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 the Grey had been a gregarious, charming, often silly man of the (small) people. He liked to have fun, make jokes, and rarely used his incredible powers.

Questioning Gandalf’s wizardry talent isn’t new — some have argued he was only a fifth-level wizard — but we don’t recall hearing a fan theory calling him no wizard at all.

When I was a little kid, I thought Gandalf and Dumbledore were the same person, meaning I didn’t just think the same actor played them, I thought they were the same wizard.

Gandalf's arrival during the Second Age of Middle-earth is a pretty big departure from Tolkien's canon, which sees the Istari come to Middle-earth 1,000 years into the Third Age.

Gandalf in The Rings of Power: The Theory. The idea behind this Young Gandalf theory seems to be this - the trailer scene in question is showing Gandalf having just crashed down from the heavens ...

Gandalf’s eyes remained bent on the hobbit. Slowly his hands relaxed, and he began to tremble. “I don’t know what has come over you, Gandalf,” he said. “You have never been like this before.

Gandalf and Galadriel never get together in the books. The films had their chance to pull a Neville Longbottom and Luna Lovegood moment from out of their hats (and out of the fandom) ...