Hey youtubers it’s Charlie and these are going to be my Korra Book 4 predictions. The
good news is that Mike and Bryan said that pretty much every major character and storyline
gets dealt with by the end. As of right now there isn’t an official release date but
plan for Summer next year until they say otherwise.
It will stream for free everywhere it is right now. But let’s get going. Careful for spoilers
from the finale if you haven’t seen it yet. I’ll wait just a sec...Okay, starting with
number 10 - There will be no Korra presence at Comic Con next summer.
Mostly because they’ll probably release it before then. The Second big reason is because
if they barely spent any time or energy marketing it this year and they’ve already written
the cost of producing it off. They already paid for all the episodes to be made. Why
bother spending the extra money to rent out ballroom 20 and bring the cast out.
If you want to do a panel at comic con you have to pay money and if you want a booth
on the floor it’s crazy expensive.
Mike and Bryan said during the comic con panel this year for book 3 that they expected it
was their last time at San Diego Comic Con for Korra.
They will be at New York Comic Con this fall. That’s October 9th to 12th. I won’t be
there, but I will be doing videos for any big stuff that happens.
Number 9 - Book 4 will be the last Avatar Series, there will be no Movie but the Comics
will keep going
Mike and Bryan said that they were pretty fried on the Avatar Universe after spending
the last 10 years of their life working on it. They will continue to develop new shows,
probably animated shows. But they won’t be Avatar related.
The big asterisk is nothing is every confirmed in Hollywood. People quit stuff all the time
and then a dump truck of money rolls up and all of a sudden it’s a thing again. So more
Avatar video is up to Nick. Which is unlikely.
But the comics will totally keep going, they’re way easier to produce and they have a lot
more freedom with what they can do. So more Last Airbender and Korra Stories via the comics.
Also there are video games coming right now. Depending on the success of those, there will
be more games.
I know everyone wants an animated movie and a billion more seasons. But Bryke basically
said on the podcast he did that he doesn’t want to do that.
Which leads to Number 8 - The Book 4 Finale will end in a way that allows the Avatar Cycle
to continue even if it’s not on screen
There is no way any of their writing or belief systems have led me to believe that Korra
will be the Last Avatar ever. That whole idea was a major plot point of the Book 3 finale.
Zaheer thought the world didn’t need the Avatar anymore, but Tenzin clearly states
evidence as to why they need an Avatar more than ever.
The Line will continue. We just don't’ know if Korra will survive the finale or if we’ll
see her live to old age.
What I’d like to see whether or not they choose to do it, is for the final scene to
be something close to Avatar Wan’s final scene in Beginnings. Where Korra is dying
in old age in the middle of a battle or even just at home with her family and we hear a
baby cry out as she fades away.
Just a way to imply that 1, the avatar cycle is continuing and 2, there is still imbalance
in the world, everyone still needs an Avatar.
I would like to see a flashforward or at least some acknowledgement that Korra got some of
the things she wanted in life.
I understand if they chose not to do that in an explicit way. Sometimes that’s too
on the nose and it’s more effective to just imply that the cycle will continue regardless
of what’s going on in the world.
Avatar is all about cycles. Harmonic Convergence, Raava and Vaatu, the 100 year war and now
the collapse of the Earth Kingdom. Everything gets repeated, so I’d at least like to see
an ending that fits with that thematically.
On to Number 7 - Jinora is going to follow a more enlightened version of the path that
Aang and Korra went on.
I don’t think they’ll copy and paste Aang’s character development on to her. But she is
a child burdened with the leadership of the Air Nation, so you can’t help but point
to Aang. The difference is that she has his level of spirituality with Korra’s gung
ho attitude. So it’s like she all of their best qualities.
I think the series is positioning her to be the next non-Avatar World Leader. Like she’ll
be the new Iroh and probably go on to lead the white lotus along with the Air Nation
for the rest of her life.
Avatar Yangchen is the best example of a female air master. So think of Jinora as living out
a life similar to that.
Number 6 - All the major characters will be back
That includes Katara, Zuko, Toph, all off the Team Aang characters that are still alive.
The major conflict is the revolution that the Red Lotus is trying to start. Zaheer said
that it had started but as far as we know that’s only in the Earth Kingdom.
I think they’ll continue to use the original Last Airbender characters the same way they
used Zuko in book 3. As support for Team Korra. Lots of unanswered questions about where Toph
and Azula have been since last we saw them. Because Bryke said they tie everything up.
I think it at least means we’ll get an answer. Maybe not the answer we want, but something
is better than nothing.
Number 5 - Korrasami will still be a thing
I know a lot of you ask me my thoughts on korrasami. I love the two of them together
but I don’t think there’s anything sexual going on. They just wanted Korra and Asami
to have a positive female friend that didn’t have anything to do with boyfriends.
Yes they do share Mako in common, but he’s the only one at this point that’s still
weird about it. With all that Korra has been through I’m expecting Asami to stay and
help take care of her until she’s fully healed.
During last airbender Aang had to heal the avatar spirit by reconnecting with his past
lives in the spirit realm. I know they’ve retconned a few things, because at the time
those episodes aired. Mike and Bryan hadn’t incorporated the idea of Raava, Vaatu and
Avatar Wan into the series. So there were only a handful of Avatar spirits he had to
visit.
