
If you are aware of the Necromancer subplot you can safely skip this point Beware there is a heavy bit on speculation which might turn out to be a spoiler if they are true. The following article will speculate about the storyline revolving around Radagst the Brown and Gandalf the Grey.


The seeds of those expansions were planet in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey and judging from the current trailers and characters from pictures we have seen The Desolation of Smaug might feel the full impact of Jackson’s additions. Does the position of the grey wizard need to be filled as the white wizard was? If so, does this mean each wizard is promoted to fill these empty positions? If this was the case though, there would be a space at the bottom of the order.When Peter Jackson decided to expand his adaption of the Hobbit to three movies (after expanding one movie to two movies) people were either cynical or interested in why exactly the longer running time was necessary. We know of the two blue wizards and the brown wizard, Radagast. Why did Gandalf have to die in order to do this?įinally: Who becomes the grey wizard? If Saruman is no longer in the order, and Gandalf becomes the white wizard, there is no longer a grey wizard. So if he hadn't fallen on the bridge, he would not be powerful enough to overthrow Saruman's hold over Theodin, a pivotal moment in the trilogy. This serves to prove that Gandalf was more powerful after dying and coming back as Gandalf the White. Saruman, being the most powerful wizard of the order establishes his power over Gandalf in FOTR while he is still the grey wizard. My next question: What would've happened if Gandalf didn't fall on the Bridge of Khazad Dum? My first question: A t what point does Saruman lose his status as the white wizard and head of the order? If this were to happen as soon as Saruman joined with Sauron, we would have to assume that there was no white wizard for a rather long period of time, in fact, until after Gandalf the Grey dies.

I've been wondering this for a while now, and haven't found any sort of answer or explanation, that being the nature of Gandalf the Grey becoming Gandalf the White (or Saruman)Īs we know, Saruman has turned evil, is working in league with Sauron and hence probably is no longer (at least considered) the head of the Wizard order, resulting in Gandalf eventually replacing him.
