Talk:Themes in Avatar

"... all the "human" roles in the film are played by white actors and all the Na'vi characters by African-American or Native American actors." This is all too obviously wrong, as the main Na'vi character is played by Zoe Saldana who is Hispanic and therefore white by US definition, in any case neither African-American nor Native American. What might be the best way to correct this? --KnightMove (talk) 07:44, 31 August 2012 (UTC)

Hmm, KnightMove, some tweaking is needed with regard to that entry, and with regard to the image caption on the subject...seen with these two edits between myself and Gabriel Yuji. For either aspect, we could add "With the exception of Zoe Saldana." So, for example, the image caption could state, "With the exception of Zoe Saldana, all the Na'vi characters were played by African-American or Native American actors, including C. C. H. Pounder and Laz Alonso."

As for Saldana's "race"/ethnicity, some editors on her Wikipedia talk page have cited her as being part or half African (not that anyone is fully black or white these days, according to scientists); but of course we need WP:Reliable sources for that information. Hispanic is not limited to a white categorization, though, including in the United States. Flyer22 (talk) 23:41, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

I'm skeptical this article is even notable, there are plenty of discussions by film theorists about the various "themes", but if someone were to create a similar article for Star Wars, it would be dismissed as WP:FANCRUFT... LenaLeonard (talk) 17:25, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

LenaLeonard, I fail to see how this article does not pass the WP:Notability standards. Flyer22 (talk) 23:46, 5 February 2014 (UTC)

Breitbart is still a RS for its own opinion of things like Avatar. So why was its opinion removed?-Obsidi (talk) 21:19, 4 October 2018 (UTC)

Opinions need to comply with WP:WEIGHT. Independent RS coverage would be needed to show that Breitbart's opinion is actually a significant viewpoint. –dlthewave ☎ 11:56, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

The reason it was removed said nothing about weight. It was removed for the lack of ability to be a RS for facts, but that wasn't what was happening at all.-Obsidi (talk) 13:57, 5 October 2018 (UTC)

Hi All, I was reading the Avatar (2009 film) page and realized that there was very limited information on Eywa. I looked through the archive and did not find much talk about adding more Eywa info, and searched the Themes in Avatar page also to not find much information about Eywa.

Does anyone else feel that having information about Eywa (as central to the plot) is important to this page, at least as a subsection? Or would this question be more suited for the Themes Talk page? I also saw that searching Eywa redirects to this page—would creating an Eywa page be appropriate? Or would adding Eywa information to Fictional universe of Avatar be better?

I can understand if people feel that too much information on Eywa makes (the) articles read more 'fan' oriented rather than encyclopedic, but I feel that Wikipedia would benefit from expanding on such a core part of the film.

Thanks!

_{This was posted to the Avatar (2009 film), Avatar (disambiguation), Fictional universe of Avatar, Themes in Avatar Talk pages} Vato Pato (talk) 07:24, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

I think before answering the question it would help to get a sense of how many reliable sources have specifically discussed Eywa and what they've had to say. I have significant doubts that there's enough to justify a standalone article. DonIago (talk) 15:47, 9 August 2025 (UTC)

@Vato Pato, @Doniago. This can now be located at Pandora (Avatar)#Eywa. These articles have had merges done in the last 12 months. 11WB 💬 19:27, 14 August 2026 (UTC)

That’s great to hear! Would it be worth making the redirect of Eywa go to Pandora (Avatar)#Eywa instead of going to Avatar (2009 film)?

Thank you for the update! Vato Pato (talk) 20:00, 14 August 2026 (UTC)

I had no idea there was a redirect. I would say yes to this. 11WB 💬 20:01, 14 August 2026 (UTC)

By the way, I don't know what sources or information you had planned for Eywa, but I encourage contributing to the Pandora section. Content from Fictional universe of Avatar was recently merged there. 11WB 💬 20:02, 14 August 2026 (UTC)

I fixed the redirect!

In terms of adding information to the Eywa section, I’ll work on it over the next few weeks. I’m currently on travel! Thanks for all your help! Vato Pato (talk) 20:14, 14 August 2026 (UTC)

Excellent! No problem at all, enjoy your travels! 11WB 💬 20:16, 14 August 2026 (UTC)