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I don’t know what to say… But I don’t think they’ll get into a fight/confrontation between John and the Didact in a comic. Probably flashback?
“Falcon-PUNCH!”
…Hmm very cool… Thanks for sharing.
In terms of the re-emergence of the Shadow-Didact(Shadow-Of-Sundered-Star AKA the Ur-Didact)… he should NOT make a return in the comic… although a great comic, one… if not… the best halo comic to date; It just wouldn’t be right for such an iconic character to revive… especially for those just playing the games, and not the reading the extended-lore.
The Didact is in-turn the Master Chief rival… his most potent foe and the connections between them is both emotional, physical, spiritual even… it really shakes the foundations of good character building. So NO the Didact should be mentioned… or flash back memories… even a debrief mention… but leave his disappearance ambiguous… remember questions are what makes the mystery.
This makes a lot of sense, he couldn’t have possibly died. The short description supports the cover: “In the days following the events of Halo 4, the Master Chief faced one of his greatest challenges.”
A more physical fight as seen on the cover would explain the Chief’s damaged armor.
Its highly unlikely that such a big character like the didact will make his return to the halo series in the escalation comics. Although there could be a small chance that it could happen, take the forerunner saga as an example. If my memory is correct the Didacts first appearance was in those books so you might be right but I think 343i would save the Didacts return for the games.
> Its highly unlikely that such a big character like the didact will make his return to the halo series in the escalation comics.
We’ve already seen the return of the Spirit of Fire, what makes the return of the Ur-Didact any less likely?
> > Its highly unlikely that such a big character like the didact will make his return to the halo series in the escalation comics.
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> We’ve already seen the return of the Spirit of Fire, what makes the return of the Ur-Didact any less likely?
Yep… 
I haven’t gotten Escalation because at first I thought, “I’ve got enough stuff, and probably isn’t crucial to Halo 5…” I was wrong. It now seems that if you want to understand the storyline of these upcoming Halo titles, you best grab all the Escalation you can get your hands on…
You win, 343! I give up! I’ll buy at least the Master Chief story arc!
> We’ve already seen the return of the Spirit of Fire, what makes the return of the Ur-Didact any less likely?
We can’t compare the main villain in Halo 4 to the characters in a Halo RTS, and if they do bring the Didact back in it will be in Halo 5 where the majority of the Halo audience will get to see it and understand it, not in the comics.
> > Its highly unlikely that such a big character like the didact will make his return to the halo series in the escalation comics.
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> We’ve already seen the return of the Spirit of Fire, what makes the return of the Ur-Didact any less likely?
I see your point but how much of an impact has the spirit of fire made to the halo universe. Its very little compared to the Ur-Didact.
> > Its highly unlikely that such a big character like the didact will make his return to the halo series in the escalation comics.
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> We’ve already seen the return of the Spirit of Fire, what makes the return of the Ur-Didact any less likely?
We haven’t, though. As far as we know the Spirit of Fire is still lost in space. The last issue of Escalation revealed that it was all a trick, an ambush prepared to lead the Infinity after the Spirit of Fire, but there ship isn’t there, just a massive laser beam generator that begins attacking the Infinity. I think the description of Escalation 6 was meant to not spoil the preceding issues (it came out long before issue 4 was out)- if they would have said “the Spirit of Fire was actually a trick” it would spoil issue 5’s twist ending.
We may yet see the ship in issue 6, but there is now no evidence that it was even found.
> …Hmm very cool… Thanks for sharing.
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> In terms of the re-emergence of the Shadow-Didact(Shadow-Of-Sundered-Star AKA the Ur-Didact)… he should NOT make a return in the comic… although a great comic, one… if not… the best halo comic to date; It just wouldn’t be right for such an iconic character to revive… especially for those just playing the games, and not the reading the extended-lore.
personally im abit behind on my reading but would you say its possible for it to be iso diadact (bornstellar) ?
the cover would then make sense in a flash back kind of way as in ‘didnt i kill you already’ then flash backs to the fight he had with ur didact?
Just a bit of warning, I’m not sure if Dark Horse or 343 Industries has properly announced the cover, so this may end up as a leak. As far as the Didact returning in the comic, it may very well be a flashback for Chief.
