Hey youtubers it’s charlie since it’s been a couple weeks since i’ve done a Legend
of Korra Book 3 update I thought it was time to do a nice long video to get you guys excited
for 2014.
So here are 10 big things we need to talk about.
Number 1 - Book 3 Footage?
When will we be able to see a trailer and artwork?
In February every year Nickelodeon does it’s upfronts.
That’s where they show clips from all their programs to advertisers so that they’ll
give them money.
From a practical standpoint this is Nickelodeon’s most important event all year.
This will be the first real time anyone sees any footage from Book 3.
Unfortunately because we’re not advertisers we won’t be able to go.
The first time regular people will be able to see any new clips will be at their Press
event in May.
That’s where big news outlets and bloggers get invited to see footage and learn about
the new season directly from the creators.
I might have a chance to get into that event.
After that it’s really conventions like Comic Con where footage is screened in public.
But next year will be a little bit different because…
Number 2 - Book 3 will premiere much earlier than it did this year.
Why?
Because they started working on it as well as book 4 right after they wrapped production
on Book 2.
Meaning, by the time we were seeing Book 2 episodes, they were already animating book
3.
That process takes a long long time, and at New York Comic Con this year in October they
said they were about halfway done animating book 3.
The sooner they finish, the sooner it can air.
They can even start airing episodes before the last few episodes are finished being animated.
Because the majority of Korra’s audience are younger, most shows like that premiere
during late spring early summer just because that’s when those people are more likely
to be watching a lot of tv.
Conservative estimate, you’ll see Book 3 episode 1 in June, possibly as soon as April.
Pretty awesome right?
Number 3 - If they finish airing the season before Comic Con this summer what will they
do at their panel?
Easy, book 4.
They won’t even be close to finishing animation on Book 4 by next summer, but they will have
had enough time to cut a trailer.
So even though their Comic Con panel next year will cover a lot of the aftermath of
what happens during Book 3, they will be teasing a lot of book 4 details.
Remember this last year they aired the entire first episode during their panel.
I don’t expect them to air a full book 4 episode, but I’ll be there just in case.
Number 4 - What are the biggest changes to book 3 right now?
Mostly the addition of the spirits in the physical realm and the locations.
The new locations and the changes to old locations will largely inform the new and old characters
we’ll see again as well as the story.
Republic City will still be a part of book 3, but because Korra will be traveling to
the earth kingdom for most of book 3 it won’t be featured as much.
The big change is all of the spirit wilds that will grow from those vines that the dark
avatar gew when he invaded during the finale.
Those big vines will be like homes for spirits.
I wonder how much rent they charge.
Number 5 - What are those new locations?
I already did a video about how it’s going to be all about the Earth Kingdom, but the
actual cities we’ll see are Ba Sing Se and Omashu.
I’m also holding out hope for Kyoshi Island.
The issue with Korra is that there are only 13 episodes, which leaves half the time to
travel to all our favorite old places from Last Airbender.
So we’ll only see the places that are most important to the story.
Namely Ba Sing Se.
Meaning that Omashu is a long-shot too.
As is kyoshi island.
Konietzko and DiMartino confirmed there is an earth queen.
Note the gender, queen.
So the story will largely revolve around her city.
Number 6 - Who is the earth queen?
Nothing is confirmed, but the best theory is that it’s Alyson Stoner who’s playing
a character named Opal.
She originally confirmed she was voicing a character before book 2 premiered, but it
looks like her character was intended to be a major part of book 3.
Since Opal is a type of precious gem, it’s pretty likely that this is the case, since
character names on Last Airbender tended to flow from their character traits.
Like Azula and her blue fire.
The other possibility is that Opal could also be a kyoshi warrior, but I still think it’s
more likely that she’s the earth queen.
Even though the story will be totally new, just like previous books of korra you can
always expect certiain Last Airbender themes to come back.
Kooei was being manipulated by Long Feng, and just like Kooei, Opal is being voiced
by an actress with a really young sounding voice.
So it’s possible that Korra will have to get rid of a new Long Feng type character.
Number 7 - What about the Beifongs?
One of the major subplots will revolve completely around Lin and her family.
The only glimpse we’ve gotten of Toph during Legend of Korra has been in flashback.
She’s dead in present day, but there’s the largely unexplored issue of Lin’s father.
The best three theories I’ve seen is the duke, a new character we’ve never met or
she’s adopted and we’ll never know who her father is.
The creators have already said that we’ll learn about Lin’s parents so I don’t think
she’s adopted.
But I like the idea that her father will end up being someone we’ve never met before,
but who is connected to the larger story of book 3 and what’s going on in ba sing se
in present day.
Number 8 - Why have they waited so long to explain Beifong’s Family?
Remember how closed off Toph was before she joined team avatar.
She eventually warmed up, but being blind had really isolated her from her peers so
a lot of that got passed on to Lin.
And remember Toph was one of the founders of Republic City with Aang.
And what did all of Aang’s children say about Aang as a father during Book 2.
He was not a super attentive dad.
Which was probably the case for Lin and Toph.
Meaning she has some issues she’s still working through.
And I suspect that since the Beifong’s are a very famous family, the rest of her relatives
also have some big issues we’ll learn about.
Number 9 - Who is the villain?
We don’t have any confirmation on who the big bad will be, we didn’t even know about
vaatu and the dark avatar until book 2 aired.
But what if the medium bad, the varrick of book 3 turned out to be Lin’s father.
What’s the biggest reason to never talk about your parents.
If they’re evil.
And what would you do, you would probably become an officer of the law and dedicate
your life to getting rid of crime.
It’s more likely that Lin’s father or her family is involved in some shady business.
I don’t think they’ll be connected to whoever the real villain is.
Even Varrick didn’t really have any direct relationship with Oonalack.
The other big possibility is that it’s the character Grey Delyle is playing.
She announced she was playing a dark character, but since we didn’t see her during book
2 it’s likely that we’ll see her during book 3.
It’s important to note that she’s not playing Azula.
It will be a new character we’ve never met before.
So keep sending me you Korra questions, I’ll probably do a Korra Q&A after
the holidays.
I’ve got a lot of Sherlock and Doctor Who to get through before then.
I’m also trying to post a couple new videos tonight explaining all the special stuff I’ll
be doing next week.
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Right now click here to watch my book 3 preview and click here for my top 10 book 2 moments.
Thanks for watching, see you guys tonight.
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