I’m interested in a lot of things that Halo 5 could potentially bring to the table. In order of least to most, I’d say I’m excited for Locke’s role, Master Chief’s interaction with Locke, Master Chief’s state without Cortana, and finally, how the Arbiter will sound when speaking his native language to other Elites.
I feel painfully curious about the latter-most because of how difficult it sounds to come up with a good voice for him that still sounds like Arby. I don’t want them to hire a different actor every time they’re gonna make him speak alien. The thing is, I trust 343i in that they won’t do that, and that they’ll come up with something really cool. The reason I’m “painfully curious” about this in particular is because I know 343i has done really cool additions to the Halo universe that I honestly thought was really contemporary and futuristic and basically realistic, but while also considerate of what has already been put in place by Bungie. In short, I’m really curious because I know 343i will come up with something cool, but I can’t possibly imagine what it will be.
And that information that was discovered a while ago, how the Didact’s involvement in Halo 5’s storyline was “confirmed”, despite the fact that he got disintegrated and subsequently died in Escalation. I was thinking, “well huh… I have no clue at all how he’s gonna have involvement in Halo 5, so let me think.” While not in completely accuracy, he’s been declared dead before, and in his absence he was replaced by another Didact, and he became a “good” Didact because he was given an imprint of the original Didact before he became corrupted by the Primordial.
That was what got me thinking. What if the Didact imprinted himself within Jul 'Mdama, in case his death were to actually occur. He’s in a familiar galaxy, but not at a familiar time. He hasn’t seen a real sun in thousands of years and has stayed awake since in complete meditation, so it would be safe to say he would make a “backup copy” of himself in case he were to be defeated somehow, which, considering his military expertise was quite likely considering his rather limited supply of resources. Thankfully he doesn’t need much since all of his soldiers are lifeless robots. Or rather, robots that lose their actual lives little by little, which sounds quite depressing if you think about it.
So my question to you all: what if Jul 'Mdama is the Didact?