BIONICLE G2 Universe Theory

[Kanakalackin]

I know that BIONICLE G2 just ended rather abruptly, but the universe just wasn't tied up enough for me, so I got speculating a bit on the larger universe of BIONICLE G2 that could have been explored if it hadn't got canned so early...

 

Planets

 

We all know that the Toa in G2 come from the planets as seen in one of the earlier story animations, but it would seem odd that there would be a massive planet (looking at you, planet of ice) populated by one creature, and that one creature being a single Toa. A god character (or multiple god characters, similar to the Great Beings in G1) also has not been established, leaving the question of "where did everything come from?" Hopefully we can all agree that somewhere, somehow, the BIONICLE universe was created; be it from an omniscient creator character or big-bang type scenario. I would like to think that along with the creation of the BIONICLE universe, a conscious entity was created along with it, who would then be instinctively tasked with trying to create a perfect diverse society. In order to run the "tests" to create aforementioned perfect society, you would need different cultures initially to create a population diverse enough in the BIONICLE universe to accommodate different tasks and regions. In this theory, the god character used the six elemental planets to grow a population of different species that are all affiliated with their respective element from Protectors to Toa. The elemental creatures could also hail from these planets and be the only members of their species to be transported to Okoto as a test run.

 

Okoto

 

Okoto is obviously located on a different planet in the same solar system as the six elemental planets, but where does that make it fit in relation to the other planets? I believe that the god character used Okoto as a "test" island to attempt to create a perfect diverse civilization that could be wiped clean by a volcano blast emanating from the center of the island if something were to go very wrong. If that is the case, how would the skull raiders fit into the story, and how have Ekimu and Makuta fit into the timeline if this isn't the god character's first attempt? For the sake of simplicity, I'll say that this was the first attempt at a perfect society on Okoto, and it was going pretty well for a time up until Makuta made the mask of ultimate power and Ekimu bashed his face in. The skull raiders could be seen as a civilization from another test island that cultivated a civilization indigenous to Okoto that were mostly wiped out by the god character somehow, leaving the skull raiders as a splinter group that likely drove the extinction of their species and were looking for a new home with the exceptions of Skull Slicer, who had been a pre-established being located on Okoto (potentially a similar species to the Toa who was the only one transported to Okoto for compatibility testing) and Skull Scorpio, which was likely a scorpion creature transported to Okoto and then corrupted by Kulta. The thing about having different islands is that the god character could run multiple tests simultaneously and if something went wrong, he could start over after the apocalyptic event finished and the island restored itself naturally.

 

Toa

 

We know that the Toa come from the elemental planets but, like the rest of the Okoto civilization, don't remember life before Okoto. The only things they remember are their name, element, how to handle their equipment, and base character traits. These character traits could represent the social norm where they come from, and clue us in as to how things work on their planet. The Toa would most likely have been introduced as a way to assist the Protectors in defending the island, as well as a compatibility test with the island's peaceful denizens.

 

Ekimu and Makuta

 

Ekimu and Makuta would be the same species as the Protectors, but assigned to a different subcategory than the Protectors of Water, Stone, etc. They served as Okoto's leaders.

 

 

I believe that this theory opens up a lot of possibility for just how large the G2 BIONICLE universe could be, and how large it could grow to if the story hadn't been cancelled. We could have seen a much larger and diverse population of characters and worlds in future waves where new species or new characters from species we'd already seen before become a part of the story. The amazing thing about BIONICLE, especially this incarnation of it, is that LEGO continues to get one thing right with it by giving us a massive universe to explore on our own and create our own extensions of canon from there. While the previous BIONICLE universe could be viewed as more completed with only having three planets/moons in the story, much of Bara/Spherus Magna was left unexplored and unexplained, leaving it up to us to fill everything in.

[Sir Keksalot]

Makuta makes mention of "the gods" in JtO. Since the Protectors' prayer for help during the Skull Spider invasion appeared to have worked, it's safe to say that these are real beings who are watching this planet, and can influence events there. The Toa might be intended as a contingency for when something goes horribly wrong; i.e. the Makuta ordeal. If one were to say G2 takes place in the same universe as G1, then these Toa were probably named after the Toa Mata; hence why they're not exactly alike.

[ToaTImeLord]

It leaves the door wide open for a continuation between G2 to G3.