Gandalf uses a wand, not a staff, throughout the entirety of The Hobbit. I like Tarthang's theory that the staffs are tools, easily replaceable and not actually necessary for the use of the Istari's power. A wand could serve as a tool to focus Gandalf’s power just as easily as a staff could.
[ June 09, 2002: Message edited by: Thingol ]
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Yet the lies that Melkor, the mighty and accursed, Morgoth Bauglir, the Power of Terror and of Hate, sowed in the hearts of Elves and Men are a seed that does not die and cannot be destroyed; and ever and anon it sprouts anew, and will bear dark fruit even unto the latest days.
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