Fallout TV trailer includes nods to New Vegas, hints at The Ghoul's backstory

With a little over a month until Amazon's Fallout TV adaptation airs, Prime Video has released another trailer for the series.

It provides our best look yet at the show, with three minutes of footage for us to pore over. And dare I say, it actually looks… decent? To my surprise, I quite liked it?

I've rewatched the trailer several times now to see if there's any new information we can glean hidden in the details, and there are a few things worth pointing out (as well as some references to my all-time favourite in the series, Fallout: New Vegas).

Fallout — Official Trailer | Prime Video The official trailer for Fallout on Prime Video

The trailer opens with Walton Goggins as Cooper Howard pre-War, acting as a Vault-Tec salesman. He's filmed inside Vault 4, a Vault which hasn't appeared in the games so far. Something seems to have caused Howard to change over the years — not just in his ghoulification, but emotionally as well. There's a brief shot of him kissing his partner in what I'm guessing is a Vault, as well as another one of him carrying a small child (presumably his own) as explosions happen in the background. What caused him to turn from a happy family man to The Ghoul — a cynical lone wolf?

I assume everything went wrong for Cooper down in the Vault. | Image credit: Amazon Prime Video

I Don't Want to Set the World on Fire by The Ink Spots is used during the trailer. It's included in radio playlists in Fallout 3, 4, and 76, so it's not a surprise to hear it again. As the trailer continues and the tension amps up, an orchestral arrangement of the song with significantly more drama plays over the video. The first time I watched the trailer, it managed to give me some chills.

Although the TV series will tell an original story, it looks like it'll explore the New California Republic. This makes sense, as the NCR encompasses southern California. We already know Vault 33 is located in Los Angeles, so it's no surprise our main character Lucy will learn more about the