I know it’s somewhat of a tired observation by now but I still wonder every time how badly you have to misread LOTR to name your company after the witch kings cursed surveillance artefacts.
I wonder when the first weapons manufacturing company calls themselves Angmar or Uruk-hai.
The names are really dope though I have to give them that…
Have you considered that it is not "misread", they just see themselves on Saruman side ?
It was a Mike Judge type joke, aka ha-ha only serious.
And the Palantiri were artifacts given by the Elves to the greatest race of Men to govern their kingdom. No connection to the witch-king (except some post-Tolkien video game).
But you are right of course about Anduril and if you take the whole silmarillion as background. I never really liked that part though
The witch-king could in theory have used a Palantir, but there’s no suggestion he did.
The seven stars in Gondor’s crest are the Palantari, and in the War of the Ring, Aragon specifically requested they be added to his banner. They represent the highest level of the civilization of Men.
Luckily/unluckily, AngMar is one of those shady medical subcontracting firms instead...