And so that was a decision that the story really made.

And so John’s on the journey with us."

You really need to know your character so that kind of break down the barrier between them.

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And so the character is created in a very vague and opaque way, a man of few words.

He’s essentially a symbol for all of us.

He’s a symbol for bravery, for courage, for effectiveness under extraordinarily difficult circumstances.

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His dry sense of humor in tough times.

So those elements, the symbolic elements of the character, were sacred and had to be there.

The Halo series is set in a different timeline than the rest of the franchise.

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Above all, that means the events won’t contradict any existing continuity.

Halo debuts Thursday on Paramount+.

Thankfully, it does, though.

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What the team behind the show has created is an interesting new way of exploring the Halo franchise.

It stands on its own, away from the games, but it’s only stronger for it."

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