Three years after the 2008 finale of Avatar: The Last Airbender, a trailer for the sequel series The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra debuted at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con. Set seventy years after the original series’ finale, the new twenty-sex episode mini-series stars new Avatar, Korra, of the Southern Water Tribe. Though few story details have been released, the series will follow Korra as she attempts to learn airbending from Tenzin, the son of former Avatar Aang, and presumably stop, or at least fight with the Equalists, a new group harboring resentment against benders.

The new series, written entirely by original creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, features a new team of animators, giving the show a different, more anime-influenced look. Additionally, the creators report that the show will be a bit darker and more mature than the original series, and because it’s only a mini-series, all filler episodes will be omitted. The new city being featured in the clip is reportedly called United Republic and was canonically created by original series’ stars Aang and Zuko as a metropolitan center for people of all nations post-war. In an effort to not repeat elements of the original series, The Legend of Korra will be rooted in United Republic and will start with her already having mastered Earthbending, Firebending, and Waterbending. Also, take notice of the giant, swagged-out Aang statue depicted in the trailer.

Let’s discuss one thing though: The name. Originally this series was to be titled Avatar: The Legend of Korra, which still is not great, I don’t like the whole “Korra” part, but at least it’s got the word Avatar in there. This new one does not, and I swear, if the renaming has something to do with James Cameron, well, I’m not actually going to do anything but it’ll definitely be a bummer.

Look for The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra to premiere on Nickelodeon sometime in 2012.

- Elbows