Gandalf [merged]

Would someone please tell me (in spoiler tags, of course) if Gandolf really died, or is he in the next two? Of course, this is question is toward anyone who read the books.

EDITED!

ToMacco asked for the answer to be in spoiler tags.

Spoiler:
Gandalf IS in the next two films. After a titanic battle with the Balrog, neither of them are exactly alive at the end of the fight.

However, the god-like people that sent Gandalf and his kind to the world (there are only five such wizards, of which only three are seen in the books and two in the films) decide that Gandalf should be sent back- both because Sauron must be fought and because the whole Saruman thing is an embarrassing cock-up for them (the five Wizards were meant to be there to FIGHT him, not join him!) Gandalf returns- for a time- more powerful than before, until the task is done.

A note to other book fans- keep answers like this very simple. I could start waffling on about Istari and Valar and so on to fully explain all that, but it would mean bog-all to To and is unnecessary. It's a good idea to keep answers simple.

Do you think we will be seeing the

Spoiler:
god-like creatures

Were they described in the books?

I am pretty sure we won't see them in the next movie. 90% sure.

Thank you, Ush. 😎

Spoiler:
When he comes back, doesn't he come back as Gandolf the White?

This is rather odd to treat this as a spoiler, but okay. I mean, all this info has been known since the sixties. Don't people read books anymore these days. 😄

some people choose to not read the book, instead wait to see what happens in the film. so spoiler-tags should be used for two towers and return of the king.

RC:
yes, that's true.

who is

Spoiler:
Count Grishnak

Spoiler:
grishnak is an orc

a lot like Varg Vikernes then 😄

Where do I get the spoiler tags?

you write spoilers between two [] then end it with /spoilers between two []

You know somebody should post a thread that just has the instructions for writing spoilers.....I know I've asked this ques before and obviously I'm not the only one.

guess your questions has been answered now

Well, there was a time that we wouldn't bother to put it in spoiler tags.... what happened?

we got a bit polite and.... 😄 😛

That's what I meant. What happened?! 😱

If Gandolf was so powerful, why didn't he fight Smaug (the dragon) in the Hobbit?