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Season 2 of Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender retools Zuko’s backstory by skipping the Azulon murder plot and showing Ursa attempting to flee the palace with Zuko and Azula, revealing her hostility toward Ozai and shifting the family drama to a darker, more cohesive arc; it leaves Ursa’s fate for Season 3, a direction enabled by the absence of veto from the original creators.
Shigeru Miyamoto says Nintendo plans to largely follow the Peach backstory introduced in The Super Mario Galaxy Movie for future games, noting he hadn’t fixed a canon before the film and now aims to expand on it within gameplay constraints.
Overwatch players have identified Moira as the character with the most evil backstory in the game. Despite her seemingly innocuous name, Moira is known for her unethical experiments on animals and humans, and her actions have even affected other characters like Reaper. Other nominees for the title of most evil character included Roadhog, who engaged in explosive crimes in Australia.
Bethesda has published a detailed history spanning nearly 300 years leading up to the setting of their upcoming game, Starfield. The backstory reveals the arrival of humans on Mars, the colonization of new star systems, the emergence of factions, and galactic conflicts. The game is set to release on September 6th for Xbox Series X|S and PC.
Fans of the hit series The Boys are eager for spinoff ideas, with Black Noir emerging as a top contender. Known for his mystery and deadly combat skills, a prequel spinoff focusing on Black Noir's backstory would allow fans to delve into his past and continue the show's trend of subverting expectations. While other characters like Lamplighter, Translucent, and Stormfront also generated excitement, fans hope for a Black Noir spinoff alongside the upcoming Gen V premiere.
Director Justin Simien explains why he expanded the backstories of William Gracey and Jared Leto's Hatbox Ghost in Disney's new Haunted Mansion movie. The film provides a fleshed-out backstory for these fan-favorite characters, exploring their personal lore beyond what is seen in the ride. The plot follows a widower and paranormal tour guide who teams up with a group of supernatural sleuths to banish ghosts from a Louisiana estate. The movie reveals that Gracey, the prior owner of the mansion, was deceived by a dark spirit and committed suicide, while Hatbox Ghost is the spirit of a man seeking to collect 1,000 souls for his freedom. Simien wanted to parallel their experiences with the protagonist's journey and provide a deeper connection to the ride's lore.
James Gunn confirms that Rocket's love for prosthetic limbs is a reminder of his friends from his tragic backstory, including Lylla the otter, Floor the bunny, and Teefs the Walrus, who were all victims of the High Evolutionary's twisted experiments. This adds another painful dynamic to the MCU's most brutal origin story to date.