It has been nearly two months since the finale of the third and final season of Avatar: The Last Airbender has aired.  Since then, Avatar fans haven't stopped clamoring for a fourth book from its makers, Michael DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko.  While there is still no confirmation that a fourth book (presumably and logically to be “air”) is in the offing, the people behind the popular series have at least gave Avatar fans something to look forward to: the Avatar movie to be released next year.

Meanwhile, Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Complete Book 3 Collection lands in the shelves of your favorite DVD stores today.  The five-disc package will include the 21 episodes of the season, plus several special features such as Inside Sozin's Comet: Exclusive Four-Part Audio Commentary by Creators, The Women of Avatar: The Last Airbender, Book 3 Finale Pencil Test Animation, and Into the Fire Nation at San Diego Comic-Con.

Of particular interest on the DVD set is the featurette called The Women of Avatar: The Last Airbender.  The sarcastic and witty earth-bender Toph was given particular notice in this section.

“She's independent, telling everyone what to do ‘cause she knows how to do it.  She's funny, she's powerful,  She has these witty one-liners, like, 'what the heck are you doing?' then snap back with some sarcastic remarks,” offers Jessie Flower, who did the voice of Toph on the Nickelodeon series.

In fact, according to the creators, while they were sure that there is going to be an earth-bender who would be joining the group and teaching Aang and that this character will be a primary one, they had no idea that it's going to be a girl.  “The head writer was adamant that Toph was going to be a girl, and she turned out to be one of my favorite characters,” Konietzko said.

So relive Aang and his friends come face to face with the fire lord on Avatar: The Last Airbender: The Complete Book 3 Collection.  As a special treat, the DVD set comes with a free Avatar comic book until supplies last.


-Glenn L. Diaz, BuddyTV Staff Columnist
Source: Movieweb, Starpulse
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