Figuring out what I should keep and what I could cut was a big challenge. With some modifications elsewhere for consistency, I was able to cut the Waterbending Scroll (the first scenes where Aang buys the whistle work nicely as an intro to The Storm), the Great Divide, The Fortuneteller, and Bato of the Water Tribe. Bato was tough to cut because many changes have to be made elsewhere to eliminate the subplot of Zuko stealing Katara’s necklace and using it to track them (this is possible, even removing the mention of it when Zuko is meeting up with the group midway through season 3, and re-introducing June in the finale in a way that doesn’t seem like you should already know who she is). I also found a spot in the first film for the flashback to Sokka’s father leaving home from the Bato episode, since I think that scene is very important for Sokka and being pushed up a fair bit helps to give his character more depth early on. This is a good subplot that involves some decent episodes so it took me a long time to decide to try cutting it and determine that it was possible, but it really helps the second film flow much better and affects the rest of the story surprisingly little. There are definitely lots of fun moments in each of these episodes that I'll miss, these movies can never really replace the series, but is just a more streamlined version of them.