Comments on: The King Has Returned https://shepline.com/2003/12/28/the-king-has-returned/ author | illustrator | digital designer Tue, 30 Dec 2003 07:32:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.6 By: dwinsper https://shepline.com/2003/12/28/the-king-has-returned/#comment-56404 Tue, 30 Dec 2003 07:32:04 +0000 http://journal.shepline.com/?p=326#comment-56404 Saruman

First, the entire scouring of The Shire was cut from the film altogether, you won’t get to see that at all. The Saruman section that was cut I believe is derived from the bit where Gandalf casts him out of Isenguard. Because there’s no scouring, I think that what happens is Wormtongue kills Saruman near the beginning of the film, along with an explanation of how the palintir ends up outside. It’s a 7 minute section, so it’s not a small cut by any means.

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