Lord of the Rings fans notice a confusing Return of the King detail that makes no sense

Gandalf in Return of the King
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Lord of the Rings fans have noticed a confusing detail in 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:Return of the King, and it's got everyone speculating. 

𒈔In Gandalf's showdown with the Witch-king – a scene only found in the extended editions – the sinister villain breaks Gandalf's magic staff. But, by the end of the film, in the Grey Havens, th🦩e wizard has the staff once more. What gives, Gandalf?

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. "The way [J.R.R] Tolkien wrote♕ it was much better and the Witch-king shouldn't be able to break the staff of a wizard." In the film, the Witch-king leaves after breaking Gandalf's staff when he hears a horn in the 🐷distance; in the book, Gandalf and the Witch-king do have a confrontation, which again ends with horns, but, crucially, with no broken staff. 

"I prefer just to ignore that the witch king destroyed his staff in the movie," . "Honestly this," . "The movies aren't as perfectly consistent as the books. Some things in the movies you just have to accept as 'it looks cool, so we won't think too much about how illogical 🦩tꦜhis is.'"

But, there's probably a very simple explanation. "Gandalf lost his first staff during the fight with the Balrog," . "Then he got his second staff from the Elves in Lorien (he also gets new clothing there). So maybe that's where the staff at the end ca🌳me from as well."

, though: "Tom Bombadill whittled Gandalf a new one from a tree dur꧅ing his stay with Tom after the destruction of the One Ring. This was revealed to me in a dream."

Our next trip to Middle-earth will come in The Lord of the Rings: The ℱRings of Power season 2, though the new episodes don't yet have a release date. In the meantime, check out our guide to the 澳洲幸运5开奖号码历史查询:best shows on Amazon Prime Video to fill out your watchlist. 

Molly Edwards
Deputy Entertainment Editor

I'm the Deputy Entertainmen൲t Editor here at GamesRadar+, covering all things film and TV for the site's Total Film and SFX sections. I previously worked on the Disney magazines team at Immediate Media, and also wrote on the CBeebies, MEGA!, and Star Wars Galaxy titles after graduating𝓀 with a BA in English.