> Just a bit of warning, I’m not sure if Dark Horse or 343 Industries has properly announced the cover, so this may end up as a leak. As far as the Didact returning in the comic, it may very well be a flashback for Chief.
When did the Didact ever punch the Chief? He just used his powers to squeeze the living daylights out of Chief, I don’t think the Didact ever physically made contact. Just an observation.
Hmmm… maybe when the Didact shakes Chief off after the grenade was planted? But then Cortana’s ‘lassos’ would be on him…
Perplexing. O.o
> > Just a bit of warning, I’m not sure if Dark Horse or 343 Industries has properly announced the cover, so this may end up as a leak. As far as the Didact returning in the comic, it may very well be a flashback for Chief.
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> When did the Didact ever punch the Chief? He just used his powers to squeeze the living daylights out of Chief, I don’t think the Didact ever physically made contact. Just an observation.
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> Hmmm… maybe when the Didact shakes Chief off after the grenade was planted? But then Cortana’s ‘lassos’ would be on him…
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> Perplexing. O.o
The covers may thematically reflect what is going on in the issue, in the same way I don’t remember Lasky being grabbed and firing a pistol into in Elite in Escalation either.
> > > Just a bit of warning, I’m not sure if Dark Horse or 343 Industries has properly announced the cover, so this may end up as a leak. As far as the Didact returning in the comic, it may very well be a flashback for Chief.
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> > When did the Didact ever punch the Chief? He just used his powers to squeeze the living daylights out of Chief, I don’t think the Didact ever physically made contact. Just an observation.
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> > Hmmm… maybe when the Didact shakes Chief off after the grenade was planted? But then Cortana’s ‘lassos’ would be on him…
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> > Perplexing. O.o
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> The covers may thematically reflect what is going on in the issue, in the same way I don’t remember Lasky being grabbed and firing a pistol into in Elite in Escalation either.
I can’t argue with that. Good point.
However… IF the Didact returns in the issue, and IF he socks Chief like that, and IF Escalation leads right up to where Halo 5 starts up… it could explain the damage on Chief’s helmet in the trailer.
But there’s numerous ways that could have happened, and the trailer’s just a teaser. Carry on.
Would it make much sense to include the Didact in the COVER of an issue if you aren’t even going to include him in it?
Sure, the cover and the story don’t have to perfectly line up, but in the end, the cover’s going to be a “visual summary” of what’s inside.
Thorne never flew a Broadsword in Escalation Issue 4 and wasn’t chased by Vultures, but there sure as hell were Vultures and Broadswords in the story. Lasky may have never been grabbed by an Elite in Escalation Issue 2, but he was caught in the middle of an entire battle against Covenant Remnant troops.
Also, if anyone thinks that it’s illogical to reintroduce a character such as the Didact outside of the game, they should consider the fact that the Didact was introduced and fleshed outside of the games as well.
Should this not be in the Escalations(spoilers) section under Halo universe. Just saying seems to be the topic there at the moment.
> Also, if anyone thinks that it’s illogical to reintroduce a character such as the Didact outside of the game, they should consider the fact that the Didact was introduced and fleshed outside of the games as well.
You’re point being? All that ended up doing was confuse people who were not so familiar with Halo Lore, I doubt 343 would make the same mistake again.
And besides, if 343 did decide to bring him back I doubt they would put it in the comic as it may ruin the surprise for others as outlets such as IGN would most likely mention it in their news coverage of the game.
> > Also, if anyone thinks that it’s illogical to reintroduce a character such as the Didact outside of the game, they should consider the fact that the Didact was introduced and fleshed outside of the games as well.
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> You’re point being? All that ended up doing was confuse people who were not so familiar with Halo Lore, I doubt 343 would make the same mistake again.
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> And besides, if 343 did decide to bring him back I doubt they would put it in the comic as it may ruin the surprise for others as outlets such as IGN would most likely mention it in their news coverage of the game.
Well we know Arby is back, so we can expect to see him perhaps? They might as well show Didact too. People already had suspicions after Arby appeared in comics. Nothing will obviously be confirmed in the game to happen though…