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Imagine being trapped in a useless body
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only to be given a chance to walk, run,
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and fly in a world beyond your wildest
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dreams. But there's a catch. You have to
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betray the very people who give you this
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freedom. This is the story of Jake
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Sully, a paraplegic former marine who
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gets the opportunity of a lifetime. The
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Earth is a wreck, and humanity's last
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hope lies on a distant moon called
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Pandora. Pandora is a lush, vibrant
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jungle, beautiful, but deadly, and home
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to a precious mineral called unobtanium,
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worth a fortune back home. Standing in
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the way are the Na'vi 10-ft tall, blue-
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skinned humanoids, who are fiercely
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protective of their world. To negotiate
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with them, or rather to study them,
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humans have created Avatar's genetically
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engineered hybrids of human and Na'vi
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DNA. A human operator connects their
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mind to the avatar, controlling it like
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a second body. Jake's twin brother, a
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brilliant scientist, was supposed to
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pilot one of these avatars, but he
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tragically dies. Since Jake shares his
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brother's DNA, he's the only one who can
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link with the multi-million dollar
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asset. So, he shipped off to Pandora.
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For Jake, it's a fresh start. In his
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Avatar body, he can walk again. He feels
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alive for the first time in years. On
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Pandora, he's caught between two worlds.
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On one side, there's Colonel Miles
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Quark, the head of security for the
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mining operation. He's a hardened
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military man who sees the Na'vi as
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nothing more than obstacles. He promises
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Jake he'll get him new, real legs back
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on Earth if he provides valuable intel
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on the Na'vi and their weaknesses. On
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the other side is Dr. Grace Augustine, a
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scientist who has dedicated her life to
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understanding the Na'vi. She sees Jake
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as just a dumb grunt, a poor replacement
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for his scientist brother. During his
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first run in his avatar, Jake gets
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separated from his team and finds
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himself lost in the treacherous
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Pandoraan jungle at night. He has
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attacked by a pack of vicious wolflike
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creatures and is about to be dinner when
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a mysterious figure saves him. It's
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Notori, a Na'vi princess. She's fierce,
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agile, and initially wants nothing to do
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with him. She sees him as one of the sky
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people who are destroying her home. But
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a sign from AA, the Na'vi deity,
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convinces her to spare him. Ntori takes
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Jake to her clan. The Omatakaya, who
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live in a massive ancient tree called
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homeree. Her father, the clan leader, is
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skeptical, but her mother, the spiritual
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leader, is intrigued. They decide to
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teach Jake their ways to see if he can
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learn to be one of them. Natorei becomes
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his reluctant teacher. This is where
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Jake's life splits in two. By day, in
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his avatar body, he learns the Na'vi way
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of life. He learns to ride horselike
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creatures, to hunt with a bow, and to
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speak their language. He discovers the
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deep spiritual connection the Navi have
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with every living thing on Pandora.
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Through a network of energy that flows
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through the planet, he starts to see the
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world through their eyes. But at night,
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he wakes up in his human body, a weak
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in a cold, sterile lab, and has
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to report back to Colonel. He's a spy,
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feeding the military information that
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will be used to displace and, if
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necessary, destroy the people he's
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coming to love. As Jake spends more time
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with Nater, their connection deepens. He
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sees her strength, her passion, and her
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love for her world. He falls for her and
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she for him in a beautiful sacred
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ceremony. They choose each other for
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life. He becomes one of the omatikaya.
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Fully accepted into the clan. For Jake,
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the line between his two lives blurs
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completely. The dream has become his
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reality. And his old life, the human
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world, feels like the dream. He has
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found his purpose, a family, and a home.
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But here's where it gets crazy. Jake's
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time is up. Quaric has the intel he
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needs. The Omatakaya home tree is
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sitting on the richest deposit of unoric
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gives Jake one last chance. Convince the
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Na'vi to leave or he will remove them by
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force. Jake tries to warn them, but it's
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too late. The bulldozers roll in tearing
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down the sacred trees around home. In
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the chaos, Jake reveals he was a spy all
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along. The Na'vi feel betrayed. Ntori is
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heartbroken. They tie him up. Just as
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Quaric's forces are about to launch
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their full-scale assault, Dr. Augustine
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and a few other sympathetic humans
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realize Quaric has gone too far. They
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help Jake escape, but in the process,
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Grace is fatally shot. They flee to a
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remote Na'vi sanctuary, the Tree of
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Jake Nosy has to regain the Na'vi est
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trust. To do this, he attempts the
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impossible, he decides to bond with the
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Tok, a massive dragon-like flying
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predator that only the greatest Na'vi
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warriors in history have ever ridden.
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It's a suicide mission, but it's his
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only hope. Miraculously, he succeeds. He
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flies back to the Omadakaya on the back
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of this legendary beast, becoming Tok
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Makto, the rider of Last Shadow.
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The Na'vi are in awe. They see him now,
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not as a traitor, but as a leader sent
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by Eioa. He has their trust again. With
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renewed hope, Jake rallies not just the
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Omatikaya, but thousands of warriors
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from other Na'vi clans. He gives a
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powerful speech, uniting them against
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the common enemy, the sky people who
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have come to destroy their world. What
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follows is an epic, jaw-dropping battle.
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Its boughs and arrows against futuristic
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gunships and mechs. The Na'vi fight with
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incredible bravery, riding their
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banshees and ground creatures into a
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storm of steel and fire. But the humans
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firepower is overwhelming. The Na'vi are
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losing. Their sacred tree of souls is
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about to be destroyed, which would sever
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their connection to Awa and their
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Just when all hope seems lost, Pandora
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itself fights back. The planet's
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wildlife, from the smallest insects to
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the largest behemoths, rise up in a
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massive coordinated attack against the
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human forces. It's a breathtaking sight.
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Awa has heard their prayers. The tide of
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the battle turns dramatically. In the
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midst of the chaos, it all comes down to
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a final personal confrontation. Jake in
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his avatar faces off against Colonel
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Quaric, who is piloting a massive
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armored mech suit. It's a brutal fight
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to the death. Quaric smashes the mobile
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lab where Jake's human body is lying
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vulnerable, severing his link. Jake's
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avatar collapses lifeless as Guadic is
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about to deliver the final blow. Nati,
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fueled by rage and love, attacks with a
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ferocity of a wild animal. She fights
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him off, but Quaric manages to break
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into the lab, exposing Jake's human form
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to Pandora's toxic atmosphere. He's
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suffocating, helpless as Quaric raises
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his knife to finish Jake for good. Can
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Nateri save the man she loves from two
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different worlds. Will Jake survive? And
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what will be the ultimate fate of
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Pandora and its people? You'll have to
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