In the film, audiences are introduced to a war-happy tribe of Na'vi called the Mangkwan, led by the aggressive and villainous Varang (Oona Chaplin). About halfway through the movie, Varang manages to kidnap Colonel Quaritch (Stephen Lang), the wicked human antagonist of the "Avatar" movies, who (thanks to a technological twist) now lives in a Na'vi body. The "Fire and Ash" FX technicians, specifically Weta's Eric Saindon and animation lead Dan Barrett, talked about the sequence in Fordham's book, and how the details of the characters' bonding was the film's best sequence full of tiny details you might not have noticed.
Author: staff@slashfilm.com (Witney Seibold)
Published at: 2026-02-07 19:30:00
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