The graphic novel says that the Mask of Time in the new story is said to be only the upper half of a full mask, and that the place it is housed in (the Temple of Time) acts as a gateway between worlds or something like that. It also says the lower half of the mask is missing. As someone who isn't particularly interested in seeing the two generations connected, this reads to me a lot like they are screaming "the Vahi from the original story is the lower half of the mask!" But people are actually pretty divided about that being the case, so make of it what you will. Hrm. A gateway between worlds. A teleporter. Yet why would one want or need a teleporter unless there were other worlds to explore? Worlds that possibly have life on them? Maybe these are the worlds where the Toa came from, the creatures that inhabit them are the Toa's creators. Maybe Bionicle could be like Star Wars, with thousands of worlds and many different alien races. A cooler, elementally charged Star Wars. Or, do something like the plot behind every Doom game ever, where the portal opens of its own accord and monsters spill out onto Okoto. Maybe Makuta has retreated to a distant planet to build up his army, then unleashes it to conquer the world Ekimu exiled him from. Oh gosh please no! This will turn into some weird Marvel universe ordeal and will end up with Disney buying the rights to Bionicle. Knowing them they'll probably say that all Bionicle books and comics (like the Star Wars Expanded Universe) are not cannon!