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Originally Posted by Neurion
You can't, in all honesty do that. Merry quite obviously uses the sword Theoden gives him at Edoras.
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Okay...
Just to muddy the sword waters a little bit more, here's what I thought when I saw the movie:
Theoden was using Merry's own sword, just as in the book. The same sword that Merry lost at Parth Galen, had returned to him by Aragorn at Isengard, and then proceeded to break behind the Witch-king's kneecap.
It never occurred to me that dagger given to him by Galadriel is ever seen again (sure, they use it against the uruks, but after that I don't recall seeing it, and it's too short to be confused with his "sword").
I was, after reflecting, a bit perplexed by the fact that there doesn't seem to be any sign of of Merry's old sword from Parth Galen to his knighting. This is another instance of inconsistency.
I didn't notice it during the movie the first couple times because I was too busy being irritated by Elrond, Arwen, Aragorn's crown, Sam, and other big things. I simply assumed that I was forgetting some small thing from the previous movies. After all, the exact path taken by a sword is a pretty small thing.
But wait! They make a HUGE fuss about Anduril. And it doesn't even take out someone like the Witch-king. You'd think that they'd at least make it clear where Merry's sword came from. Wouldn't they?