I’m sure there are many similarities that I’ve missed, but the fact is the DNA of the original Star Wars trilogy is very prominent in the original Halo trilogy. Here’s the bombastic end you loved in the original and missed in the sequel, but remixed – enjoy! A few star jumps later the adventure continues with a few skirmishes, some reveals, some betrayals and all ends with a cliffhanger.Īnd really, did no one look at the reconstructed Installation 04 (aka the rebuilt original Halo) in all its unfinished glory and not think it harkened back to the second Death Star in Return of the Jedi? Even the Halo 3 finale, the warthog run which is a re-enactment of the same scene in the original Halo, is done in the same vein as the attack on the second Death Star. The enemy empire attacks the heroes’ last bastion in the first act of the immediate sequel, with one of their prominent ruling figures leading the assault.