Marshall Lamm is a character affiliated with the Jungle Cruise inspired attraction, Na'vi River Journey. He is portrayed by actor Jon Landau. He is the in-universe creator of the Na'vi River Journey excursions.
History[]
Background[]
Marshall Lamm was a human colonist who lived for many years in the Valley of Mo'ara on the alien exo-moon of Pandora. Marshall had a wife named Julie and two children named Jamie and Jodie who stayed on Earth. Lamm often worked to try and unite the human and native Na'vi communities, even being the inventor of devices which could translate Na'vi into English.[1]
Due to this, Marshall would found the interstellar tourism company Alpha Centauri Expeditions while also serving on the board of the Pandora Conservation Initiative. Lamm had ACE work with the PCI and local Omaticaya Clan while also managing attractions for Earth tourists. Amongst these were a jungle cruise through the rainforests of the Kaspavan river which he created in partnership with the Shaman of Songs.
Development history[]
Throughout development of Pandora: The World of Avatar, Lamm's exact position changed with the story. It was originally planned for Pandora: The World of Avatar to be an in-universe recreation of Pandora in Disney's Animal Kingdom rather than the moon itself. In this story, Lamm would have arranged for the construction.[2]
Jungle Cruise appearances[]
Pandora: The World of Avatar[]
Sat'uli Canteen[]
There are letters in this canteen sent to his wife and the board-members of A.C.E.. Along with this are framed photographs of Lamm in his position as ACE founder. A letter to the board of ACE explains how they should turn the RDA base into their own outpost along with his pitch for Na'vi River Journey.[3]
In other media[]
Video-games[]
Pandora Rising[]
Marshall was mentioned in this game in the biography for Txopu.
Trivia[]
- In being the founder of ACE, Marshall's counterpart in the original Jungle Cruise is Dr. Albert Falls. As founder of the Jungle Cruise analogous attraction and current head of the company, he is counterpart to Alberta Falls.
- From his position as head of a prominent organization in a land of Disney's Animal Kingdom, Lamm also parallels Wilson Matua from Kilimanjaro Safaris and Dr. Helen Marsh from Dinosaur/Countdown to Extinction.
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