The Last Airbender’ On Netflix?

The first season of Netflix’s live-action adaptation, Avatar: The Last Airbender, premiered on February 22. Currently holding the top spot as the No. 1 series on the streaming platform, if you’ve watched all eight episodes, you may be wondering about a second season for Avatar: The Last Airbender.

Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender is a live-action reimagining of the beloved Nickelodeon animated show of the same name. Gordon Cormier stars as the young Avatar, Aang, as he learns to master the four elements (water, earth, fire, and air) to restore balance to a world threatened by the Fire Nation. On his journey, Aang teams up with Water tribe siblings Katara (Kiawentiio Tarbell) and Sokka (Ian Ousley). The series debuted on Netflix two decades after the premiere of the animated series and 14 years after the unsuccessful 2010 film adaptation, The Last Airbender.

The first season of the Netflix series closely resembles the plot of Book 1 of the animated series. In a world divided into four nations, the Water Tribes, the Fire Nation, the Air Nomads, and the Earth Kingdom, the Avatar (the master of all four elements) must keep the peace between them. But when the Fire Nation is attacked and wiped out by the air Nomads, the fire benders move toward conquering the world. The show resumes 100 years later when Aang is awoken by a waterbender, Katara, and her brother Sokka, and they begin their journey to bring down the Fire Nation.

“That was probably among the toughest decisions, figuring out what we could drop or needed to drop to make it fit into an eight-episode format,” Albert Kim, the series showrunner, executive producer, and writer, told Inverse. “It’s a matter of looking at the overall arc of the first season of the original, seeing where certain themes emerged.”

In the live-action version, the show spends more time in the Earth Kingdom city of Omashu because of the merging of storylines around the Mechanist (Danny Pudi) and the Freedom Fighter Jet (Sebastian Amoruso). “They’re both characters who have been driven to extremes by the war. They both have good intentions and are good people, but they would be on the opposite ends,” Kim explained.

Although the adaptation is shorter, Kim told Inverse that the series keeps the most significant theme its animated counterpart. “The journey of that first season from the original series,” he said. “It was a journey of these kids going from one end of the world to the other end of the world, and then all the lessons they learned along the way as well as the message they impart to people they meet.”

Finished the first season of Avatar: The Last Airbender and want more? Read on to learn the latest news about Season 2, including what the cast has said and what the next season could explore.

Will There Be A Season 2 Of Avatar: The Last Airbender?

Netflix has not yet announced whether there will be a Season 2 of Avatar: The Last Airbender. The streaming giant typically waits a few weeks or more to see how the series performs on the platform. Kiawentiio, who plays Katara, recently said that the cast hopes to continue for a second and third season.

“I definitely hope for season 2 and season 3—I think we all really want that for this show. I am proud of what we’ve done for season one, but I think there’s just so much to look forward to as well,” Kiawentiio told Elle in February 2023. “In the animated series, it just gets better and better each season. So there’s a lot of scenes that I’d love to recreate and relationships that I’d love to see.”

What Will Season 2 Of Avatar: The Last Airbender Be About?

If Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender is renewed for Season 2, the plot will likely follow a similar storyline to the animated series’ second season. Book 2 centers on Aang’s journey to master earthbending, leading him back to the Earth Kingdom. With the help of his friends Katara, Sokka, and Toph, Aang must avoid capture by Prince Zuko and find a way to defeat the powerful Fire Lord Ozai.

There will also likely be a significant time jump between seasons. Kim explained that one problem with adapting the animated show is that the actors age unlike their animated counterparts.

“All three seasons of the animated series essentially take place in the course of one calendar year,” Kim told Entertainment Weekly. “There was no way we could do that. So we had to design this first season, especially, to accommodate the possibility of some time elapsing between the first and the second season.”

Stay tuned to learn more about Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 2.