Halo TV show trailer includes a 2001 Chevy Tahoe among the sci-fi war

Master Chief finally streaming. You can watch the video here. HaloAccording to the trailer, Paramount Plus will air the TV series on March 24, according to Sunday’s release. There is genuinely a lot going on in the two-minute look at the series, as we get our first look at “humanity’s best weapon” (aka Master Chief and the Spartans), along with the gear that the super-soldiers use to save the world.

There’s a lot we might have taken for granted — the Pelicans, the trusty Warthogs in their various models. It turns out that these future vehicles also include a 2001 Chevy Truck, which can be seen in the trailer at certain points. This is especially evident during an episode where Master Chief is brutalizing a muscular-looking Elite. The fact has been highlighted by Redditors, leading to heated discussion.

Shows can take obvious liberties with the original material. Of course they are created by humans who have real cars and may use them as props. But it’s amusing to imagine TheThe Chevy Tahoe is a car of choice in an era of advanced alien technology, with 500 years to go.

It HaloThe TV Series will Lax follow events of the games, in what 343 Industries calls the “Silver timeline.” Judging by the trailer, a lot is changed; there are multiple Spartans alive in roughly the time period of the first game, and Master Chief apparently discovered the Halo ring, rather than just encountering it.

Over the years, Halo canon has been expanded, as the Halo book series continued to carve out the universe, adding depth and flavor to Master Chief’s lonely, yet alien-filled life. I think the Chevy Tahoe of 2001 may be my favorite. It isIs this the future car? It makes some kind of sense when you think about Halo’s long-running attachment to the assault rifle. The aliens get different weapons — well obviously, because they’re aliens — but even futuristic super-soldiers seem to rely on a more or less familiar weapon. (It’s also possible the car is part of a flashback, or an older part of the storyline, which would make more sense.)

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To add to this theory, the 2001 Chevy isn’t the only piece of seemingly old equipment hanging out in the trailer. The trailer’s very first scene shows a man using an AK-47, which appears to have been semi-modern. This definitely suggests that either we’re going back in time at some point in this series, it’s set in a different year than the games, or that these people are using centuries old technology. This could be the solution.

In Halo’s main timeline, the Spartans weren’t created to fight the Covenant, at least not originally. They were originally created to combat a bunch of space rebels who were always at war with UNSC. These rebels were cut off from the more advanced technology of the rest of the human race, which means it’s at least somewhat possible that they could be using technology that’s a little closer to ours than the rest of the UNSC. Also, this would mean Master Chief and Spartans are attacking the start of the game. This paints the hero Halo-star in an even more negative light than any games have ever done. Perhaps more practically, it’s also just pretty hard to imagine a 2001 Chevy Tahoe lasting 500 years. But, who knows: maybe that’s all the rebels can make.

Here’s the vehicle, from an aerial view:

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I have much to think about after watching this trailer. I, for one, am hoping to get some validation on those truly canon parts of Master Chief’s whole deal — such as the fact he, in all likelihood, stinks to high heavens due to wearing the Mjolnir armor for days straight. He also pees there.