The difference between Gandalf the Grey and Gandalf the White goes beyond a wardrobe change. Here's how the wizard ...

“Gandalf dies!” Martin exclaims in the clip. “I can’t explain the impact that had on me at 13.” What’s more, he goes on, the minute you kill a character like Gandalf, the suspense of ...

After his devastating battle with Durin's Bane, the balrog, Gandalf had in fact died of the injuries he sustained. He was, however, reborn thanks to the will of Eru Iluvatar, the god of all Arda.

Ultimately, Gandalf never really “died,” only his physical form; his true self as Maiar Olórin returned to Valinor, where he received Eru Ilúvatar’s blessing to return to Middle-earth in a ...

“And then Gandalf dies!” he says. “I can’t explain the impact that had on me at 13. You can’t kill Gandalf. I mean, Conan didn’t die in the ‘Conan’ books, you know?

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