Miles Quaritch

Miles Quaritch, also known as Blue One, is one of the major characters from the Avatar series.
== Charactah Account ==
Miles is the head of the RDA mining operation's security detail. Fiercely loyal to his military code, he has a profound disregard for Pandora's inhabitants that is evident in both his actions and his language.
Miles has been hardened by a tough military life. Despite that he has fought with honor, it is said that he has been "without ever really having a cause worth fighting for." This suggests that he was not alleged to any one nation or country on Earth, and that he realized humans fighting each other on Earth for resources was, ultimately, pointless and detrimental to humanity as a whole. On Pandora, he finally found a cause he finally believed in: the survival of the human race, which he feels far outweighs the livelihoods of the Na'vi. Miles, however, became influenced by the greed of his corporate employers such as Selfridge, manifesting in his strong desire to obtain unobtanium.
Miles was apathetic and callous towards the Na'vi due to their resistance against the RDA. He would refer to the Na'vi as aboriginals, savages, "dumb bastards" and also compared them to roaches. He actually had some faith in them, saying he bet they would be willing to evacuate Hometree. He told Parker that the evacuation of Hometree would be humane "more or less" with minimal casualties and they would use tear gas first. He was surprised when the Na'vi began to fire back with arrows, causing him to authorize destroying their Hometree using incendiaries despite that he knew there could be hundreds of Na'vi inside. The Hometree was set on fire and toppled, killing numerous Na'vi in the process. After it was over, he displayed no remorse and saw his actions as merely a mission and remained mostly indifferent about the destruction. He also seemed very concerned about the idea of race. When he fought Jake, he called him a race betrayer and when he was a Recom, he tried to claim he did not care about Spider being killed due to them being different species.
== Appearance ==
=== Comics ===
* Avatar
* Avatar: The High Ground
* Avatar: The Next Shadow
* Avatar: Tsu'tey's Path
=== Movies ===
* Avatar
* Avatar: The Way of Water
=== Video Games ===
* Avatar: Pandora Rising
* Avatar: The Mobile Game
* James Cameron's Avatar: The Game
== Trivia ==
* James Cameron envisioned Miles as being an extremely muscular character. According to Lang, "Jim wanted Miles to be massive. He said, 'Get as big as you can. Then get bigger." The reason Miles is not bigger in the final film is because Lang did not want to take steroids of any sort to get there (this should not be misconstrued as Cameron wanting Lang to take steroids, however.)
* Lang says that he does not really want to know people who like Miles or agree with him.
* Colonel Miles is a minor supporting character in the Avatar: Tsu'tey's Path comic, first appearing during the destruction of Hometree. He also appears briefly in Jake's dream sequence during Avatar: The Next Shadow, as well as an opening flashback of the final battle in Avatar: The High Ground.
* The name Miles means "soldier" in Latin.
* In the original script, Miles held the same position and had the same name, but there were some additional scenes with his participation, in particular, during the battle at the Well of Souls, he shot down one of the leonopteryxes with a missile. Additionally, during the battle on the ground, Jake finished off Miles in a different way: he himself untied the AMP's cockpit and pulled Miles out, after which he let him escape, until he was devoured by a pack of viperwolves.
* In a non-final version of the script, Miles is more profane, asking Jake if he's found some "local pussy" instead of "local tail" and he tells Grace to shut her "fucking hole" (mouth) which was changed to "shut your pie hole".
* During Miles' speech in Avatar, it can be seen that the window behind him strongly resembles the flag of the USA which is potential symbolism through environmental storytelling.
* Miles' Recom does not seem to wear any underwear.
* According to Stephen Lang, Selfridge is the one who asked Miles to participate in the Project Phoenix, saying it is company policy.
* The scene in Avatar: The Way of Water in which Recom Miles discovers his human corpse and eventually crushes its skull was suggested by Stephen Lang. James Cameron liked the idea and added the scene to the script.
* Miles' awakening in his Recom body shares some parallels to Jake Sully's awakening as an avatar.
** Both had a very excited awakening in their new bodies, though Quaritch's was more violent compared to Jake. In both of these scenarios, doctors attempted to sedate them but did not succeed.
** Both were astonished from examining their new forms and quickly adapted to them as well.
* Michael Biehn, who is a frequent collaborator of James Cameron, was considered for the role of Miles and even watched some 3D test footage with Cameron. After Sigourney Weaver was cast as Grace Augustine, Cameron rejected him for the role, for fear of audiences drawing Aliens comparisons.
* In October 2013, James Cameron confirmed that Miles would return in the sequels.
* Multiple interviews with Stephen Lang suggest that Miles will be a part of all five films.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Miles Quaritch at Avatar Wiki
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