Here are seven unanswered questions
from Avatar: The Last Airbender.
First of all, what happened to Zuko's mother?
This is the giant unanswered question from the series.
A quick recap of the whole succession drama.
Second in line, Ozai,
asked Fire Lord Azulon to pass the throne to him,
not his brother Iroh, after Iroh's son died in battle.
Azulon was not having it.
And he wanted to punish Ozai by making him kill his own son, Zuko.
Dad's going to kill you.
Really, he is.
Haha Azula, nice try.
Fine, don't believe me. But I heard everything.
Grandfather said dad's punishment should fit his crime.
You must know the pain of losing a first-born son,
by sacrificing your own.
This is where Zuko's mother comes in.
Ursa found out that her husband was going to kill her son.
So she made a terrible bargain to save Zuko's life.
And then disappeared.
Where's mom?
No-one knows.
Oh, and last night, grandpa passed away.
Not funny, Azula.
So, throughout Avatar: The Last Airbender,
Zuko's trying to find out what happened to Ursa
and he finally asked his father.
Why are you really here?
Because you're gonna tell me something.
Where is my mother?
But before we get any answers, the entire series ends.
That can't be it.
Where's the rest of it?
Later on, in the comics,
Zuko and Azula actually teamed up to find their mother.
But to end the show without addressing one of it's biggest mysteries?
[screaming]
Exactly.
Number two,
Sokka's trusty boomerang was incredibly important to him.
I mean, who is Sokka without his boomerang?
I feel like I've lost part of my identity.
Imagine if you lost your arrow, or if Katara lost her...
Hair loopies.
But on the day of Sozin's Comet,
Sokka lost his boomerang
while taking down the Fire Nation's airships.
[groaning]
I don't think boomerang is coming back Toph.
After the war, it doesn't look like Sokka has his boomerang,
but did he ever get his trusty boomerang back?
Did he make a new one?
Did he just not use a boomerang ever again?
Like that would ever happen.
Boomerang! You do always come back.
And while we're talking about Sokka's weapons,
Did Sokka ever retrieve his space sword?
[groaning]
[yelling]
My space sword.
He must have, right?
I mean a sword made out of a meteorite?
A sword unlike any other in the world?
Wouldn't you search through a forest to find your fallen space sword?
Next up, was Aang actually the very last airbender?
Okay sure, it's in the title.
But think about it.
The Fire Nation raided the Southern Air Temple,
and there's evidence of the destruction they brought.
But we're talking about air nomads
with no interest in fighting.
Is it possible that the rest of the airbenders spread around the world
just went into hiding?
Just because no-one has seen an airbender
doesn't mean the Fire Nation killed them all.
Keep in mind, the Fire Nation didn't have any airships 100 years ago,
and the airbenders have gliders and flying bison.
So how do we know with total certainty that Aang is the last airbender?
And speaking of Nomads, what happened to Guru Pathik?
He trained Aang to access and control the Avatar state
by opening all seven of his chakras.
But Aang left before he could open his seventh chakra.
And Pathik's last words to Aang were pretty ominous.
Katara's in danger, I have to go!
If you leave now, you won't be able to go into the Avatar state at all.
Fortunately, that didn't turn out to be the case.
Aang was able to return to the Avatar state,
defeat Fire Lord/Phoenix King Ozai
in the war and restore balance to the world.
But what happened to Guru Pathik?
He was 150 years old when he met Aang,
making him the oldest human in the Avatar world.
But he still seemed pretty spry, so where did Guru Pathik end up?
Did he and Aang ever pick up their training again?
Or even just drink some onion and banana juice and talk about the old days?
Next, what's the true purpose of the order of the White Lotus?
For a society dedicated to truth above all else,
This group sure has its share of secrets.
In Avatar: The Last Airbender,
we get to watch them liberate Ba Sing Se from the Fire Nation.
And it's awesome.
Later, they'd help protect and train the Avatar.
But why was the Order of the White Lotus formed?
Why did they have to go into hiding in the first place?
And just how much power does a secret society have to shape world events?
And finally, what if Lu Ten had survived the Seige of Ba Sing Se?
Would Iroh have become the next fire lord?
What would have happened to the Fire Nation, and the war?
It's easy to say that he would have ended the 100 Years War in a second.
Zuko even asked him to fight Ozai and take the throne.
But don't forget that before his son's death,
Iroh was a high-ranking commander in the Fire Nation Army.
And he did orchestrate a brutal seige on the Earth Kingdom Capitol.
I hope you all may see it someday,
if we don't burn it to the ground first.
[laughing]
It was only losing his son, Lu Ten, that completely redirected Iroh's life.
If Lu Ten had survived, would Iroh have been a completely different character
from the wise mentor and spiritual guide that we know?
Would Zuko have ever tried to hunt down the Avatar?
If Lu Ten had survived,
would this be a completely different show?
There are so many interconnected plots and characters in the show,
so of course, there are questions we still want answered.
[groaning]
Did Jet just die?
You know, it was really unclear.
What burning questions do you have from Avatar: The Last Airbender?
Let us know in the comments.