December 16, 2002

How Many Times Do We Have to Say It?
Andrew

For the last time, the Scouring of the Shire is not going to be in the movie trilogy at all. Peter Jackson has said it himself on many different occasions. I remember this exact quote from him, "The only thing we'll see of the Scouring of the Shire is Frodo's vision in the Mirror of Galadriel, just as a way to show what would happen if Frodo failed to destroy the Ring." So that is the Scouring of the Shire in the Mirror, and the actuall chapter of it is NOT going to be in Return of the King.
Which means that Saruman has to die somewhere else, and thats why Peter Jackson moved Saruman's death to the Two Towers. And we isn't going to die in the Entish invasion of Isengard. My guess is he'll die after Gandalf breaks his staff. Maybe the rumours that Wormtongue kills him by stabbing him are true. After Gandalf breaks his staff, Wormtongue realises what he's been doing and kills Saruman instead of throwing the Palatir at Gandalf. I surely hope that whole thing with the spiky wheel is just a hoax.