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Subject: Truth about Halo 3 Legendary Ending Revealed!

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I know it's kind of late now that Halo 3 has been out for almost 3 years. But anyways, after seeing the latest Halo: Reach trailer (Battle Begins), I'm 95% sure that the planet at the end of Halo 3 is in fact Reach. At the beginning of the Halo: Reach trailer, you see some nebula, and then you fly through that nebula to see the planet Reach. Well at the Halo 3 Legendary Ending, you also see a similar nebula. In fact, both planets are surrounded by nebula.

Take a look at this video of the Halo 3 Legendary Ending:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPOwtdatMWM&feature=relate d

If you pause at exactly 0:30, you can see a little bit of the surface of the planet. You can see that there is a giant circle on the planet that could possibly be a crater of some sort. In the Halo: Reach trailer, the planet at the beginning also has a giant crater that's roughly the same size as the circular object on the planet in Halo 3.

Now as for why the planet in Halo 3 looks like it has night lights or city lights, well there are two possible explanations for that. The first is that the covenant glassed reach so the surface being "glassed" would be a bit more reflective around the edges of objects and as the sun was rising, its light was being reflected off the edge of the crater and other terrain on the planet. The second explanation is that those lights were really night lights/city lights. If that's true and that planet really is Reach, then it would mean Master Chief time traveled to the past. The time travel theory isn't as bizarre as it sounds. We know that Master Chief's ship was travelling through a portal at the end of Halo 3. It wasn't whether only half the ship made it through when it collapsed, or only half the ship made it out before it collapsed. Now we know that the Halo at the Ark was fired since it was too far out of the galaxy to trigger the other Halo rings. If Master Chief was anywhere close to the Halo ring when it fired, he wouldn't have survived. Clearly he did survive. That suggests that Master Chief's ship did completely go into the portal. Therefore, the portal would've collapsed while his end of the ship was still inside. What effect that would have is beyond me. But because wormholes literally bend the fabric of space and time, send Master Chief back in time through the collapsed portal isn't really outlandish.

  • 08.08.2010 2:42 PM PDT
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So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.

-Gandalf

Or it can be an unknown planet that's not even in the story. Remember that's the year 2553 and everyone now lives in different solar systems.

  • 08.08.2010 2:52 PM PDT

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Posted by: Decimator Omega
Or it can be an unknown planet that's not even in the story. Remember that's the year 2553 and everyone now lives in different solar systems.


Exactly which is why it's likely that planet is Reach.

  • 08.08.2010 3:26 PM PDT
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Wasn't Reach dystroyed though? Or maybe it was just a speculation after the Covenant attacked?

  • 08.08.2010 3:27 PM PDT

You have one great point. Gets you thinking doesn't it.

  • 08.08.2010 3:35 PM PDT

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Posted by: MattCr
Wasn't Reach dystroyed though? Or maybe it was just a speculation after the Covenant attacked?


It technically wasn't destroyed. It was "glassed". I mentioned that in my original post. Whatever was left of the surface is literally glass. Which is why I said that the city lights/night lights on that mystery planet in Halo 3 could have been reflections from the glass.

  • 08.08.2010 3:49 PM PDT

Well I have my own theory of this, you have a really good point and it would make sense. But since The Ark was made by the forerunners, wouldn't it make more sense if the most closest planet to The Ark was the home planet of the forerunners and they tried giving you a clue in the mini episode in Halo Legends Origins
here is a link to the specific spot im talking about(not my video or account just link to prove my point):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi8-ACsTxKE
now stop the video in either 1:50 or 1:51

now, my own theory is that the Chiefs piece of ship could be drifting towards the forerunners old planet and they will continue the story and give more background of the forerunners story and continue on from there. Now just give me feed back on if you think my theory could be possible(not correct since no one really knows)

  • 08.08.2010 4:12 PM PDT

..... Testicles, that is all.

Or it could be mars or reach or any other celestial body in the universe it what you make up until 343's mastercheif game comes out : )

  • 08.08.2010 4:31 PM PDT

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I'm pretty sure they didn't generally glass the whole planet. Remember, they went there looking for an artifact hidden underground.
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Posted by: MattCr
Wasn't Reach dystroyed though? Or maybe it was just a speculation after the Covenant attacked?


It technically wasn't destroyed. It was "glassed". I mentioned that in my original post. Whatever was left of the surface is literally glass. Which is why I said that the city lights/night lights on that mystery planet in Halo 3 could have been reflections from the glass.

