[Pookabunny]

In PJ's defense, I have to bring up the fact that LOTR was written as ONE BOOK, and even though the films were shot all at once, there was CONSTANT change in the process.<P>I'd like to believe that the white staff is just part of the new things endowed to Gandalf when he returned as the White Wizard. I'd like to think there's a happy place where all the white stuff goes when the former white wizard goes bezerk and proclaims himself as the wizard of many colors.<P>Maybe in addition to an awesome GPS device, Gwaihir has crazy connections to a personal stylist and hooked his white homie up with some new threads and accessories.<P>Gotta love the movies because they give us reasons to post messages such as these