Avatar: The High Ground Volume 2 (Avatar, 2)

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Now, about the story… I know Kiri has a connection to Spider, but she is pushing the “orphans” theme too much. A widespread message from Frances Ardmore is heard, offering amnesty for those "illegally" occupying Hell's Gate while threatening death if they attempt to resist and fight back. The character interactions were the only interesting thing, and unfortunately, we did not get too many of them. This felt closer to a filmic prequel, setting up the RDA’s most recent conflict with Jake and the Na’vi. feels distinctly vital to the broader “Avatar” story, serving to fill in blanks between the events of the first and second films in a way that doesn’t feel shoehorned, but rather, genuinely important and interconnected, as if it was ALWAYS a part of James Cameron’s broader story for the franchise (which, to be fair, it kind of was: the entire “The High Ground” trilogy is an adaptation of an un-filmed script that Cameron wrote – hence why so much of this feels like a direct prequel to TWOW.

Knowing this day would come, Jake has trained his Na’vi warriors with a plan that should make it too costly for the humans to try again . Eventually, he wrote a 130-page script to see if it works as a movie, but Cameron felt that it was missing a critical element for a sequel: "It didn’t go enough into the unexpected. Akwey supports Jake's choice, though before the group can continue debating, it is noticed that Jake's children are gone, with the exception of Neteyam. It was decided to relaunch the Avatar: The High Ground script in the form of a graphic novel that tells the story of the Na'vi between Avatar and Avatar: The Way of Water.Jake's team tries to blackmail the RDA by threatening destroy Hell's Gate and several other structures on Pandora that the RDA desire to reclaim. The good thing, is Neteyam is Neteyam, and once in the mission, he does as he was told (most of the time). Though Jake briefly attempts a treaty, he then goes onto say that the RDA would just break it again.

The ship carrying Jake, Neytiri and Neteyam descends back to Earth, with RDA ships chasing after them. It offers fighting scenes but does not really engage with the characters, which I would have enjoyed to read way more. Kiri later comes across Mo'at who tells her that change is a part of life and is what someone makes of it. Jake and Neytiri fly to Hell's Gate on their banshees to rescue the children with Neteyam following after them.I’m starting to think it would have been better if Jake and Neytiri didn’t tell her the truth in the first place. Volumes 2 and 3 were delayed a bit, with Dark Horse set to publish them on December 14, allowing some readers to finish the series before The Way of Water, with other retailers pushing them back to January 10, 2023. After a large battle in space, Jake and Neytiri manage to get away, though Ardmore refuses to give up and proceeds to follow.

Neteyam does not wish to remain at High Camp, instead wishing to fight, though Jake again declines the offer. Jake tries to motivate the humans, but Mary tells Jake that they're not guerilla fighters, that they don't have avatar bodies, that it is challenging to expect their children to grow up wearing masks their whole lives, and that re-integrating back into human society is tempting. Avatar High Ground takes you on a journey full of action and adventure again which we witnessed in the movie. However, the comic's art has been somewhat criticized because of its constantly changing art styles, leading to some thinking the art was rushed. Knowing this day would come, Jake has trained his Na'vi warriors with a plan that should make it too costly for the humans to try again.Kiri then meets up with Tuk and Lo'ak, and Kiri goes to pray at the Tree of Souls to beg Eywa for help. Some of the characters have strange/goofy expressions or do not resemble like their film counterparts very much.