Avatar The Way of Water The Visual Dictionary

by Ben Procter

Dive into the depths of Avatar: The Way of Water with this definitive guide.

Created in close collaboration with James Cameron's Lightstorm Entertainment and written by experts who worked on the film, this authoritative book is packed with stunning exclusive details. This must-have visual guide showcases the characters, creatures, vehicles, weapons, and locations from the latest adventure in Pandora.

Meet the next generation of Jake Sully and Neytiri's family, including the mysterious Kiri and the heroic Neteyam, and their brave new allies among the Metkayina clan. Discover the majestic tulkun, speedy skimwings, and the other fauna and flora of Pandora's oceans. Examine the latest fearsome RDA vehicles and the specialist recom troops under Colonel Quaritch's command. Uncover the inner-workings of Bridehead City and the sacred Cove of the Ancestors.

With a foreword by Sigourney Weaver, Avatar: The Way of Water: The Visual Dictionary is the perfect gift for Avatar fans of all ages.

© 2022 20th Century Studios.

Genres: Science Fiction, Media Tie In

128 pages, Hardcover

Published December 16, 2022

About the author

Ben Hamill Procter was a historian at Texas Christian University, where he retired as the Cecil and Ida Green Emeritus Chair in the History Department. He served as president of the Texas State Historical Association from 1979 until 1980. Prior to becoming a history professor he played football with the Los Angeles Rams.

Reviews

[Violet · Rating 5 out of 5]

JAKE SULLY IS SO FINEEE

[Megan · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a very interesting book if you want to learn more about everything on Pandora in the second film. There are lots of interesting facts. However, I personally didn't enjoy how much of the book was about the RDA and their operations. Some of it was interesting to read but other parts just didn't feel necessary to include.

[Lexi · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a great book for people who write for things like fanfiction or are interested in the extended information about the universe. Great refrence material and gorgeous pictures! Well worth it!

[Saish · Rating 4 out of 5]

I wanna be saved

[Ester · Rating 4 out of 5]

4,5 ⭐
Està molt bé i he flipat amb tanta informació. Et dona moltes dades sobre la segona pel·lícula de "Avatar: el sentido del agua". Et parla de la familia Sully, el clan Metkayina, les persones, la fauna i flora oceànica, les seves costums, el menjar, les contruccions... El que m'ha sobrat una mica ha sigut l'explicació de tanta tecnologia, la RDA, la maquinària i l'armament dels humans.

[Luna Balaić · Rating 5 out of 5]

I gave it five stars ,five stars definitely i like it so much ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[Amelia · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought it would be an easy 5 stars. And it would’ve been, if it wasn’t for the excessive information about the RDA. Some of it was interesting but I seriously don’t need a description of every gun and stuff. It just unnecessarily kept going on. It included some in-depth info about the Na’vi but I just wish they had given us more!

[Kt · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was so good, I fell in love with the pages about the individual characters and their jewelry!! Everything has so much meaning

[Brooke · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lo’ak 🤭🤭🤭🤭🤭

[Hadeel · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you're as obsessed with Avatar as I am, this one's for you.

[Vi_strife · Rating 3 out of 5]

Está chulo pero demasiaaaaaada parte de armas y equipo de los humanos, yo quería mas plantitas y cosas bonitas jajaja

[Hermione Black · Rating 5 out of 5]

Come dizionario è praticamente inutile ma ciò non toglie che sia affascinante stupendo e necessario per fare un tuffo rapido nel mondo di Avatar 2 anche senza avere il film a disposizione. È più per gli affezionati ma tutti potrebbero trovarlo interessante. La parte che ho preferito è stata l’introduzione da parte di Sigourney Weaver che ha puntualizzato come si tratta di “Science Fact” e non “Science Fiction”. Infatti Avatar è potente grazie alla credibilità di tutto quello che ci mostra sullo schermo. Sigourney scrive: “Jim mostra la sua immaginazione e la sua creatività sempre.
Questa è stata la parte del libro che ho preferito perché esprime tutto quello che emerge dal film ovvero puntualizzare l’enorme quantità di lavoro che c’è dietro non è solo una storia inventata ma è un mondo costruito con una storia al suo interno.

