Halo=Wars Part 1

Halo=Wars Part 1, is the first imstalment in the three part film series 'The Halo=Wars Trilogy '. It is based on the 2010 video game 'Halo Reach', developed by Bungie and released by Microsoft Game Studios. The machinima was first released in November 2011, it was released to a wider audience in 2012.

Plot
The film starts off with a shot of a falcon flying across to Unit 111. The pilot of the plane is Private Brad Hicky. He meets up with his commanding officer, Major Sage Chilli. Chilli is suspisious of Hicky and calls up telecommunications officer, Corporal Pascifico. Later on Hicky sees an Elite and shots it in the leg. In order to find what it is, Chilli makes Hicky travel to a small island ofshore. There he meets Professor Rico Busselton (Buster) who later finds out that the elite's name is Wraph. Wraph tells the others about how he was shot 3 months ago by an unknown rouge, brown soldier. Chilli recognises the soldier as General Gerald. Chilli has a flashback that takes place fifteen years ago. He explains how he knew Gerald and went he went insane he supposibly killed him. Afterwards, Major Chilli goes to call the President of the UNSC who he tells about Gerald's reappereance. The film cuts to a short scene on a beach where the 'Green Trooper' and the 'Red Trooper ' find a bomb (most likley placed by Gerald) which explodes killing them both. Later on, Buster and Chilli figure out that they can find Gerald if they had the bullet in Wraph's leg. Buster changes into similar armour to Hicky's and sneekly removes the bullet. Later the pair are ambushed by Wraph who later forgives them after a speech by Chilli. The final scenes shows two guards (George and Mike) who are guarding Facility A. Then Geralds shows up and kills them both.

Reception
Halo=Wars Part 1 was released in November 2011, it recieved mostly positive reviews and grossed a total of 50 dollars AU.

Cast
CJ Jackson as Private Brad Hicky /Wraph/Mike

Mclean Jackson as Major Sage Chilli /Buster /Gerald

Justin Walsh as President Wilson

Daniel Beinat as Corporal Pascifico

Tom Boyer as Red Trooper/George

Ethan Doidge as Green Trooper

Trivia

 * Halo=Wars was orginally set in Halo 3.
 * The idea for Halo=Wars was thought up in January, 2010.
 * The orginal version was 20 minutes long.
 * The name of the series was orginally meant to be 'The Story of Unit 111 '.
 * There is a short segment in the film where Chilli walks through a teleporter into a Halo 3 map. This is the orginal setting for the machinima.