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|ShortSummary= After a fierce battle, as Ozai pushes Aang into a rock, Aang releases the seventh chakra and enters the Avatar state. With the power of all of his previous lives, Aang overwhelms Ozai. Although Ozai is subdued, Aang refuses to kill him. Aang realizes what the lion-turtle said, and uses energybending to strip Ozai of his firebending powers, instead of killing him. This effectively ends Ozai's ability to wage war again. Additionally, the Order of the White Lotus manage to liberate Ba Sing Se, and Katara manages to defeat Azula and heal Zuko. During his coronation, Zuko, as well as Aang, promises to aid the world in reconstruction. In the final scene, Aang is seen relaxing with his friends in Ba Sing Se.
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Book 3: Fire
Season 3
The cover for "The Complete Book 3 Collection" DVD
No. of episodes21
Release
Original networkNickelodeon
Original releaseSeptember 21, 2007 –
July 19, 2008
Season chronology
← Previous
Book 2: Earth
List of episodes

Season Three of Avatar: The Last Airbender, an animated television series, began airing September 21, 2007 on Nickelodeon and ended on July 19, 2008, after a total of twenty-one episodes aired. The season was created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, and starred Zach Tyler Eisen, Mae Whitman, Jack DeSena, Jessie Flower, Dante Basco, and Grey DeLisle as character voices. This third and final season focused on Aang, the main protagonist, mastering Firebending in order to defeat the tyrannical Fire Lord.

The season begins with the group traveling through the Fire Nation. In the tenth and eleventh episodes, Aang gathers friends he met in previous seasons and leads a failed invasion attempt into the Fire Nation. Afterwards, prior antagonist and anti-hero Zuko decides to change sides and join Aang, providing as his Firebending teacher until the season finale, when Aang finally defeats the Fire Lord and brings peace amongst the world.

The final season featured twenty-one episodes, as opposed to the twenty episodes contained within each of the previous two seasons. The season finale consisted of the four episodes airing together as a two-hour television movie. Season three received a similar positive critical reception to that of the previous seasons. The extended time length of the series was due to a strike by the Writers' Guild of America.

The season released four DVD volumes, with a complete box set to follow.[1] Each of the four volume DVDs consisted of one disc and five episodes (with the exception of volume four, which had six episodes) and the boxed set will consist of all twenty-one episodes on five discs.[1]

Production

The season was produced by, and aired on, Nickelodeon.[2] The show's executive producers and co-creators were Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, who worked alongside episode director and co-producer Aaron Ehasz.[2][3] The majority of the individual episodes were directed by Ethan Spaulding, Joaquim Dos Santos and Giancarlo Volpe.[2] The episodes were written, or co-written, by a team of writers: Aaron Ehasz, Elizabeth Welch Ehasz, Tim Hedrick, John O'Bryan, and others.[4] All of the show's music was composed by "The Track Team", which consists of Jeremy Zuckerman and Benjamin Wynn,[2] who were hired because the former was a roommate of co-creator Bryan Konietzko.[5]

All of the protagonists from season 2 remained the same, with Aang, Katara, Sokka, and Toph voiced by Zach Tyler Eisen, Mae Whitman, Jack DeSena, and Jessie Flower, respectively.[4] After the voice actor Mako died during the production of season two, Iroh was voiced by Greg Baldwin. Zuko, who is voiced by Dante Basco, joins the Avatar during the episode "The Western Air Temple." This leaves Azula, who is voiced by Grey DeLisle, as the main antagonist.[2] Mark Hamill joins the cast to voice Fire Lord Ozai, who, while having a major role in the plot, has previously only been shown playing minor roles in the series.[4]

Reception

As with previous seasons, the critical reception was generally positive. Jamie S. Rich from DVD Talk says, "In addition to the solid writing, Avatar the Last Airbender also has amazing animation. The character designs, with its roots in classic Asian folklore, are colorful and inventive, and the overall animation is smooth and consistently executed."[6] While Jodie Houser of Firefox News says of two-part episode "The Day of Black Sun", "The only major disappointment in the episodes was Iroh’s jailbreak... All we got was 'He was like a one-man army!'"[7] As for the third season in its entirety, Jamie S. Rich says in another review, "This final season in the trilogy is turning out to be the best... At this point in the story, major things are happening, with the characters going through changes and the various plot elements coming together. Thankfully, the show creators never rest, and the quality control is top-notch. The writing is smart, and the animation always impressive".[8]

Episodes

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DVD Releases

The DVDs contain five episodes in four volumes, with a boxed set following. The first DVD was released on October 30, 2007, and the complete boxed set is scheduled for release on September 16, 2008.[9] They are released by Paramount Home Entertainment. Each of the individual Season Three DVDs also comes complete with an exclusive comic book.[10] The Complete Book 3 Collection DVD will include the following DVD extras: Inside Sozin's Comet: Exclusive Four-Part 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.[11]

Volume
Released Discs Episodes
1 30 October 2007 1 5
2 22 January 2008 1 5
3 6 May 2008 1 5
4 29 July 2008 1 6
Box Set 16 September 2008 5 21
Information obtained from TVShowsOnDVD.com on 09 August 2008. [1]

References

General
  • "Season 3". Avatar: The Last Airbender. IGN. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
Specific
  1. ^ a b "The Avatar: The Last Airbender Series". TVShowsOnDVD.com. Retrieved 2008-06-05.
  2. ^ a b c d e Fries, Laura (2005-02-21). "Avatar: The Last Airbender Review". Variety TV. Reed-Elsevier Inc. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
  3. ^ DiMartino, Michael Dante; Konietzko, Bryan (2005-08-29). "Interview with "Avatar" Program Creators — Page 3" (Transcript) (Interview). Interviewed by Aaron H. Bynum. Retrieved 2008-05-29. {{cite interview}}: Unknown parameter |program= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |subjectlink2= ignored (|subject-link2= suggested) (help)
  4. ^ a b c "Avatar: The Last Airbender". Hollywood.com. Hollywood Media Corporation. Retrieved 2008-05-30.
  5. ^ DiMartino, Michael Dante; Konietzko, Bryan (2005-08-29). "Interview with "Avatar" Program Creators — Page 4" (Transcript) (Interview). Interviewed by Aaron H. Bynum. Retrieved 2008-05-29. {{cite interview}}: Unknown parameter |program= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |subjectlink2= ignored (|subject-link2= suggested) (help)
  6. ^ Rich, Jamie S. (2008-01-22). "Avatar The Last Airbender - Book 3: Fire, Vol. 2". DVDTalk.com. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
  7. ^ Houser, Jodie (2007-12-02). "Review - Avatar: The Last Airbender - "The Day of Black Sun" Parts I & II". Firefox News. p. 1. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
  8. ^ Rich, Jamie S. (2008-05-06). "Avatar the Last Airbender - Book 3: Fire, Vol. 3". DVDTalk.com. Retrieved 2008-07-21.
  9. ^ "Avatar: The Last Airbender Search". Amazon.com, Inc. Retrieved 2008-06-05.
  10. ^ "new dvd mini comics!". LiveJournal. 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2008-07-21. {{cite web}}: |first= missing |last= (help)
  11. ^ "Avatar: The Last Airbender - Special Features for Complete Book 3 Collection (DVD)". TVOnMedia.com. Retrieved 2008-08-03.
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