Questo dizionario visuale ci da una visione d’insieme di Pandora con le popolazioni gli invasori e anche i personaggi principali.

Si parte dalla presentazione di tutti i membri della famiglia Sully ognuno con i suoi oggetti e i suoi dati.

Poi ci si focalizza sul clan Omaticaya, il campo, il bio lab, le tende, cibo, ogetti e anche le schede di Spider e Norm.

La terza parte è quella relativa all’RDA, ovvero i nemici invasori. Ci si focalizza sull’invasione e sulla futura colonia la città “Testa di Ponte” con il suo centro operativo, la fabbrica, le attrezzature e i droidi. Ci sono le,schede del generale, del capitano assassino di Tulkun e del dottor Ian.

La quarta parte è quella relativa al programma Recom e vengono presentati i marine ricombinanti con enfasi sul colonnello e il caporale e una visione d’insieme sulla squadra fatta di ricombinanti che hanno 20 anni ovvero l’età di quando sono stati formati in laboratorio, ancora all’epoca del primo film.

La quinta parte analizza i veicoli RDA che sono soprattutto marini per l’estrazione delle risorse ovvero la caccia ai Tulkun (la parte più straziante del film). Ci sono anche un paio di velivoli militari.

La sesta parte è dedicata ai Metcayna e al loro ambiente. Il villaggio si trova su atolli a 483 km a nord-est della foresta degli Omaticaya. Mi è piaciuta la nota che indica che ci sono volute alla famiglia Sully otto ore di volo con gli ikram per raggiungerli dalla foresta con tre ore di riposo.
Vengono analizzati la composizione del villaggio, il cibo, le canoe, l’albero degli spiriti e la relazione dei Metcayna con l’oceano. Viene presentata poi con le relative schede la famiglia del capo ovvero l’Oloeyktan Toniwari, la Tshaik Ronal e i loro figli Tsireya e Aonung.


La settima e ultima parte è dedicata all’oceano e oltre ai più famosi ilu e tulkun ci sono anche anemoni e coralli, le mante che aiutano i Navi a respirare sott’acqua e altri pesci.

Dunque per concludere è una sciccheria, uno sfizio che ci si può togliere ma che essenzialmente non svela altri segreti che sa solo Cameron.

L’unica pecca è solo il fatto che non l’hanno tradotto, un piccolo sforzo che l’avrebbe reso perfetto, dopotutto ho visto il film in italiano e sono in Italia.
E comunque non sto pretendendo niente di straordinario, questo format di libri, il dizionario illustrato, non è certo stato inventato per Avatar. Venti anni fa li comprai di Star Wars episodio 1, 2 e 3 erano tutti tradotti in italiano. Addirittura all’epoca ne facevano due, uno generico e uno dei veicoli, tutti tradotti. I dizionari illustrati sono stati fatti anche recentemente per gli ultimi episodi di Star Wars (7, 8 e 9) ma hanno deciso di non tradurli. Secondo me non ha senso. Peccato!

[Olivia (to infinity & books) · Rating 5 out of 5]

5/5 stars ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

If you love Avatar and an enthusiast like me then you will have a great time with the visual dictionary👍🏻💙. This gives you a detailed look at the characters and their belongings, from clothing to their weapons. To the RDA and their machinery and to the ocean and the sea creatures. It’s all very fascinating and you learn more about the world of Pandora and how it works ✌🏻.

I’ve loved this franchise since 2009, so maybe I’m biased but it’s 5 stars from me due to how much the book offers you. There are many little details in here that you wouldn’t have known before 😌.

