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As previously confirmed, Avatar: Fire and Ash will pick up after the events of 2022’s Avatar: The Way of Water (itself another colossal hit for Cameron that grossed over $2.3 billion worldwide), telling the story of the Sully clan while also introducing yet another new type of Na’vi into the equation. The film doesn’t stop there either though as the overarching plot of Miles Quaritch’s revenge, and the lingering threat of human invasion of Pandora are both still very much alive. Check it out for yourself below!
Avatar: Fire and Ash Builds on the 16 Year Legacy of the Series
The first Avatar movie introduced us to the world of Pandora and the Na’vi that lived in the clouds, flying their Mountain banshees into battle and across the sky. Naturally the second film took things in a different direction with The Way of Water bringing Na’vi tribes that have physiology and culture built entirely around living in the sea. With Avatar: Fire and Ash, we of course meet a tribe that lives in a volcanic region of the planet, but what the trailer reveals is this new tribe’s connection to the lore itself.
As the trailer begins we’re introduced to Varang, the leader of the Na’vi “Ash People” played by Oona Chaplin. She holds her hand over a flame and calls it “the only pure thing in this world.” The character then goes on to describe a key event in the time of this tribe, adding: “The fire came from the mountain. Burnt our forests. My people cried for help but Eywa did not come.”
For longtime Avatar fans, this sentence is a heavy one as it immediately reveals the feelings of the Ash people toward Eywa, the deity worshipped by most of the Na’vi, including Zoe Saldaña’s Neytiri, as the biological network that exists and connects all live on Pandora. What this line confirms is that this group has a vindictive streak against Eywa, and likely anyone that still worships her, meaning the Sully clan are in trouble.
