Avatar was never the most original film, but it made an impact all the same. The idea of callous colonizers seeking a new land to pillage will be timely no matter where you go, and such a simple set-up went a long way in acclimating audiences to the alien world of Pandora.
James Cameron proved its efficacy twice over with Avatar: The Way of Water, recycling Avatar’s original villains with a clever sci-fi twist. As potent as that choice might have been for the second movie, though, the third Avatar film will flip that premise on its head. Avatar: Fire and Ash sees the Sully clan exploring a new realm of Pandora and coming into conflict with another Na’vi tribe, the Ash People. In a surprise twist, Cameron has even chosen them to be the main adversaries.
