EntertainmentNickelodeon 's "Avatar: The Last Airbender" is back in the spotlight this summer after the series became available in full on Netflix.- Nickelodeon recently livestreamed a behind-the-scenes feature about the show on
Twitch . - The broadcast included the show's pilot, which has previously only been available for cost, and it's currently available to watch on Nickelodeon's Twitch channel.
"Avatar: The Last Airbender" has come into renewed popularity this summer after the series — and its sequel, "The Legend of Korra" — became available on Netflix in the United States. One of Nickelodeon's most beloved cartoon series, "Avatar" was created by Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino and aired on the network from 2005 to 2008. Now, the series' original pilot is available to view on Nickelodeon's Twitch channel.
"Avatar" takes place in a world where humans have the ability to bend the elements, with the world divided into four nations: the Earth Kingdom, the Fire Nation, the Water Tribes, and the Air Nomads. Aang is the Avatar, blessed with the ability to bend all four elements but tasked with restoring balance to the world. Traveling with his friends Sokka and Katara as well as his flying bison Appa and winged lemur Momo, Aang spends the original series learning how to bend all four elements and preparing to stop the war that has ravaged the world for a hundred years.
The pilot, which has previously only been available for cost, aired during a behind-the-scenes livestream on Nickelodeon's Twitch channel, which featured content that dug into the martial arts disciplines that informed bending as well as some of the production behind the series itself. You can catch the pilot episode at minute 43 of the broadcast.
While the pilot episode doesn't translate perfectly to any one episode in the show itself, it features plenty of notable characters and elements that made it into the main series. While the biggest difference is Katara's name — she's called Kya, her mother's name, in the pilot — it's still the Team Avatar still facing off against Prince Zuko, Fire Nation soldiers, and sea serpents alike, with plenty of small details that ended up in the series scattered throughout.
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