History Series / Halo2022

* AdaptationalDiversity: While the expanded universe media became increasingly more diverse as time went on, the games themselves tended to have a limited supporting cast but generally leaned towards Caucasian characters with a few non-white characters like Sergeant Johnson and Jameson Locke. Here, several canon characters are given a RaceLift to non-Caucasian ethnicities like Jacob and Miranda Keyes, while there are several {{Canon Foreigner}}s like Kwan and the other members of Silver Team who are Asian and black.

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* AdaptationalDiversity: The games had a limited supporting cast but generally leaned towards Caucasian characters with a few black characters like Sargeant Johnson. Several canon characters are given a RaceLift to non-Caucasian ethnicities like Jacob and Miranda Keyes, while there are several {{Canon Foreigner}}s like Kwan and the other members of Silver Team who are Asian and black.

* AlternateContinuity: The official ''Halo'' website has [[https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/silver-debrief-a-new-beginning directly confirmed]] that the series does not take place in the same canon as the games and other ''Halo'' media, instead opting to use the original lore as a base on which to build a new narrative and universe, referred to officially as the "Silver Timeline". This is highlighted with Chief leading the eponymous Silver Team, an original Spartan team whose members don't exist in canonical ''Halo'' lore, rather than the canonical Blue Team.

* TheDreaded: Spartans are a revered group to the human insurrectionists, with even some of the old veterans claiming they can't be killed. But even when Covenant elites see them arrive they mutter "demon..."

* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified: The Insurrectionist Movement against the UNSC is shown in a ''far'' more positive light than in the source material, who were generally characterized as dangerous political extremists [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized responsible for the deaths of countless innocents]] and even [[VillainTeamUp allied themselves with the Covenant]] on several occasions. In the show, the Innies are humanized as generally harmonious blue-collar communities who were forced to take up arms after attempts to peacefully protest against the UNSC's increasing authoritarianism resulted in the cold-blooded assassinations of their leadership.

* UsedFuture: The colonists on Madrigal are shown with pick-up trucks and weapons that look near identical to modern vehicles and weapons. But this provides a significant contrast when Spartans arrive with PoweredArmor and sleeker futuristic weapons, and especially the sanitized, holographic environments at a UNSC complex on Reach.

''Halo'' is a live action sci-fi TV show based on [[Franchise/{{Halo}} the long-running video game franchise]] of the same name, produced by Creator/343Industries, Amblin Television, Showtime Networks, and Paramount Television Studios. It premiered on March 24th, 2022 as a Creator/ParamountPlus exclusive. The show takes place in a seperate continuity from the rest of the franchise, referred to internally as the "Silver Timeline."

It is the year 2552, and humanity is at war. Countless outer colonies are in open revolt against the United Earth Governments, and the United Nations Space Command has gone to brutal lengths to maintain order. Among these desperate actions is the deployment of the SPARTAN-II {{Super Soldier}}s against the insurrection - coldblooded, enigmatic killing machines that are widely regarded as unstoppable. Propaganda hails the [=SPARTANs=] as humanity's last line of defense against an alien menace known as the Covenant, but few in the colonies believe it.

Unfortunately, the threat is very real. When a refinery on the planet Madrigal comes under attack by the Covenant, decorated SPARTAN John-117 (Creator/PabloSchreiber) and his squad, Silver Team, are dispatched. Only one survivor is found - Kwan Ha (Yerin Ha), daughter of the local insurrection's leader. Silver team departs the planet with her in custody, along with a mysterious alien artifact discovered at a Covenant dig site nearby.

The mission is complicated, however, when John inadvertently activates the artifact, triggering the re-emergence of long-buried memories of his past. Questioning everything that he knows, John decides to go AWOL with Kwan in tow, desperately searching for answers - a search that will entangle him in a web of conspiracy and intrigue, and may hold the key to stopping the Covenant...

''Halo'' is a live action sci-fi TV show based on [[Franchise/{{Halo}} the long running video game franchise]] of the same name.

In the distant future, humanity is in an ongoing war with a genocidal alien empire known as the Covenant. While outmatched technologically, the United Nations Space Command has been able to hold their ground through desperate strategies and the use of {{Super Soldier}}s known as "Spartan-[=IIs=]". Recruited at a young age, the Spartans are trained to the highest standards, physically augmented into superhumans, and given the most advanced PoweredArmor available. The leader of the Spartan-[=IIs=], Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 (Creator/PabloSchreiber), has more than proven his commitment to protecting humanity at any cost, this time with the aid of his new VirtualSidekick Cortana (Creator/JenTaylor). However, the plans of both the UNSC and the Covenant are complicated with the discovery of something left behind by an ancient, supremely powerful alien civilization.

