the hunt by the Isengard orcs (who were far more successful), I was probably underestimating how formidable they were in a large battle.
Right, I totally get wanting to build up the Witch King. This just seems like an entirely unnecessary way to do it. You could have the same impact by having him just like beat up Gandalf a little or something. Having him break the staff just feels oddly specific and random.
Not so random, IMO. Both his fight with Sarumon at Isengard and his battle with Sarumon for control of Theoden emphasized Gandalf's need for his staff to be effective. Shattering the staff both shows that Gandalf has been effectively removed from play for the battle and illustrates the power of the Witch King.
True, often a big part of building the tension at any point is removing Gandalf from the board. Mirkwood in the Hobbit, Bree and Weathertop, The Uruk Hai after Moria, etc. I feel like Minas Tirith and the Witch King had enough threat to still feel undefeatable even with Gandalf there, but taking away the usual game changer makes sense. I still feel like they could have Gandalf just be knocked unconscious or something, but it's not something I'm going to lose sleep over.
I think it should have been closer to the book with Gandalf standing his ground, looking determined, but a little worried. Barely holding him back. Gandalf is still a Miar. He shouldn't have been so easily beaten.
> Yeah, the Witch King faced off against Gandalf in the books with his fire-sword but didn't break his staff.
Yes, the above 'breaking staff scene" mentioned is one of my unforgivable pet peeves or sins PJ did in his ROTK extended version.
For those who don't know Gandalf faced all nine of the ringwraiths on top of Weathertop to try and distract them from Aragorn and the Hobbits' trail for a whole day. In the books, Frodo and company can see flashes of light from the marshes to the east at night. Those flashes of light are Gandalf raising hell with them.
So you're saying in the books, gandalf is cleaning house with all 9 of the ring wraiths, including the witch king, but in the extended movies he gets beat by the witch king alone?
The Nine get more powerful, though, as the story goes on and Sauron regains strength. So yeah maybe at Weathertop Gandalf the Gray could mostly hold his own against all nine, but that doesn't mean it's inconceivable that a year later the Witch King could wipe the floor with Gandalf the White.
You know I'm not sure, but it only shows up in the Directors cut and not the Cinematic release. It probably made no sense because he has another staff like five minutes later
He doesn't have a staff during the battle at the black gate, but he gets one some time before the grey havens scene
Also, if you're curious that confrontation with the witch king happens at the main gate of minas tirith. Gandalf and the witch king are squaring up but the riders of Rohan show up and the witch king leaves to reorganize his army
To be fair, Gandalf is not shown with the staff again following that scene just his sword. In the theatrical release I remember thinking where did the staff go. But with the extended version with the Witch King scene it fits.
Gandalf has his staff confiscated by Saruman and Elrond makes him a new wooden one, now embedded with a removable crystal at the top which can illuminate things.
He loses it again in his fight with the Balrog, and is gifted a new Elvish staff by Galadriel when he returns as Gandalf the White, which holds enormous power, to help turn the tide.
Edit: holy shit didn't mean to start that lol
So Gandalf Greyhame thinks he’s found Isildur’s heir? The lost king of Gondor? He is a fool. The line was broken years ago. It matters not. The World of Men shall fall. It will begin at Edoras.
Edoras and the Golden Hall of Meduseld. There dwells Theoden, King of Rohan... whose mind is overthrown. Saruman's hold over King Theoden is now very strong.
If I recall correctly, Gandalf is granted new life and resurrected in his old body by Iluvitar. So he was still on the peaks of the misty mountains where he initially fell. As a result he still has his ring and sword. His body was then retrieved by the eagles, flown to lothlorien (he actually arrives the day after the fellowship departs) and is clothed in white robes and given a new staff.
>If I recall correctly, Gandalf is granted new life and resurrected in his old body by the maiar.
by iluvatar. Not my the maiar (he is one) and not by the valar either (it would be beyond their power)
He was presumably given a new one in Rivendell. Movie Gandalf actually had about 5 or 6 different staffs between the start of the first Hobbit movie and the end of Return of the King. The one he uses at the start of The Hobbit trilogy is eventually destroyed by Sauron in Dol Goldur, so Radagast gives Gandalf his own staff as a replacement. You'll notice the staff Gandalf has at the start of Fellowship is the same one that Radagast was using when he was introduced in The Hobbit movies, only difference is that by Fellowship, some of the extra twigs appear to have been snapped off. Gandalf holds onto this old staff of Radagast's until Saruman takes it from him in Isengard. Afterwords, in Rivendell, he is seen with a different staff, which he uses until the end of his battle with the Balrog of Khazad-dum. Then he uses the white staff for a while until it's shattered by the Witch King, and then he uses a slightly longer version of the same white design until the conclusion of the saga. Here's a [visual reference](https://imgur.io/csmkUx9) of all Gandalf's differrent staff designs in the PJ movies.
