Why didn't aragorn take the ghosts to Mordor

The Dead Men of Dunharrow possess no formidable combat abilities and lack significant power, relying mainly on instilling intense fear in mortal men. Sauron and the Nazgûl, however, remain impervious to such fear.

There are multiple reasons for this.

Firstly, Aragorn, being an honorable Man, was committed to honoring his promise. At the Black Stone of Erech, he pledged, "When all this land is clean of the servants of Sauron, I will hold your oath fulfilled." The term "all this land" referred to the region, including the port of Pelargir, where the oathbreakers had resided. The Dead, under Aragorn's leadership, expelled the Corsairs from their ships and drove them back to Umbar. Once the task was accomplished, Aragorn declared the Oath fulfilled, and the King of the Dead symbolically broke his spear. Aragorn then manned the ships with loyal Gondorians and freed galley slaves, who played a crucial role in Gondor's rescue – not the Dead.

Secondly, the Dead possessed "no weapons other than fear." While they could inspire terror sufficient to drive the Corsairs away, fear proved ineffective against an army led by a Nazgul, let alone Sauron himself. Aragorn recognized this limitation and refrained from using the Army of the Dead in direct confrontation with Sauron. It was only after the Ring's destruction, resulting in Sauron's downfall, that the army at the Black Gate experienced fear of their adversaries. Until then, their wills were under Sauron's control.

In summary, the Dead Men of Dunharrow, while formidable in instilling fear, were not a direct combat force against Sauron, and Aragorn, guided by honor and strategic understanding, utilized them effectively in fulfilling his oath.

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[berrypatchhusbando]

It's probably a very bad idea to send an army of ghosts into a land ruled by a someone who was once called "The Necromancer"

[owenb]

Another thing is that Aragorn made his own oath to release them after Gondor was clean of the servants of Mordor. As we can see from the dead, and also Gollum, oath breaking has serious consequences in the world of Arda. Who knows what would happen to Aragorn by doing that

[nicoyark]

not to mention that Sauron is a necromancer. he surely have a plan against undead armies or could take control of them

[adammac]

This is how the film should have went. I always thought the film got it wrong. You had this brilliant battle and siege etc then the ghosts came along and just won it like that.

[ErikRoseJohnsen]

Peter Jackson did Gondor a disservice by making it seem like the dead freed Minas Tirith from the army of the Witch-king of Angmar.

[nickmedley]

“Didn’t you hear? They found a whole warehouse full of them(ghosts). They’re worthless!”

[natalieable]

Because the ghosts fulfilled their oath after they helped win the battle of Minas Tirith. Aragorn was an honorable man and acknowledged they had fulfilled their oath and let them go. The battle or Mordor wasn't their fight.

[SlyFrye]

Oh wow! Okay honestly that makes perfect sense. The thing is in the movie it doesn't really look like they're instilling fear but looks like they're actually directly attacking them with swords though.

[t-jh]

Because they fulfilled their oaths. Oh there is also the fact they worshipped Sauron during the "dark years".

[thegreenmage]

The people of the warlord will be vanquished through intimidation.

The people from below the desert will be vanquished by might.

The people of The Tribe will be vanquished through bravery.

[jakoporeeno]

*Army of the dead enters the battlefield*
THE MEN ARE WAVERING!

[matthijsvanemous]

Those ghosts were a cheat code but also lazy af

[mikewaterfield]

If your asking that you don’t know Tolkien’s lore. They were bound to come to Gondor’s aid not to destroy Sauron. Their oath was fulfilled taking out the marauders on the coast.

[sirannikus]

Build me a shrubbery and I shall hold your oath fulfilled!

[Chronoic]

But the movie made it that the ghost can harm the living. So the book made alot more sense than the movie.

[battleclover]

For the same reason they didn’t fly. Tolkien didn’t want to hit the easy button. He wanted to tell a story.

[khylerbane]

I feel sending a literal undead army to fight a guy who once was called “The Necromancer” and still can go it would do more harm than good.

Plus even if the undead couldn’t physically harm people, it’s Sauron. He’d definitely figure how to fix that, eventually.

[nicholaszamir]

the army of the dead in the movies is completely different than the books.

[azrathael]

Mordor wasn't part of their business deal.

[road]

The army of the dead have no real power in the books. They scared the pirates off there ships. Aragorn then took those ships and raised an army from the port cities of Gondor.
That’s the army that arrived to help Minus Tirith and the Rohrrim.