While it might appear that the change from Gandalf the Grey vs White in Lord of the Rings is little more than aesthetic, the significance of Gandalf returning in a new form after defeating the ...
Between The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, Gandalf burned through quite the arsenal of staffs, and there’s a story behind each ...
Eventually, the wizard defeats the creature and transforms into Gandalf the White. In the 1978 animated film, there is a deleted scene depicting the battle, though with far less epic scale.