First I must say a HUGE thanks to 343 for making this possible. Finally a live action show that is much more than just a commercial or a small clip. Spoilers abound in this review, not just for the show, but for Halo 4 as well. You’ve been warned.

Today marks the day when history is made in the Halo franchise. It’s the premiere of the long awaited mini-series, “Forward Unto Dawn.” The story of Thomas Lasky and the beginning of the war between humans and the Covenant.

Tom Lasky is a pivotal character. Not just in this mini-series, but also in Halo 4 where he will be the executive officer of the UNSC Infinity. The following is the first part in my six part review of “Forward Unto Dawn” episode one.

The episode starts out with this shot of the severely damaged Forward Unto Dawn ship. You can see it’s designation as FFG-201.

Inside the ship in the cryo bay with ice particles floating about. This seen just looks cold and foreboding.

A shot of what I believe to be the Forward Unto Dawn’s alert system showing multiple breaches on what’s left of it’s hull.

Catastrophic loss, crew capacity 782 (hmm I didn’t know it carried that many people), crew survivin 1. Now who could that be? LOL

Master Chief of course.

I love the detail on the helmet, especially the hex pattern in the visor.

The Forward Unto Dawn at a distance (right middle) lost in space.

The pic says it all.

A display screen, but who is looking at it and from where? Take note of these graphics. A fantastic job of looking futuristic yet recognizable.

It’s Commander Lasky aboard the UNSC Infinity. He’s listening to an SOS call from the Forward Unto Dawn. It’s Cortana making the plea.

Upon hearing the call designation of “Sierra one one seven” Lasky starts to contemplate.

He’s heard that designation before.

He seems not only concerned but maybe a little resentful?

Lasky starts into his retrospective of events from 20 odd years ago…

This is the intro scene for the series. Whether or not it repeats in future episodes remains to be seen. It does however set up nicely the story which is about to unfold. We can see from these pics that there is a history between Lasky and Master Chief. Is it good or bad? Does he resent Chief or is he concerned? What does finding the distress signal mean for the UNSC and for him personally, knowing the Master Chief is aboard?

Part 2 in my review: Lasky’s failure.