The Legend of Korra News and Discussion Thread (NEW: Animation Line Test)

I heard the title a little while ago, and guessed that it would be about the watertribe avatar after Aang, but it's so great to see the confirmation.

Korra looks about 16 or so, if that's her in the image (but who else would it be?), so I'd guess we'll be going along with her learning the elements, just like we did with Aang. A Book 1: Earth, Book 2: Fire, Book 3: Air? (I don't think Nick's shows usually last a whole lot longer than three seasons anyhow). An anti-bending revolt sounds interesting- I was wondering what issue the new avatar would face. And I'm looking forward to seeing the more modern cities. XD

Aang sure didn't live very long, did he? If we assume Korra is 16, and the new series begins 70 years after the first, that would make Aang about 66 when he died- not very old when you look at Bumi, Guru Pathik, or Avatar Kyoshi, to name a few. Do you guys think any of the Airbender characters will still be alive in this? Even if not, I hope we can find out what all happened to them.

Hee, this totally made my day.

 

Korra could have been the name of any character in the universe, not just an avatar. When all you know about the series is that the name has been copyrighted, which is all anyone knew for a fact until this was released, as far as I'd been able to find, you're free to speculate. I think it would have been interesting to see the tale of an avatar through the eyes of a best friend, or even had a tale that didn't focus on an avatar- ie, Korra could have been a water tribe warrior during Aang's lifetime who had some crazy adventure. Or, before we had confirmation that the story took place 70 years into the future, Korra could have been the water tribe avatar before Kuruk (in 2.01 "The Avatar State", when Roku is speaking with Aang about dying in the avatar state and the past avatars line up, you can see that the next to last water tribe avatar is a woman).

Please don't accuse me of not paying attention.

I don't think that would automatically be the case. People didn't always bend the elements, they learned to do so. I think, even without an original source (though who knows how long Appa could live), it could have been possible for people to learn airbending again, though I don't think it would happen overnight. It could also be possible that as nomads, some airbenders married into other nations, but passed along the possibility to airbend to their children. If the world felt that there was still a need for the avatar, I think a way would have been found. *Shrugs*

Where does it say that? All I see is where it says that Korra will be tutored in airbending by Aang's son. I'd guess they threw that out there since everyone would be wondering how she'd learn it. A teenage avatar in normal circumstances would not know the other elements- look how long it took Roku to learn them. An anti-bending revolt, to me, does not sound like the kind of disaster Aang faced, when he was told about being the avatar 4 years early and forced to race the clock and become proficient in all of the elements in time to save the world. But I could be wrong.

We've seen characters in the avatar universe live very long lives- I think it is possible some of Team Avatar could still be alive.

At some convention one year, Bryan and Mike showed a few storyboards of Team Avatar as adults, and one of the drawings was of Zuko, Mai, and a son. Dunno if that's actually canon or not, though.

EDIT: Sorry for the long-ass post:

As bad as I'd feel for Aang- seriously, the kid deserves a long and happy life- I like the idea of the anti-bending revolt killing him. That'd be a great way to really make the fans hate the revolters. And the avatars learn the elements in the same order- they start with their birth element and follow the cycle- which is why Aang learned air, then water, earth, and fire. Korra should learn them in the way I stated- water, earth, fire, air. I assumed the show would begin with her already being a decent, if not master, waterbender, as Aang's story began with him already knowing his element.

 

^ I found them while reading this thread: Here, but I'll make it easier and just post the individual links to the images- I uploaded them to my photobucket account, but they were from avatarspirit.net. In order:

A shot of a crowd

Older Toph, Aang, Katara, and Sokka

More older Gaang

Zuko, Mai, Child
On closer examination, I suppose the kid could be a girl, but it looks like a boy to me.

 

Well, that last bit about learning the airbending is worded a little weird, so I could see why you took that interpretation. You could still be right- it just doesn't make much sense to me.

Yes, they are old- I'd guess from shortly around the series finale. But the last one answers the question of whether Zuko has kids, which is why I posted it up, though I suppose they might not be considered canon. And since I was going to post the last in the sequence, I figured I may as well include all of them.

At 70 years into the future, Katara would of course be looking like Gran Gran, if she is still alive.

Hopefully we get something good, though what I've learned today is awesome on its own.