Gandalf is an ultra-powerful magical being in The Lord of the Rings, so why on Middle-earth would he need to use a staff? Here's what we know.

Gandalf then tells the Balrog to "go back to the shadow." While it can be a metaphor for obscurity, Melkor and his minions abhor the light and the Sun, so Utumno was always covered by shadow.

Because this is the first time Gandalf has existed in Middle Earth,” Weyman explained. He added, “So rather than ‘oh, this is who I am’ it’s ‘this is another piece of the jigsaw puzzle.

Gandalf, the wise, mercurial, mysterious, and occasionally terrifying wizard is arguably more the face of the Lord of the Rings franchise than Frodo, its hero, or Aragorn, its long-lost king.

Then again, Gandalf could be held offscreen for the duration of The Rings of Power as he’s not technically supposed to be messing around with Middle-earth in this era. We’ll have to wait and see.

Yes, in the official timeline (at least in the appendices to The Lord of the Rings, which the show is based on), Gandalf and the other Wizards don’t show up until a thousand years into the Third ...

Learmonth told the Lancashire Telegraph that the Gandalf cosplayer was her 22-year-old friend Ben Coyles, who had a Lord of the Rings-themed pub crawl because he had been a huge fan of the movies.

Gone was Gandalf’s innate Maiar ability to seamlessly change forms as he once did in Valinor, where he inspired the hearts of the elves. Now he had to fear being slain by the servants of evil.