Gandalf Vs. The Witch King

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Originally Posted by Essex

So really I see the staff as possibly a conduit of his power. But I don;t really believe Gandalf needs a staff to use his power.

Indeed, he uses his hand to break Saruman's staff, both movie and book wise, and his hand to ward off the nazgul on the pellonor fields bookwise :

Agreed, the staff being broken doesn't bother me so much as Gandalf falling upon the ground with that look of fear on his face! Book Gandalf never would have let an enemy see his fear. PJ could have at least scripted a duel between the two that ended with the WK flying off to confront the Rohirrim. Or better yet, he could have shot the scene as it was in the book!