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Posted by: a watts
that said, it would have been nice if it was in fact harvest, and the spirit of fire does in fact survive. (mainly because that is plenty opening for a Halo 4)
Except the Spirit of Fire (which does survive, but cannot get back quickly without its FTL drive) was not at Harvest, but some other location (the Shield World) at the end of Halo Wars.
On topic, I think this idea is very plausible. However, the planet shown in the Legendary ending, while it was ambiguous enough to point towards Reach, is also very clearly not Reach. (Cortana having been there once, would know where they were - thus it wouldn't take "years" to get a distress signal out. Reach is fairly close to Earth in terms of spatial distances.) I find it likely that the cutscene is PURPOSELY ambiguous, so as to leave plenty of room for the story to be extended by 343 Industries in "Halo 4".
Also, the cutscene in Halo 2 revealed some of the themes involved in Halo 3. I think that is what the point is. To reveal some of the ideas behind the game. Halo 1 revealed that in the future Elites and Humans might get along. Halo 2 revealed the idea that Cortana would be lost to the Gravemind. Halo 3 revealed the idea the MC and Cortana are LOST IN SPACE. Where they are might not necessarily turn out to mean that much. For example, what if they get found by the UNSC in Halo 4 and are immediately taken someplace else to perform a mission. They might never even land on the planet.