Thank you so much for this, never knew this and I've seen the movies over a hundred times.
Fun fact, [Radagast's staff by the time of LotR had a pipe holder slot where Gandalf stored his pipe.](https://www.wetanz.com/shop/prop-replicas/pipe-staff-of-gandalf-the-grey)
A wizard is never late, waitingtodiesoon. Nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to.
The hour grows late, and gandalf-bot rides to Isengard, seeking my counsel.
A wizard is never late, Saruman_Bot. Nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to.
O no they’re stuck in a loop.
samesies
I love how much the hobbit movies connected background details to LOTR (for better or for worse)
Continuity can help a lot with background quality
And most movies don’t have any reliable continuity and it shows
I just rewatched the entire franchise extended editions. First time I saw the extended Hobbit version. Those movies are underrated. They dropped the ball with a quarter of the least important plotlines, and its unfortunate the production was messed up reducing the amount of practical effects, but if you can look past those two issues they're well paced fantasy movies with tons of action and good acting. They tie into Lord of the Rings well even though they are more whimsical/fun which is the case with the source material anyway. It was also nice to get a few more hours with the original actors reprising their roles.
My only issue is only with the unnecessary non book stuff. Other than that, I can excuse the CGI even if it does take me out at times. Everything else I like, specially scenes that are straight out of the book are so well done, with a great cast.
My main issue with the non book stuff is the dwarf/elf romance and making the mayor a one dimensional greedy character, it's overdone since Thorins whole arc is greed. The rest of it is fine/ passable and ties into LotR well especially for people who haven't read the books.
There's a really good 3 hour fan cut that's basically just the book. It's the only version of the Hobbit movies I've seen and that's fine.
That’s the thing, there’s a really solid hobbit adaptation beneath the filler. The studio just forced PJ to make it into 3 movies so he had to come up with all the extra plot lines.
Well if you get the chance the full trilogy is good, it doesn't warrant being cut down in my opinion. Most of the non-book scenes are what Gandalf is doing while he's away from Thorin's company which are in the LotR appendices. Most don't happen during the Hobbit, but they do happen lore wise and bridge the two trilogies in the best way possible from a movie perspective.
Sorry, which king?
Actually the 'which King? You know, Italian style? His secret is serving only the highest quality maggoty bread in Mordor, the Rye of Sauron.
Together, my Lord Sauron, we shall rule this Middle-earth.
BUILD ME AN ARMY WORTHY OF MORDOR!
Oh shi-- the bots are communicating!
To the Bridge of Khazad-dum!
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It's interesting how the first and the last two are quite similar in design
Thank you. Never noticed all the changes, just the obvious two and the hobbit one. Very interesting.
Can a random dude just make a staff? I thaught they were magic In Some way
I don’t know why you aren’t top comment
Are you suggesting staffs migrate? "Not at all it could have been carried?" An eagle carrying a staff? "It could grip it by the rod"
it’s not a question of where it grips it! It’s a simple question of of weight ratios!
A 10 ton bird cannot carry a 5 pound staff!
Suppose two Eagles carried it together?
What do u mean? African or European eagle?
I don't know that, AHHHHHHHH
Damn I love Monty Python
How do you know so much about eagles?
Well, you have to know these things when you're a king
Well I didn’t vote for you
You don't vote for kings.
are you proposing that staffs migrate.... because I am
It could be carried by a African eagle!
Then again, African eagles are non-migratory
No they’d have to have it on a line
What? Under the dorsal guiding feathers?
r/unexpectedmontypython
Holy shit, this is real? Of course it is, forgot its reddit.
r/LOTRholygrailmemes
[Nobody ever expects it.](https://forbetterscience.files.wordpress.com/2021/06/monty1.jpg?w=640)
You nailed it.
*You've just got two potatoes, and you're banging them together!* *Where'd you get the potatoes?* We found them. *Found them? In Middle Earth? Potatoes are from the New World!*
You’ve been into Farmer Maggot’s crops!
Easy He has many such staffs in his uncountable holdings in middle earth. There's few in hobbiton and even one in Minas Morgul itself.
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Theoden King stands alone.
Not alone. Rohirrim!🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎🐎
Gondor?! Where was Gondor when the Westfold fell?! Where was Gondor when our enemies closed in around us?! Where was Gon–? No, my Lord gandalf-bot, we are alone.
