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File:H3 GuardianForest DesignDoc.png|Photograph of a digital design document titled "080 - Forest".
File:H3 GuardianForest DesignDoc.png|Photograph of a digital design document titled "080 - Forest".
File:H3_GuardianForestDesignDoc.jpeg|Cropped screenshot of the digital design document without title.
File:H3_GuardianForestDesignDoc.jpeg|Cropped screenshot of the digital design document without title.
File:H3 Alpha CampaignLevels.jpg|The level select screen for the ''[[Halo 3 Alpha]]'']]
File:H3 Alpha CampaignLevels.jpg|The level select screen for the ''[[Halo 3 Alpha]]''
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===Current status and legacy===
===Current status and legacy===
Although most level files for Guardian Forest do not exist within ''Halo 3'' anymore, one texture file does remain in the <code>080_forest</code> folder.{{Ref/Reuse|Texture}} A single script file remains in the <code>080_forest</code> folder of the ''[[Halo 3 Editing Kit]]''; while the file does not reveal much due to the level being cut early in development, it does refer to encounters for areas called "Sentinel Rooms".{{Ref/Generic|Id=missionhsc|[[Halo 3 Editing Kit]]|080_forest_mission.hsc}}
Although most level files for Guardian Forest do not exist within ''Halo 3'' anymore, one texture file does remain in the <code>080_forest</code> folder.{{Ref/Reuse|Texture}} A single script file remains in the <code>080_forest</code> folder of the ''[[Halo 3 Editing Kit]]''; while the file does not reveal much due to the level being cut early in development, it does refer to encounters for areas called "Sentinel Rooms".{{Ref/File|Id=missionhsc|Halo 3 Editing Kit|080_forest_mission.hsc}}


The model for the Guardian enemy remains in ''Halo 3'' as a hologram on the map [[Epitaph]], though this was noted by Miller to have no particular significance beyond the multiplayer team liking the look of the design.{{Ref/Reuse|YTRocketSloth}} This model was later canonised in the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)]]'' as the definitive look for the [[ancilla]] [[Offensive Bias]], and featured in the ''[[Halo Infinite]]'' campaign as a hologram. The Guardians' general concept was later used and expanded upon for the [[Guardian Custode]] which debuted in ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''.  
The model for the Guardian enemy remains in ''Halo 3'' as a hologram on the map [[Epitaph]], though this was noted by Miller to have no particular significance beyond the multiplayer team liking the look of the design.{{Ref/Reuse|YTRocketSloth}} This model was later canonised in the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2022 edition)]]'' as the definitive look for the [[ancilla]] [[Offensive Bias]], and featured in the ''[[Halo Infinite]]'' campaign as a hologram. The Guardians' general concept was later used and expanded upon for the [[Guardian Custode]] which debuted in ''[[Halo 5: Guardians]]''.  
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File:H3 Epitaph Hologram.png|The Guardian hologram on Epitaph.
File:H3 Epitaph Hologram.png|The Guardian hologram on Epitaph.
File:H3 Modded Guardian.jpg|A Guardian enemy [[Modding|modded]] into ''Halo 3'' by modder RejectedShotgun, using the model found on Epitaph. Notably, this fan-made restoration was described by [[Vic DeLeon]] as looking almost exactly like the intended Guardian enemy in the original game.{{Ref/Twitter|Id=Vic1|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|vicdeleon|1304910772313575424|Vic DeLeon|Quote=Fwiw this is almost exactly what the Guardians looked like back when they were first imagined on Halo 2, only they were much larger, almost like the Strato-Sentinel.}}
File:H3 Modded Guardian.jpg|A Guardian enemy [[Modding|modded]] into ''Halo 3'' by modder RejectedShotgun, using the model found on Epitaph. Notably, this fan-made restoration was described by [[Vic DeLeon]] as looking almost exactly like the intended Guardian enemy in the original game.{{Ref/Twitter|Id=Vic1|D=01|M=6|Y=2020|vicdeleon|1304910772313575424|Vic DeLeon|Quote=Fwiw this is almost exactly what the Guardians looked like back when they were first imagined on Halo 2, only they were much larger, almost like the Strato-Sentinel.}}
File:GuardiansH3.jpg|A series of Guardian models from various stages of development recovered by the [[Digsite]] team using assets found in 343 Industries' internal archives.
File:H3 Digsite Guardian.png|The Guardian model recreated by the [[Digsite]] team using assets found in 343 Industries' internal archives.
File:H3 Digsite Guardian.png|The Guardian model recreated by the [[Digsite]] team using assets found in 343 Industries' internal archives.
File:Origins_Guardians_Keyship.png|''Halo 3''-style Guardians escorting a Keyship in ''Origins''.
File:Origins_Guardians_Keyship.png|''Halo 3''-style Guardians escorting a Keyship in ''Origins''.
File:Origins H3 Sentinels.png|Some more ''Halo 3'' style Guardians alongside other cut Strato designs in ''Origins''.
File:Origins H3 Sentinels.png|Some more ''Halo 3'' style Guardians alongside other cut Strato designs in ''Origins''.
File:HINF GuardianHoloStructure.jpg|The ''Halo 3'' Guardian design has since been re-used again in the campaign of ''[[Halo Infinite]]''.
File:HINF Offensive Bias hologram.png|The ''Halo 3'' Guardian design has since been re-used again in the campaign of ''[[Halo Infinite]]''.
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