I believe the two staffs are different if you look at FoTR carefully. I've always been curious about this part in the book and assumed that Gandalf, being suspicious of Saruman, didn't bring his staff at all. Either that or Saruman locked Gandalf up on the top of Orthanc with his staff. I'm not sure either makes sense.<P>I guess assuming he just made another is the best.<P>This must be talked about somewhere in the books board but I can't seem to find it.<P>H.C.
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"Stir not the bitterness in the cup that I mixed myself. Have I not tasted it now many nights upon my tongue, foreboding that worse yet lay in the dregs."
-Denethor
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