The Return of the King’s Extended Edition Proved the Problem With Gondor

By the time of The Lord of the Rings, Gondor’s golden age was a distant memory, much like the fading Elven realms. However, unlike the Elves, whose decline was a natural process, Gondor’s problems were largely its own fault. A scene in the extended edition of Peter Jackson’s The Return of the King clearly shows how the once-powerful kingdom began to fail, and this scene significantly differs from the original The Lord of the Rings book by J.R.R. Tolkien.