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Posted by: CastawayRunFast
Well I have my own theory of this, you have a really good point and it would make sense. But since The Ark was made by the forerunners, wouldn't it make more sense if the most closest planet to The Ark was the home planet of the forerunners and they tried giving you a clue in the mini episode in Halo Legends Origins
here is a link to the specific spot im talking about(not my video or account just link to prove my point):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xi8-ACsTxKE
now stop the video in either 1:50 or 1:51

now, my own theory is that the Chiefs piece of ship could be drifting towards the forerunners old planet and they will continue the story and give more background of the forerunners story and continue on from there. Now just give me feed back on if you think my theory could be possible(not correct since no one really knows)


Well the thing is, Chief's ship most likely did enter the portal, all of it. But only half of the ship exited the portal. The rest of the ship was still in the portal when it collapsed. So most likely they would've been far from the Ark, otherwise the Halo ring would've killed master chief. Also, the Ark was built outside of the galaxy. The forunner homeworld would probably not be outside of the galaxy.

Plus, as I recall, the forunner homeworld was overun by the flood according to Halo Legends. There probably wasn't much left. Also, even if that was the forunner homeworld, the surface of the planet should not be recognizable anymore after millions of years. There shouldn't be any city lights. In fact, most of their structures would be consumed by nature again. It would most likely be a giant forest planet after millions of years because no one was around to maintain the planet.

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Posted by: ToastyGluvs
I'm pretty sure they didn't generally glass the whole planet. Remember, they went there looking for an artifact hidden underground.
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Posted by: MattCr
Wasn't Reach dystroyed though? Or maybe it was just a speculation after the Covenant attacked?


It technically wasn't destroyed. It was "glassed". I mentioned that in my original post. Whatever was left of the surface is literally glass. Which is why I said that the city lights/night lights on that mystery planet in Halo 3 could have been reflections from the glass.


The entire planet was glassed except for a single forunner structure on the planet.

  • 08.08.2010 5:07 PM PDT

ITS DONE AND OVER SO STOP TALKING ALREADY

yes but its also possible he was sent forward in time to the point at which the ending of halo reach happens like 30yrs into the future they return to the planet and it clearly wasnt glassed anymore

[Edited on 09.24.2010 6:23 PM PDT]

  • 09.24.2010 6:23 PM PDT
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Posted by: SNIPER915
yes but its also possible he was sent forward in time to the point at which the ending of halo reach happens like 30yrs into the future they return to the planet and it clearly wasnt glassed anymore

Dude, Reach happened before Halo: Combat Evolved.

  • 09.24.2010 6:43 PM PDT

ITS DONE AND OVER SO STOP TALKING ALREADY

dude there is a cutscene from reach after the game is over that is 30yrs after the ark is destroyed they return to reach and no it isnt glassed anymore watch the complete ending of reach dude after the credits

  • 09.24.2010 7:43 PM PDT

Hi

Posted by: SNIPER915
yes but its also possible he was sent forward in time to the point at which the ending of halo reach happens like 30yrs into the future they return to the planet and it clearly wasnt glassed anymore
This is possible...


We'll have to wait for 343 to answer that...
I still hope its Onyx tho'...

  • 09.24.2010 7:46 PM PDT

BrAdLeY

Very well written, I think you're on to something here, And i see what you mean at 00:30 you do see a planet much simular to reach, And you also see chief in his pyro-tube at the second from last mission on Halo:Reach if you keep tapping ur analog right during a cutscene, Which could indicate, Chief could have time travelled back and landed in reach before Halo 1.

  • 09.25.2010 1:15 AM PDT

BrAdLeY

Hmm, This is gonna be hard to figure out.

  • 09.25.2010 1:43 AM PDT

So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us...

One flaw that I see, Cortanna tells you that your in uncharted space. With Reach second only to Earth in importance im pretty sure that they knew where it was.

  • 09.25.2010 9:44 AM PDT

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Time looping. How illogical! Although, that WOULD be intense.

  • 09.25.2010 9:45 AM PDT

Did anyone else notice that when the planet comes into view the floods theme starts to play?

  • 09.25.2010 9:58 AM PDT

I beg to disagree, the flood is DEAD.

*pun intended*

  • 09.25.2010 5:49 PM PDT
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just like harvest (was it arcadia?), the humans returned to reach soon after its glassing

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