In 2154, humans have depleted
Earth's natural resources, leading to a severe energy crisis. The
Resources Development Administration (RDA) mines a valuable mineral
called unobtanium on Pandora, a densely forested habitable moon orbiting
Polyphemus, a fictional gas giant in the Alpha Centauri star
system.[10] Pandora, whose atmosphere is poisonous to
humans, is inhabited by the Na'vi, a species of 10-foot-tall (3.0 m),
blue-skinned, sapient humanoids[37] that
live in harmony with nature and worship a mother goddess named Eywa.
To explore Pandora's
biosphere, scientists use Na'vi-human hybrids called "avatars",
operated by genetically matched humans. Jake Sully, a paraplegic former Marine,
replaces his deceased identical twin brother as an operator of one. Dr. Grace
Augustine, head of the Avatar Program, considers Sully an inadequate
replacement but accepts his assignment as a bodyguard. While escorting the
avatars of Grace and fellow scientist Dr. Norm Spellman, Jake's avatar is
attacked by a thanator and flees into the forest, where he is rescued
by Neytiri, a female Na'vi. Witnessing an auspicious sign, she takes him
to her clan. Neytiri's mother Mo'at, the clan's spiritual leader, orders her
daughter to initiate Jake into their society.
Colonel Miles Quaritch, head
of RDA's private security force, promises Jake that the company will
restore his legs if he gathers information about the Na'vi and the clan's
gathering place, a giant tree called Hometree,[38] which
stands above the richest deposit of unobtanium in the area. When Grace learns
of this, she transfers herself, Jake, and Norm to an outpost. Over the
following three months, Jake and Neytiri fall in love as Jake grows to
sympathize with the natives. After Jake is initiated into the tribe, he and
Neytiri choose each other as mates. Soon afterward, Jake reveals his change of
allegiance when he attempts to disable a bulldozer that threatens to destroy a
sacred Na'vi site. When Quaritch shows a video recording of Jake's attack on
the bulldozer to Administrator Parker Selfridge,[39] and
another in which Jake admits that the Na'vi will never abandon Hometree,
Selfridge orders Hometree destroyed.
Despite Grace's argument that
destroying Hometree could damage the biological neural network native
to Pandora, Selfridge gives Jake and Grace one hour to convince the Na'vi to
evacuate before commencing the attack. Jake confesses to the Na'vi that he was
a spy, and they take him and Grace captive. Quaritch's men destroy Hometree,
killing Neytiri's father (the clan chief) and many others. Mo'at frees Jake and
Grace, but they are detached from their avatars and imprisoned by Quaritch's
forces. Pilot Trudy Chacón, disgusted by Quaritch's brutality, frees Jake,
Grace, and Norm and airlifts them to Grace's outpost, but Grace is shot by
Quaritch during the escape.
To regain the Na'vi's trust, Jake
connects his mind to that of Toruk, a dragon-like predator feared and honored
by the Na'vi. Jake finds the refugees at the sacred Tree of Souls and
pleads with Mo'at to heal Grace. The clan attempts to transfer Grace from her
human body into her avatar with the aid of the Tree of Souls, but she dies
before the process can be completed. Supported by the new chief Tsu'tey, Jake
unites the clan and tells them to gather all of the clans to battle the RDA.
Quaritch organizes a preemptive strike against the Tree of Souls,
believing that its destruction will demoralize the natives. On the eve of
battle, Jake prays to Eywa, via a neural connection with the Tree of Souls, to
intercede on behalf of the Na'vi.
During the subsequent battle, the
Na'vi suffer heavy casualties, including Tsu'tey and Trudy, but are rescued
when Pandoran wildlife unexpectedly join the attack and overwhelm the
humans, which Neytiri interprets as Eywa's answer to Jake's prayer. Jake
destroys a makeshift bomber before it can reach the Tree of Souls; Quaritch,
wearing an AMP suit, escapes from his own damaged aircraft and later finds
and breaks open the avatar link unit containing Jake's human body, exposing it
to Pandora's poisonous atmosphere. Quaritch prepares to slit the throat of
Jake's avatar, but Neytiri kills Quaritch and saves Jake from suffocation,
seeing his human form for the first time.
With the exceptions of Jake, Norm, and a select few others, all humans are expelled from Pandora and sent back to Earth. Jake is permanently transferred into his avatar with the aid of the Tree of Souls.
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