Here’s a fun, nerdy fact about Lord of the Rings: In Old Norse, Gandalf translates to “staff elf.” J.R.R. Tolkien based the name of his wise, old wizard on the word Gandálfr, a combination of the ...

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After starring as Gandalf in the Middle-earth movies over the course of more than a decade, Ian McKellen is clearly still in tune with the beloved wizard. During a recent Empire interview with former ...

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It is impossible to overstate the impact that The Lord of the Rings has had on the fantasy genre and pop culture as a whole. J. R. R. Tolkien's novel solidified many of the tropes that exist in modern ...

In Peter Jackson's 2002 adaptation of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, the second installment in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, Gandalf the Grey returns as Gandalf the White.

Ahsoka Tano’s story has a vital missing chapter during arguably the most important period in the galaxy’s history. After she and Ezra Bridger first visited the World Between Worlds—a dimension at the ...

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