* ShoutOut: During Miranda Keyes' first scene, there's some background ADR calling Cmdr. Shepard to the Skyllian Response Center. The "Skyllian Blitz" was a military operation in the ''VideoGame/MassEffect'' franchise which is central to one of the possible [[BackStory backstories]] for PlayerCharacter Shepard.

* ShoutOut: During Miranda Keyes' first scene, there's some background ADR calling Cmdr. Shepard to the Skyllian Response Center. The "Skyllian Blitz" was a military operation in the ''VideoGame/MassEffect'' franchise which is central to the BackStory of PlayerCharacter Shepard.

* FirstPersonPerspective: The Spartans' HUDs are shown several times akin to their depiction in the FPS games.

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* AlternateContinuity: The series does not take place in the same canon as the games and other ''Halo'' media, instead opting to use the original lore as a base on which to build a new narrative and universe, referred to officially as the "[[https://www.halowaypoint.com/news/silver-debrief-a-new-beginning Silver Timeline]]". This is highlighted with Chief leading the eponymous Silver Team, an original Spartan team whose members don't exist in canonical ''Halo'' lore, rather than the canonical Blue Team.

%%No citation* AlternateContinuity: The series does not take place in the same canon as the games and other ''Halo'' media, instead opting to use the original lore as a base on which to build a new narrative and universe. This is highlighted with Chief leading Silver Team, an original Spartan team whose members don't exist in canonical ''Halo'' lore, rather than the canonical Blue Team.
%%No citation* ArtEvolution: Cortana is still a hologram but is portrayed as having fairly realistic human hair and skin tone with a blue-tinted body suit, rather than being entirely blue/purple.

* AlternateContinuity: The series does not take place in the same canon as the games and other ''Halo'' media, instead opting to use the original lore as a base on which to build a new narrative and universe. This is highlighted with Chief leading Silver Team, an original Spartan team whose members don't exist in canonical ''Halo'' lore, rather than the canonical Blue Team.
* ArtEvolution: Cortana is still a hologram but is portrayed as having fairly realistic human hair and skin tone with a blue-tinted body suit, rather than being entirely blue/purple.

* AlternateContinuity: The series is not officially in line with the canon of the games, opting to take heavy inspiration from the lore but construct a new narrative. This is highlighted with Chief leading Silver Team, an original Spartan team name with original members rather than the canonical Blue Team.

* ArtEvolution: Cortana is still a hologram but is portrayed as having fairly realistic human hair and skin tone with a blue-tinted body suit, rather than being entirely blue/purple.

In the distant future, humanity is in an ongoing war with a genocidal alien empire known as the Covenant. While outmatched technologically, the United Nations Space Command has been able to hold their ground through desperate strategies and the use of {{Super Soldier}}s known as "Spartan-[=IIs=]". Recruited at a young age, the Spartans are trained to the highest standards, physically augmented into superhumans, and given the most advanced PoweredArmor available. The leader of the Spartan-[=IIs=], Master Chief Petty Officer John-117 (Creator/PabloSchreiber), has more than proven his commitment to protecting humanity at any cost, this time with the aid of his new VirtualSidekick Cortana (performed by Creator/NataschaMcElhone, voiced by Creator/JenTaylor). However, the plans of both the UNSC and the Covenant are complicated with the discovery of something left behind by an ancient, supremely powerful alien civilization.

''Halo'' is a live action sci-fi TV show based on [[Franchise/{{Halo}} the long running video game franchise]].

In the distant future, humanity is in an ongoing war with a genocidal alien force known as The Covenant. While outmatched technologically, the United Nations Space Command has been able to hold their ground through desperate strategy and the use of {{Super Soldier}}s they call Spartans. Recruited at a young age, Spartans are trained to high standards and augmented to exceed beyond it with advanced PoweredArmor. The leader of the Spartans, Master Chief (Creator/PabloSchreiber), is committed to protecting humanity at any cost and is given a VirtualSidekick Cortana (performed by Creator/NataschaMcElhone, voiced by Creator/JenTaylor) to aid in that mission, but machinations from both the UNSC and the Covenant are complicated with the discovery of an ancient, supremely powerful alien civilization.