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Avatar fans hoping to see Suki reunite with the Gaang in Avatar Aang: The Last Airbender<\/a> have finally found out why she was missing.<\/p>\n

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Via Paramount<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The long-awaited animated movie has had a pretty chaotic journey to release, from online leaks causing controversy<\/a> to the project moving away from a planned cinema launch and arriving straight on Paramount Plus instead.<\/p>\n

But even after finally being released, one question has continued to dominate discussions: Where was Suki? The Kyoshi Warrior was a fan favourite in the original animated series, making her absence from most of the movie a noticeable gap.<\/p>\n

Now, Avatar co-creator Michael Dante DiMartino has explained that Suki\u2019s exclusion wasn\u2019t because the team had forgotten about her. Instead, it came down to trying to fit a huge story into a limited runtime.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know fans are going to be upset. Suki\u2019s not in the movie,\u201d DiMartino told Variety.<\/a><\/p>\n

He revealed that the creative team had explored bringing her into the film but ultimately couldn\u2019t make it work without taking time away from the main characters.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe did try versions where Suki was in the movie,\u201d he explained. \u201cYou just have to make these decisions where it\u2019s like, we only have 85 minutes to tell the story. We were already having a hard time giving our beloved main characters their spotlight and enough screen time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Although Suki doesn\u2019t appear, DiMartino insisted that she and the Kyoshi Warriors still exist within the story\u2019s timeline and were simply dealing with their own mission elsewhere.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Kyoshi Warriors are out there!\u201d he said. \u201cThey were off saving somebody else while the events of this movie were going on. Doesn\u2019t mean they\u2019re not around. They have their own comic book series now, so they are busy ladies.\u201d<\/p>\n

Director Lauren Montgomery also hinted that people could have seen a very different version of the movie, revealing that earlier ideas included more moments for Suki, including a potential appearance during a parade in Republic City.<\/p>\n

For all the latest film and TV updates and hot takes, <\/span><\/i>like our Facebook page<\/span><\/i><\/a>.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

Featured image credit: Paramount<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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