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Posted by: grey101
The covenant used purple as a color pattern thus any time we saw purple we thought of the covenant, there are also people (most people) that call any of said raves about of it "covenant" instead of their actual names. Thus by him saying "no covenant" he was saying that has a whole without going off an naming each race that was part of it. And we also know by the end of halo 3 that the covenant is disbanded; so the only meaning frankie could have for that is the single races of such "covenant".
So this rests upon the premise that he was using the term "Covenant" as a blanket term to describe all of the races due to everybody thinking in that mindset.
Anyone who has played the first trilogy would realize that the Covenant no longer exists as an organization, and also realizes that it is only the individual races that are left. It is intuitively obvious that the Covenant, and their signature purple, will not be returning as the principle enemies as the collective entity.
Therefore I think it is more likely that Frankie was relying on the minimum intellectual level of the audience to put forward the fact that the Covenant will not be returning as enemies when he used the term "No purple". Given that no one can see this quote anymore, the context will never be known. I find it more likely that he was implying that the Covenant will not be the main antagonists to the Master Chief in this trilogy than anything else.
Posted by: grey101
He then said "you won't need to understand the last trilogy to get this one" so even if the "no purple" were to be ignored (like some people are trying to) this line still stands. If any of the covenant races were to show up then that would be confusing for a new player and they wouldn't get how that ties in to the story being told (neither would i). NOw if they were to show up as an easter egg or something that is a ok. But we have clear confirmations that the "current" story will not be carried over.
If this is true, then this is the reason why Halo is becoming watered down to such measly standards, because nothing ever has to have any background or further depth that is essential to its understanding; nothing ever grows. I don't believe that quote's implications, as you present them, at all. Of course you will need to understand the previous trilogy in order to even fathom what this next one is about.
Who and what is Master Chief and Cortana, and what the hell are they doing floating out in deep Space?
Who are the Forerunners?
What is the Flood, and why is it so dangerous?
What is Halo?
Either we have to be re-told all of these things, which would be incredibly patronizing to the older fans, and waste time and space that could be used for other stuff to be included, or they will not bother and the trilogy will appear as bland and pointless as playing, lets say, Halo wars on its own without any knowledge of anything else in Halo. (Not saying Halo Wars is bad, but if that was the only Halo media you had played then it would be completely meaningless to you)
What I suppose that quote means is that this trilogy is the beginning of a whole new story arc. The last trilogy was about Halo, but now that is finished and we are onto something else now. You won't have to have played the last trilogy in order to connect with this new arc. A similar situation is with Stargate: You do not have to have actually watched seasons 1-8 in order to understand seasons 9 and 10, but the old factions from 1-8 did nevertheless appear.
Trimming off entire sub-stories from the previous trilogy would loose the interest of many fans that follow these stories principally, but gain none in return.
Posted by: grey101
2607- a monument to the chief is being built for his service to mankind, he is still MIA (and unless something un-heard of happens cortana is long "dead" by this point")
2610- The monument is completed and chief is still MIA
People do not have to be dead or missing in order for a monument to be built in their honour.
[Edited on 08.07.2011 2:17 PM PDT]