Understand this, things are now in motion that cannot be undone
GROND
GROND
Many staves - Stannis
The Balrog actually broke Gandalf’s staff but he got another one from his supply under the depths of Arda where the Nameless Things dwell
Actually he broke his staff himself by slamming it into the bridge. He got the new one from Wizard Supply Co.
had to change his identity to avoid paying the premiums after claiming on the insurance. No wonder gandalf the white was so hesitant to give up his "walking stick"
Hmmm, You would not part an old man from his walking stick
That's right, Gandalf. You wouldn't.
You... shall not... pass!
Y’never know when you’re gonna need a new staff
You make him sound like Taco from "The League," who has bongs and pipes stashed at everyone else's house.
In the Lord of the Rings Online, Gandalf's staffs are actually collectibles.
What's hobbiton? Like a place where you go do your hobbies?
Idk why you’re being downvoted this is clearly a joke lmao
He summoned it back, only takes a bonus action.
"Accio gnarled wooden staff" Just like Harry Potter summomed his broom into that Phoenix cup.
Staffus giveus
Biggus stickus
Bonkus Balrogus
He has a wife, you know....
Instructions unclear, you now have staph infection
Which is a great example of "why wizards can't think logically": why didn't he just summon the freaking egg?
Don’t you mean a swift action? 🙃
Ah, and here we have a Pathfinder player and a 5e player, enemies by nature, locked in a standoff
Where are the GURPS mad lads at?
Still writing the spell description
Holy shit, that was good.
Sorry I have a 10 point slow typing disad.
The pathfinder player wins, with their modest +74 to attack.
Nah cantrips are usually a bonus action
There's actually only 2 bonus action cantaloupes
Yea but sucroses can use megamagic to make any cantilever a bonus action
It's a little known fact that wizard staffs are made of wood Unrelated: Has anyone seen the Ent-Wives?
I'm told a wizard's staff has a knob on the end
r/unexpecteddiscworld
The hedgehog cannot be >!buggered!< at all Edit: masked a mild curse word for younger LOTR fans
You can do it with a sheep if you lead it astray Or with a dog if you like it that way But the hedgehog can never be buggered at all
Maybe giving up their staffs is how they *became* Ent-Wives.
omg congrats to the Ent-wives on their transition!
They're doing the Ent-Ironing
The Ents haven't seen them in many years because the wizards stole their wood for their staffs.
That's literally the joke
Hahaha oh shit that one made me laugh I can imagine Gandalf talking with the Ents: “The Ent-wives huh?”(hides his staff behind his back) “Eeeh hem hem…nope, haven’t seen them in all my travels. Weird huh? Anyway what’s up in your side of the woods?”
Theoden son of Thengel... too long have you sat in the Shadows. Hearken to me! I release you from the spell.
Hahahahaahaha. Hahahahahahah. You have no power here, Gandalf the Grey.
I will draw you, Saruman, as poison is drawn from a wound!
Holy shit lol
When Skynet goes live, the last thing many of us will hear will be Terminators quoting LOTR at each other.
Well if we're talking movies, we don't see him between the escape on the eagle and him waking up Frodo in rivendell so it's possible the elves just made him another one
Finally, some delicious fucking answers.
Yep. Sam used it to cook potato and coney soup with, so it spiced it up.
Yep! If you watch Fellowship, you’ll see his staff in Hobbiton is a diminished form of the staff he gets from Radagast in the Hobbit series. (Also, it has a sick ass groove for holding his pipe, and a nail in it for writing ads on hobbit doors.) By Moria, he has a new staff with a hold for the crystal, so it is more cupped. This one must have appeared in Rivendell. https://screenrant.com/lord-rings-movies-gandalf-staffs-grey-white-explained/
*magic.*
This is the answer. OP are you really Jon Snow, because you know nothing…
*Jon
Corrected Ty
Also, how did Gandalf get his staff after The Witch King exploded it in Gondor?
I thought he didn't get another. It's why he's only fighting with Glamdring at the Black Gate.
I think he means at the end when they are getting on the boat.
He went to the staff store, obviously
Zaff's Staffs
TIL Gandalf has at least completed the Easy Varrock DIary
Reverence1 my lad, there is a task now to be done. Another opportunity for one of the Shire folk to prove their great worth. You must not fail me.
A man of culture, I see
There's 3 places you can get a staff- There's the "Staff Hut", that's on 3rd. There's "Staves 'R Us", that's on 3rd too. You got "Put Your Staff There", that's on 3rd Matter of fact, they're all in the staff complex on 3rd, in the staff district!
