: This reminds me of an idea I had a while back. You know what would be a great
: way to introduce kids to the Halo series? An animated series. And the
: existing 'verse already has the perfect setting for that: the SPARTAN-II
: or III kiddies/teens. I've always had a soft spot for the Ender's Game-y
: bits in the Nylund books and though you can only have so much of them in
: the mainstream media which has to focus on other things, it would make a
: great framework for serialized stories. There's a bunch of interesting
: incidents that the books only hint at in passing - the Spartans stealing
: Chief Mendez's scuba gear during an exercise on a tropical planet springs
: to mind. Here's an image to give you the right idea (really, they should
: hire this artist as art director - I don't even care what 343i thinks the
: SPARTAN-IIs look like, her renditions nail it).

: Yeah, the whole setup is pretty grim and morally problematic when you get
: right down to it, but kids aren't stupid. Besides, I've been led to
: understand the Star Wars Clone Wars series and a few other modern kids'
: shows have tackled fairly adult themes with no problem. And a certain
: level of moral ambiguity has been an inseparable part of Halo since the
: start. If done right, this would also mean grownups could enjoy it too,
: and it would be a great way to expand on the Spartans as characters
: (again, if done right - done wrong, we'd just get endless repeats of
: Legends' Homecoming).

: That, or just make Halo Babies happen for real (no, not really).

All of this. Wonderful.
The only problem I'd see with the spartan youth concept would be that it predates the covenant and flood themes. It would have insurrection themes, but maybe also perhaps do a dual-timeline concept; a flash forward to super soldier events, jumping between the teens and their future selves with some really nice parallels. Definitely think it's doable, if it's written well :P