Korra is still cut off from all her past lives. But unless they change things again there’s
always Yangchen’s Festival. I know a few of you have asked me about this on a couple
videos.
Which should make you guys excited for Number 4 - Korra will reconnect with her past lives
I know Mike and Bryan did an interview after book 2 ended saying Korra would continue to
be cut off. But I think it’s possible they could have just been talking about Book 3.
The Yangchen Festival method comes straight from The Rift Part 2. That was written by
Mike and Bryan and published just last month. So it’s way more current than their earlier
comments about Korra being cut off.
That happens all the time, where a creator does an interview and teases something that
gets taken too literally.
What is Yangchen’s Festival? This is where it gets more exciting. It’s an Air Nomad
festival started by Avatar Yangchen, the female airbender I said Jinora is going to resemble.
Airbenders are back, which means they’ll celebrate Yangchen’s festival again in book
4. Which gives Korra a backdoor for reconnecting with her past lives.
Yangchen started the Festival as a way to uphold a treaty with the ancient spirit of
Old General Iroh. Not Uncle Iroh, someone who was way way older. the Festival continued
after her death as a way for the air nation to honor her achievements.
They don’t really explain the physics of how participating in the festival facilitates
the reconnection of past lives. But I take them at their word.
If you’ve listened to the Book 2 dvd commentaries. Sometimes Mike and Bryan fudge the logic of
situations. Like Jinora pulling Raava out of Unavaatu. They didn’t get really granular
the opportunity to speak with Aang and the other avatars again.
On to Number 3 - None of the Previous Villains will be the problem of book 4
Zaheer won’t escape and be the big bad again, Unalaq and Amon are dead but The Red Lotus
is still around. I don’t see them as being the big bad though. I think the real villain
will just be chaos itself and the air nomads. As Tenzin said, will just travel from nation
to nation and help make things zen again.
There’s also the x-factor of Varrick and his high speed rail. I think part of healing
the world is bringing it closer together. And the fastest way to do that is to create
high speed travel between cities. It’s like the advent of the internet making the real
world smaller so to speak.
I can post a youtube video and instantly all over the world anywhere there’s internet
people can watch it at the same moment.
So I think Jinora and the air nation will be like the spiritual solution and Varrick
will be the practical solution. Plus, if he can establish a monopoly on shipping he’ll
get even richer, which sounds like something he would do. So he gets rich and gets to help
people. Although that part he probably doesn’t care about so much.
Number 2 - Worldwide democracy will be a goal
I think the things that Souyin talked about while they were still with the Metal Clan
will start to spread. Those ideas for equal representation.
When you look at the governments of all the bending tribes the Fire Nation and the Water
Tribe are still the only ones that have acting monarchs. And technically Korra’s father
is more of an elected leader than the feudalistic structure of the Fire Nation. They will be
the last holdouts.
Which is where Zuko’s daughter comes in. As of right now the Fire Nation has been conspicuously
absent with the exception of Zuko’s grandson Iroh. He’s a general in the United Forces.
So technically the Fire Nation didn’t contribute any help in books 1 and 2, at least that we
saw.
So I think that part of the move toward balance will be the fire nation royal family giving
a lot of it’s legislative power away like the royal family in England.
In England the royal family is more of a figurehead at this point and the day to day job of running
the country falls on the government.
And my number 1 prediction - Azula will also be back
She hasn’t been confirmed dead, the last time we saw her was in the Search Comic and
she was traveling with Team Avatar. She was still totally nuts, but just like Toph. I
think we’ll at least get a flashback.
I fully expect all the notable characters to be around when the series ends. Think about
it this way. You start with everyone together, then circumstances draw them further and further
apart till new circumstances pull them back together. It’s like you have a single Avatar
Book that binds the original series and Legend of Korra together. As Korra’s story has
been told. you open the book and you have last airbender people on one side of the page
and the new team korra people on the other side.
Logically by the end of the story the book has to be closed, bringing both the old characters
and the new ones together.
That’s the perfect situation, of course the alternative is that all out mass hysteria
and war could bring everyone back together. Azula could always sieze on the new revolution
to try and ursurp control of the fire nation. She does have a claim to the throne.
At this point though, she’s a little bit younger than Zuko, so she’d still be a very
formidable warrior.
Wouldn’t it be cool to see Old Katara and Old Azula throw down. I’m not expecting
anything like that but it’s fun to fantasize about.
But let me know what your predictions are do you think that Toph and Azula will reappear
and do you think that Korra will reconnect with her past lives?
So busy weekend. Korra is going away for a little while and Doctor Who is coming. I will
be doing a Korra Q&A, hopefully I’ll have that up tonight. There’s also a video I’m
working on based on a big interview Mike and Bryan did, but that might take a few more
days to finish. I will be doing new Korra next week.
I also think there are a few giveaways running right now, I’m catching up. There is definitely
a weekly Doctor Who giveaway, so even if you don’t like Doctor Who you should check out
those videos. I will be posting one shortly.
But Right now click here for my Korra Finale video and click here for the Q&A, I’ll add
the annotation as soon as I post it.
Thanks for watching, see you guys tonight. High Fives!