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Adam Blevins

Perri Nemiroff

Published Jun 25, 2026, 11:34 AM EDT

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Netflix has released plenty of ambitious projects at the halfway point of 2026, but fans had to wait until today to check out one of the most exciting shows of the entire year. After more than a two-year hiatus, Netflix finally brought back the live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender series for Season 2, which will adapt the second season of the beloved animated series, Earth. The first season of the fantasy series followed Aang as he made new friends on his way to finding a waterbending teacher at the Northern Water Tribe. In Season 2, the Aang gang will venture to Earth Kingdom territories such as Ba Sing Se with Toph, Aang’s new Earthbending teacher, as he sets out to learn the most challenging element for any airbending Avatar.

Netflix renewed *Avatar: The Last Airbender *for Seasons 2 and 3, which were shot back-to-back — this will allow for a much shorter gap between the second and third seasons than the first and second seasons. It’s still unclear at this time when Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 3 will be released, but all signs point to it coming out sometime in 2027, possibly even in Q1 or Q2. In Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 3, Aang learns his final element, firebending, as he prepares to face Fire Lord Ozai and put an end to the world’s war with the Fire Nation.

Collider’s Perri Nemiroff recently caught up with Avatar: The Last Airbender star Dallas Liu, who plays Zuko in the live-action adaptation, for an interview for Collider Forces. When asked if there was anything special about Season 3 that would have surprised him to know while filming the first season, he reluctantly praised himself, saying, “I don’t say this often, but** I feel really proud of my work in the first couple of episodes of Season 3**. I think that’s something I’m willing to be excited about, to see how it comes out after all the revisions and editing. That one I feel good about.”

Your answers point to the iconic universe your values, your instincts, and your particular way of seeing the world were built for. This is where you would find your people — and your purpose.

You believe in the cause — in the idea that freedom is worth fighting for even when the odds are impossible and the empire is vast.

You understand, in the deepest part of yourself, that the journey matters as much as the destination — and that the world’s beauty is worth protecting even at great cost.

You believe that love, loyalty, and doing what’s right are not naive sentiments — they are the most powerful forces in any world, magical or otherwise.

You see the world clearly — its power structures, its hypocrisies, its brutal arithmetic — and you are not paralysed by that clarity. You use it.

You believe the future is worth building — that curiosity, cooperation, and the expansion of understanding are not just ideals but the most practical path forward for any civilisation.

One of the most iconic moments from the final season of Avatar: The Last Airbender is the signature Agni Kai duel between Zuko and Azula. The duo is at odds the entire final season, and all of their conflict comes to a head in one of the most satisfying and beautiful final battles — live-action or animated — in media history.

Liu continued in his conversation with Nemiroff, promising that the final episode of Season 3 would not only feature the famous Agni Kai duel, but it will deliver everything fans want to see, and more: “Also, the final episode of Season 3. It is so special. It is so unbelievably special. I don’t think this is a spoiler — it’s in the cartoon — Agni Kai. Agni Kai of Season 3, in the cartoon, is so good, and I think that the performances we get to see in Season 3 are chef’s kiss.”

Check out the first two seasons of *Avatar: The Last Airbender *on Netflix and stay tuned to Collider for more updates and coverage of Season 3.

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