It also makes me excited even further due to it being 2025 and the year for Fire and Ash!! I’m so hyped for the 3rd movie and I can’t wait to escape to Pandora again 💙

[Megan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a great book. If your looking for a book that goes over many things that were talked about in the movie then you got the right book. My only complaints about this book is that it really didn't go over the Metkayina Clan. There were many pages on the RDA and the Omatikaya Clan which were well done and informational. I just really was hoping to find out more on the Metkayina Clan. As they are a new clan introduced in the new movie, I was expecting more. Other than that though its a great book to read if you want to know more on the Avatar World

[Summer Stark · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book! I loved the movie and I loved all the details and extra information in this book. The ONLY thing I wish was that it focused a little less on the RDA, and focused more content on some of the creatures that weren't shown in here.

[Broke Person · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH, LO'AK I SLAYING ALSO TSIREYA'S PAGE IS BEUTIFULL ALSO I LOVED THE OMATIKAYAN TOYS AND TUKS PAGE ALSO! I TOTALLY RECOMEND TO READ THIS IF YOU LIKE PANDORA WORLD! (I READ IT IN 3 HOURS XD)

[Whimmy · Rating 5 out of 5]

Big Jim sends his regards

[Rachel ✧ · Rating 4 out of 5]

im counting this bye

[Charlotte · Rating 5 out of 5]

too much about the bad sky people in here

[marissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

someone saying they didn’t give this five stars because their was too much information is so funny my brother in christ that is the entire point

[Ellie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun book that provides more in-depth details as the movies have been released.

Worth the read if you enjoy the movies.

[Halle · Rating 5 out of 5]

skipped the entire RDA section x

[C-Widefield · Rating 4 out of 5]

A lot better than the visual dictionary about the first Avatar film. More illustrations, crisper images and I liked the indepth information about the new characters. However, I felt like there was too much of the RDA in this one.

[L'Abri des Pages · Rating 5 out of 5]

Having loved going to see the film at the cinema and suffering, like so many others, from post-avatar depression syndrome, when I knew that two illustrated books had been released, I went to buy them. As a family. So I’m not the only one who benefits from them, and we both struggle to recover. At first, the film is splendid, a visual slap as we expected for a long time.

This encyclopedia/dictionary gives a lot of details about everything we see in the film, up to the Na'vi’s food, the fabrics and jewelry they wear, etc. Some elements, especially on the RDA (Resources Development Administration), had not interested me more than that, weapons, warplanes, robots, all that, not a fan. But I admit that all the explanations provided are fascinating. These last ones demonstrate once again the depth of the universe and the work of titan carried out.

A beautiful illustrated book for any fan of the film, wanting to have more details about the birth of this masterpiece. From creation to production. I’ll do a podcast and a YouTube video, I think.

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[Robin · Rating 3 out of 5]

this is another dk book like the world of avatar: a visual exploration, but covering the second movie. it feels like there was proportionately a lot more about the rda & recoms than there was about the rda in the first one, but that could just be a cognitive bias on my part because that is (shockingly) the part i’m the least interested in.

there is definitely a lot less about geography in this one, though, and that’s a shame because i think that oceanography rules and i was really excited for some fictional oceanography because i’m a fucking nerd, but alas.

this is still a great overall concept for a book, and the execution is for the most part pretty fantastic. i just found myself overall less entranced by it than i was by its predecessor.

[C.R. Eede · Rating 5 out of 5]

As a lover of the film, I had to purchase the book, and I was not disappointed. It offered a deeper insight into the world of Pandora, the Sky People, and the Metakyina clan. I'd thoroughly recommend if you're as much of a fan as I am!

[Juan Bauty · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fabulosa guía visual con todos los personajes de la película, sus hábitats, escenarios, vehículos, armas, accesorios, fauna y flora. Una maravilla imprescindible para fans de la (ahora) saga Avatar.

[Ella Rose]

AMAZING I LOVE LOVE LOVED THE MOVIE SO I UTIMTLY REASD ALL OF THE FAN GIRL STUFF GREAT LITTLE SNEACK PEEKS AT THE CUTRLE OF THE NA'VI

[Owner529 · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love the movie that I had to give it a 5 star rating

[Grace Skinner · Rating 4 out of 5]

I hate the RDA.