Gandalf receives one of the Elves' three Rings of Power in The Lord of the Rings, but as the wizards' leader, why wasn't it given to Saruman?

Tolkien published the first volume of The Lord of the Rings in 1954, many of his readers were already familiar with ...

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 ...

Gandalf and Pippin's love-hate relationship is an endearing part of the Lord of the Rings movies, and these are their ...

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Welcome to Know Your LotRO Lore, a new weekly column here at Massively showcasing the lore of J.R.R. Tolkien's world as it intersects with Turbine's Lord of the Rings Online. Originally, the name ...

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The actor confirms to EW that he modeled the wizard after the author of "The Lord of the Rings." Indeed it is! Listening to Tolkien’s voice both shaped McKellen’s depiction of Gandalf, and assured him ...

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