While viewers can appreciate Jackson's attempt to connect "The Hobbit" with "The Lord of the Rings," Gandalf's confrontation with Sauron at Dol Guldur results in strange tonal shifts. "The Hobbit ...

Gandalf's second staff, and technically the third one as well, are given to him by his fellow wizard, Radagast the Brown (Sylvester McCoy), after Gandalf escapes from Dol Guldur in The Hobbit ...