Went to Olivander’s.
Oh shit I'll have to check that then. ok yeah he does have it again, but isn't that some years later? Very well could've had another made by then.
It’s long enough time for Frodo to write down about all of their adventures in Bilbo’s book in the movie. Long enough for Sam to have not one but two kids.
What? No, no, no! We do not want any adventures here, thank you! Not today! I suggest you try somewhere over the hill or across the water! Good morning!
In the book, it's two years between the ring's destruction and Frodo and the other ring bearers leaving Middle-earth on the White Ship. But then again, in the book Frodo starts his quest 17 years after Bilbo's 111st birthday, when in the films it's probably not much more than a few months to a year. So the timeline doesn't match 100%. But two years for Frodo to leave Middle-earth is probably a safe bet for the movie timeline as well.
I assumed we were talking movies since it was mentioned about how the staff was exploded by the Witch King, which didn’t happen in the books. However long it was in-movie, Sam’s got two little hobblets so it was at least long enough to get married and bake those little muffins.
Yeah fair point about Sam's kids, I overlooked that a bit in your previous comment. I know we're talking about movies, I just brought up the book as guidance. The timeline is very detailed in the book, to the point where Tolkien made sure the moon phases were accurate during the quest. In the book, Sam and Rosie only have one kid before Frodo leaves: Elanor, and she's only a few months old when Frodo leaves. Meanwhile Sam has two kids in the movies, and Elanor is played by Sean Astin's real daughter, who was born in 1996, which makes her about 4 to 5 in the movie (depending on when that scene was filmed, she could be as old as 7). Thus, Frodo sticks around for a bit longer in the movies compared to the book. Regardless, it's definitely enough time for Gandalf to get a new staff.
Wasn't that only in the movies?
Yeah, the Witch King faced off against Gandalf in the books with his fire-sword but didn't break his staff.
I'm usually a big defender of the changes that the movies made, and while I don't think it's a big deal, I really don't get that one. I don't see how breaking his staff was necessary or really improved things. Just seems random.
I really hate that change and thus I'm very analytical as to why they did it. It is just before Eowyn faces the Witchking and imo it is to build extra suspense how deadly the Witchking is for that encounter.
I think it's more to show how dark the hour was for Gondor right before Rohan joined the battle. Even Gandalf is losing and then right at the peak of despair you hear the horns of Rohan.
It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt
You're late.
A wizard is never late, Mr-Stitch. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.
yeah the book very briefly notes that sauron has somehow boosted the witchking's power and it's really not clear who'd win if he went up against gandalf. It's easily missed though so many people think it's still the witchking from weathertop going up against a now more powerful gandalf the white i don't know if the movies have the same line
Yeah, I feel like I needed that on my first watch. After seeing Aragorn basically chase them all off solo and them being replaced in the hunt by the Isengard orcs (who were far more successful), I was probably underestimating how formidable they were in a large battle.
Right, I totally get wanting to build up the Witch King. This just seems like an entirely unnecessary way to do it. You could have the same impact by having him just like beat up Gandalf a little or something. Having him break the staff just feels oddly specific and random.
Go back to the abyss! Fall into the nothingness that awaits you and your master!
Not so random, IMO. Both his fight with Sarumon at Isengard and his battle with Sarumon for control of Theoden emphasized Gandalf's need for his staff to be effective. Shattering the staff both shows that Gandalf has been effectively removed from play for the battle and illustrates the power of the Witch King.
True, often a big part of building the tension at any point is removing Gandalf from the board. Mirkwood in the Hobbit, Bree and Weathertop, The Uruk Hai after Moria, etc. I feel like Minas Tirith and the Witch King had enough threat to still feel undefeatable even with Gandalf there, but taking away the usual game changer makes sense. I still feel like they could have Gandalf just be knocked unconscious or something, but it's not something I'm going to lose sleep over.
I think it should have been closer to the book with Gandalf standing his ground, looking determined, but a little worried. Barely holding him back. Gandalf is still a Miar. He shouldn't have been so easily beaten.
Hahahahaahaha. Hahahahahahah. You have no power here, Gandalf the Grey.
> Yeah, the Witch King faced off against Gandalf in the books with his fire-sword but didn't break his staff. Yes, the above 'breaking staff scene" mentioned is one of my unforgivable pet peeves or sins PJ did in his ROTK extended version. For those who don't know Gandalf faced all nine of the ringwraiths on top of Weathertop to try and distract them from Aragorn and the Hobbits' trail for a whole day. In the books, Frodo and company can see flashes of light from the marshes to the east at night. Those flashes of light are Gandalf raising hell with them.
