In the film Avatar, humans mine Pandora for the valuable mineral unobtanium.
Pandora is a fictional moon in James Cameron’s 2009 science-fiction film. It orbits the gas giant Polyphemus in the Alpha Centauri star system and is home to the Na’vi, a tall blue humanoid species whose culture is closely connected with the moon’s living environment.
The human mining operation seeks unobtanium, a rare material with extraordinary economic value. Conflict follows when the operation threatens the Na’vi community and the natural world around the Hometree. The film’s title does not refer directly to the Greek myth, but the name Pandora evokes a mysterious world whose exploration reveals both riches and danger.
Pandora is often mistakenly called a planet. In Avatar’s fictional astronomy, it is specifically a moon orbiting Polyphemus.