{"id":27422,"date":"2022-12-19T15:54:35","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T14:54:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1754234"},"modified":"2022-12-19T18:13:07","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T17:13:07","slug":"avatar-2-ending-explained-how-does-the-way-of-water-set-up-next-sequel","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/avatar-2-ending-explained-how-does-the-way-of-water-set-up-next-sequel\/","title":{"rendered":"Avatar 2 ending explained: How does The Way of Water set up next sequel?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Patrick Cremona\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Monday, 19 December 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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13 years after James Cameron\u2019s record-breaking movie Avatar first sprung onto the big screen, its sequel is finally upon us.<\/span><\/p>\n

Titled <\/span>Avatar: The Way of Water<\/span><\/a>, the sequel <\/span>reintroduces fans to Jake (Sam Worthington), Neytiri (Zoe Salda\u00f1a) and the rest of the tribe 15 years after the events of Avatar, as well as introducing fans to a whole new tribe, the water-dwelling Metkayina.<\/span><\/p>\n

Of course, being the sequel to the highest-grossing film of all time comes with a certain amount of pressure, but <\/span>early reactions<\/span><\/a> to the new film have largely been very positive, with critics especially impressed by the stunning visuals.<\/span><\/p>\n

Crucially, The Way of Water is only really the start of Cameron\u2019s plans, with <\/span>a further sequel currently scheduled for release in December 2024, and plans for another two films<\/a> to follow in 2026 and 2028 respectively.<\/span><\/p>\n

So, how does The Way of Water<\/a> set up the next film? Read on to find out everything you need to now about the ending,<\/span>\u00a0in addition to some answers to other key questions about the latest instalment \u2013 such as how Sigourney Weaver was able to return despite her character\u2019s death in the first film.<\/p>\n

And be warned \u2013 there are major spoilers<\/strong> for Avatar: The Way of Water ahead.<\/p>

Avatar 2 ending explained<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The film begins with the news that the sky people, made up of recombinant Quaritch and his army, are back on Pandora with a dual mission. On the one hand, they want to make the moon a new home for humans \u2013 what with Earth dying and all \u2013 but in order to do so they first need to t<\/span>rack down and kill the leader of the Na\u2019vi insurgency, Jake Sully.<\/span><\/p>\n

During an early battle with the Omatikaya clan \u2013 of which Jake is now the leader \u2013 Quaritch and his men take the human child Spider (who unbeknownst to him at this stage is actually his own son) captive and begin to destroy large swathes of the forest that they call home.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Realising that he is the target, Jake and Neytiri make the tough decision that it is best for the Sullys to flee their homeland and seek safe haven in the distant atolls of Pandora, and so they travel to the home of Metkayina clan, where they are taken in despite initially being viewed with suspicion.<\/p>\n

Here, they are shown \u201cthe way of the water\u201d, which involves a whole host of customs and traditions, including knowledge of the clan\u2019s <\/span>spiritual relationship with the tulkun, a species of sentient whale-like creatures that can grow to be 300-feet long.<\/p>\n

One of Jake and Neytiri\u2019s children, Lo\u2019ak, strikes up an especially close bond with a tulkun named Payakan due to their shared status as outcasts, with Payakan being labelled a killer by the Metkayina clan, even though Lo\u2019ak thinks he is simply misunderstood.<\/p>\n

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While the Sully kids are being shown the way of the water by the Metkayina clan, they are taken to the Spirit Tree, where Kiri is able to have a brief conversation with her mother. However when she asks who her father is something very odd happens, and she seems to have some sort of seizure. Although this is put down to epilepsy by medical experts, it seems to be something a little more significant.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Anyway, Quaritch<\/span> has been continuing his attempts to hunt down Jake and has teamed up with a captain called Mick Scoresby who is hunting the tulkun so he can extract a very valuable substance that apparently stops humans from ageing. Together they terrorise a nearby island and kill the clan\u2019s tulkun in a bid to force Jake to come to the rescue and give away his location.<\/p>\n

With Quaritch moving ever closer to Jake\u2019s whereabouts, Ronal discovers that her tulkun has been killed \u2013 but the Metkayina clan are reluctant to heed the Sullys advice that they should get their own tulkuns as far away as possible in order to save them.<\/p>\n

Lo\u2019ak goes to warn Payakan of the impending threat and his siblings follow him, after which they have an argument and end up coming under attack from Quaritch and his men. There follows a big underwater chase during which the kids are captured \u2013 and this finally prompts Jake to go after them and confront his enemy, which in turn leads to another big fight.<\/p>\n

Amongst all this, Kiri and Tuk \u2013 the youngest Sully child \u2013 are held captive by Quaritch while the remaining children team up to finally save Spider, although tragically Neteyam dies in the process.<\/p>\n

Jake and Spider arrive to retrieve the kidnapped kids on Mick\u2019s ship, and another big fight ensues during which Neytiri \u2013 spurred on by the anger about losing her son \u2013 is in especially merciless form, killing several of Quaritch\u2019s men.<\/p>\n

As Jake arrives, Quaritch holds a knife to Kiri\u2019s throat in an attempt to get him to back down, but in return, Neytiri does the same to Spider \u2013 although Quaritch claims not to care as he is \u201cnot even the same species\u201d as his son.<\/p>\n

However, when Neytiri then cuts Spider in the chest, Quaritch appears to back down and everyone else runs off while Jake and Quaritch finally fight hand to hand. Amongst the ensuing havoc, Tuk is carried away by a current on the now flooding ship, and Neytiri and Kiri pursue her.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

By the fight\u2019s conclusion, Quaritch appears to be drowning and Jake also finds himself struggling to survive \u2013 but both are helped by their respective sons, Spider and Lo\u2019ak, and are eventually each saved.<\/p>\n