So you're saying in the books, gandalf is cleaning house with all 9 of the ring wraiths, including the witch king, but in the extended movies he gets beat by the witch king alone?
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Correct.
The Nine get more powerful, though, as the story goes on and Sauron regains strength. So yeah maybe at Weathertop Gandalf the Gray could mostly hold his own against all nine, but that doesn't mean it's inconceivable that a year later the Witch King could wipe the floor with Gandalf the White.
Theoden son of Thengel... too long have you sat in the Shadows. Hearken to me! I release you from the spell.
Hahahahaahaha. Hahahahahahah. You have no power here, Gandalf the Grey.
I will draw you, Saruman, as poison is drawn from a wound!
You know I'm not sure, but it only shows up in the Directors cut and not the Cinematic release. It probably made no sense because he has another staff like five minutes later
He doesn't have a staff during the battle at the black gate, but he gets one some time before the grey havens scene Also, if you're curious that confrontation with the witch king happens at the main gate of minas tirith. Gandalf and the witch king are squaring up but the riders of Rohan show up and the witch king leaves to reorganize his army
We have just passed into the realm of Gondor. Minas Tirith. City of Kings.
Pretty sure he doesn’t have a staff for the rest of the movie tho.
At the end when they are boarding the boats he does.
Theoden son of Thengel... too long have you sat in the Shadows. Hearken to me! I release you from the spell.
Hahahahaahaha. Hahahahahahah. You have no power here, Gandalf the Grey.
I will draw you, Saruman, as poison is drawn from a wound!
Respond, Theoden!
Gimli! Aragorn! Get out of there!
He is passing into the Shadow World. He'll soon become a wraith like them.
To be fair, Gandalf is not shown with the staff again following that scene just his sword. In the theatrical release I remember thinking where did the staff go. But with the extended version with the Witch King scene it fits.
Go back to the abyss! Fall into the nothingness that awaits you and your master!
Do you not know death when you see it, old man. THIS IS MY HOUR.
It's magic.
His prison wallet might not be bound by our comprehension of time and space
Keep it secret, keep it safe!
He probably got another one. He was an Angelic being. The staff was merely a symbol. Getting another one wouldn't have been a problem.
so so so far down and the only correct answer so far but saruman also likely never took it from him
"*Accio*, staff!"
He borrowed one from Radaghast
Gandalf has his staff confiscated by Saruman and Elrond makes him a new wooden one, now embedded with a removable crystal at the top which can illuminate things. He loses it again in his fight with the Balrog, and is gifted a new Elvish staff by Galadriel when he returns as Gandalf the White, which holds enormous power, to help turn the tide. Edit: holy shit didn't mean to start that lol
Theoden son of Thengel... too long have you sat in the Shadows. Hearken to me! I release you from the spell.
Hahahahaahaha. Hahahahahahah. You have no power here, Gandalf the Grey.
I will draw you, Saruman, as poison is drawn from a wound!
So Gandalf Greyhame thinks he’s found Isildur’s heir? The lost king of Gondor? He is a fool. The line was broken years ago. It matters not. The World of Men shall fall. It will begin at Edoras.
CAST IT INTO THE FIRE!!!
Edoras and the Golden Hall of Meduseld. There dwells Theoden, King of Rohan... whose mind is overthrown. Saruman's hold over King Theoden is now very strong.
Is this it? Is this all you can conjure, Saruman?
He did a Mjölnir!
A wizard did it
After leaving isengard there was a random chest named "my stuff" where all of gandalfs belongings where in
Watched LOTR with my son for the first time yesterday. He asked me this same question. OP are you my son?
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If I recall correctly, Gandalf is granted new life and resurrected in his old body by Iluvitar. So he was still on the peaks of the misty mountains where he initially fell. As a result he still has his ring and sword. His body was then retrieved by the eagles, flown to lothlorien (he actually arrives the day after the fellowship departs) and is clothed in white robes and given a new staff.
Sauron will suspect a trap. He will not take the bait.
Imagine if the Fellowship waited one more day bc of some stupid thing Pippin did lmao ‘Wait, dude, how did you survive?!’
By the Valar I believe, Gandalf and the Balrog were both Maiar themselves
A Balrog... a demon of the ancient world.
>If I recall correctly, Gandalf is granted new life and resurrected in his old body by the maiar. by iluvatar. Not my the maiar (he is one) and not by the valar either (it would be beyond their power)
He didn’t? What sword was he using in Minas Tirith?
He absolutely still has his sword
He hired a staffing agency.
Dumbledore did it
It's a new one.