The Avatar: Special Edition is a cinema re-release of Avatar containing fourteen additional scenes.
History[]
On August 27, 2010, the special edition of the film was released to theaters. It included an extra nine minutes of footage, and was only available in RealD 3D and IMAX 3D. Additionally, there was a second limited run of the special edition from September 16, 2011 to October 13, 2011 in Latin America and Asia Pacific exclusively.
Added Scenes[]
The following fourteen scenes and shots were added in the special edition:
| # | Title | Duration | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | Scene 39 "Herd" |
00:44 | Extended first flight over Pandora, with the team seeing a Sturmbeest herd. The animal was not featured in the original theatrical release. |
| 02 | Scenes 44-45 "The Schoolhouse" |
01:52 | Grace, Norm and Jake visit the Old School House to pick up supplies. While exploring the room, Jake notices a wall riddled with bullet holes, however when he asks Grace about it, she immediately avoids answering by changing the subject. |
| 03 | Scene 60 "Purple Moss" |
00:27 | Extended bioluminescent jungle scene, during Jake's first night on Pandora. |
| 04 | Scene 64 Alt 1 "I Don't Even Know Your Name" |
01:19 | The scene near the campfire is extended. Neytiri tells Jake her full name. |
| 05 | Scene 81J "What Does Hold Them Up?" |
00:49 | A scene is added after Jake, Grace, Trudy and Norm arrive at the remote base Site 26 in the Hallelujah Mountains. In this scene, it is explained why the mountains float. |
| 06 | Scenes 102, 105 "Extended Montage" |
01:29 | Expanded fan lizard scene. |
| 07 | Scene 112 "Neytiri's Flyby" |
00:37 | Expanded Iknimaya scene, with Neytiri flying past on Seze. |
| 08 | Scene 121 Alt 1 "Strumbeest Hunt" |
01:56 | A sturmbeest hunt after Jake learns to ride an ikran (Jake kills one of these creatures with his bow from atop his ikran). |
| 09 | Scene 151 "Extended Love Scene" |
01:53 | The mating scene is extended and shows Jake and Neytiri connecting their queues and the deep meaning that this act has for the Na'vi. |
| 10 | Scenes 174-176 "Drums of War" |
01:26 | Another added scene is inserted after the destruction of the Tree of Voices by RDA bulldozers. Tsu'tey leads a war party against the RDA. The Na'vi attack the bulldozers and kill the human escorts, leaving the equipment destroyed and burning. Even the soldiers in AMP suits are killed. This scene shows Lyle Wainfleet reporting the scene of the attack to the Operations Center, where Miles Quaritch and Parker Selfridge observe the aftermath. It serves as the decisive moment for the RDA to destroy the Hometree. |
| 11 | Scene 276 "Tsu'tey's Fall" |
00:47 | |
| 12 | Scene 282 "Strumbeest Attack" |
00:49 | Extended Hammerhead Titanothere attack scene during the battle. |
| 13 | Scene 332 "Extended Thanator Fight" |
00:20 | Extended combat between Quaritch, Jake and Neytiri. |
| 14 | Scene 348 "The Last Shadow" |
02:42 | A scene near the end of the film where a mortally wounded Tsu'tey assigns the clan's leadership to Jake and orders him to end his agony. Jake unwillingly does so, and recites a prayer for him. |
Trivia[]
- This version of the film was not sold separately as a stand-alone home video product titled i.e. Avatar: Special Edition. Instead, it was bundled alongside both the theatrical version and extended cut in the Avatar: Extended Collector's Edition and the Avatar: Collector's Edition.