In 1987, Simon Furman began writing the U.S.Transformersseries in addition to the UK comics, and immediately set in motion an epic Unicron-themed story. Unicron proved to be Welles's final role, as he died a few days after completing work on the project; rumors persist that Welles did not complete recording of all his lines, and thatLeonard Nimoyfilled in for him, but the film's voice directorWally Burrand actressSusan Blurefute the claim. Primus, in most continuities, is his twin brother, the good yin to Unicron's evil yang. Amazingly, Unicron accomplished this task, wiping out all life, planets, stars and nebulae, even "the stuff of space itself" in the universe and leaving only nothingness and void. Primus found out his brother was filled with evil and created the transformers to help defend and fight Unicron. Jumping at the chance to work with a new cast of characters not involved in the American comics, writerSimon Furmandecided to cannibalize the best elements of the movie and work them into his stories, creating a future universe based on the movie's events, but different from the cartoon. It was with this telling that we learned that Unicron predated the current universe, and had destroyed the previous universe which existed before the current one. SWAY - 8: With a thundering voice, he can even command the likes of Megatron, but relies on a pain laser to keep them in line. Shockwave's followers thus turned on him in favor of aligning with Unicron. The treacherous Predacon science officer in Beast Wars, Tarantulas origin remained nebulous. In the episode of his demise, Other Victories, he revealed that, unlike the rest of the cast, he was not descended from either the Autobots or Decepticons, but did not offer further details. Both brothers were multiversal singularities, unique in all realities, but where as Unicron could only exist in one universe at a time, moving between them at will, Primus existed simultaneously in all realities at once. Tarantulas connection to Unicron exemplifies how fans can shape a works text through engagement. Primus himself immediately slipped back into his sleep, but it was too late. arrive in the same universe as the primacon Unicron). In the Marvel comics they were the last two entities from a previous universe, who were also twins, or brothers at least. There is no other news on InThe Transformers: The Movie, Unicron was voiced byOrson Welles. Now aware of his old enemy's location, Unicron immediately headed towards Cybertron, but, seeking a herald to sow chaos in his name ahead of his coming, used his formidable powers to send three agents -Hook, Line and Sinker, forward in time to an alternate future version of 2009. However,Stockadeand a group of Decepticons remained, staying alive by usingNucleon. In the current Transformers film, Optimus Prime breaks bad after being corrupted by Quintessa, the Autobots and Decepticons alleged maker. Ultimately,Shockwave was imprisoned and his former servants destroyed. WebG1 movie unicron was actually created by the genius scientist primacon, he was not the multiverse singularity unicron ( this is before the nerf In fact one of the comics shows the M.S. A primal force of evil from the beginning of time, his origins lost to the mists of history, theArmadauniverse's incarnation of Unicron was the embodiment of the darkness and hate that lurks in the hearts of all beings. This timeline's version of Galvatron was pulled back to 1990 by Hook, Line and Sinker and press-ganged into Unicron's service, but, like his predecessors, turned on his master by forcing Emirate Xaaron to awaken Primus in hopes of destroying Unicron. However, the instability of the timestream meant that Unicron's lifeforce, also known as the Dark Essence, was in danger of being pulled away from prehistoric Earth before the Hunter could find it, which would have undone Shokaract's timeline. The comic states that Primus's chosen task in Energon was to imprison and burn away Unicron's disembodied spark within a fledgling sun. In this story, the black hole contains Unicron's essence and also links him simultaneously to all Cybertrons across the Multiverse giving him the potential to wipe out Primus in one fell swoop. In the Furman-scriptedArmada comic, Unicron had different acolytes. In the subsequent episode, series finale Nemesis, Megatron offhandedlyinsultedthe late Tarantulas as Unicrons spawn. Writer Bob Forward had not intended this line to be taken literally, but since the series offered no other explanation for Tarantulas beginnings, many fans did exactly that. Unicron is the evil twin brother of Primus, who is the creator god of the Transformers. After arriving on Earth, Optimus expressed surprise at how much life had sprung up on Unicron's body. During the battle, Dark Energon bled from his body and was eventually sealed away. The Matrix was originally placed inside the hilt of the Star Saber, which was wielded by Prima, the very first Transformer created by Primus. Both brothers were multiverse singularities, unique in all realities, but whereas Unicron could only exist in one dimension at a time, moving between them at will, Primus existed simultaneously in all realities at once. With the danger apparently over, Galvatron challenged Prime to a final battle, but the hatred between the foes stirred Unicron to life again, and upon realizing this, Galvatron decides to sacrifice himself to make sure there will be no more hatred. Still active, Unicron used his vast mental powers to enslave the minds of the Junkion natives, who set about rebuilding his body. Before he merged with the Core, Optimus Prime recalled Unicron's great surprise at being trapped forever in the AllSpark container. The divide between the two personalities grew and the being eventually split into Primus and Unicron. In combat, Primus was no match for Unicron. RELATED:10 Classic Cartoons That Got Marvel Comics. The black hole was born, and Megatron was freed. ", when he recounted it toDeath's Head. Using the Angolmois to revive their master, the Blentrons were then devoured by the revenant Unicron. Although Unicron had played a major role in the above-mentioned Japanese series, he had not been featured as a major player in American fiction for over a decade. In "Revelations, Part 2", whenOptimus Primewas called to another dimension to fight Unicron's heralds, he reflected back on the final battle between Primus's forces and Unicron's army - where Unicron would have suddenly disappeared, his existence ended by the black hole created by his defeat inTransformers: Energon. Unicron's origin has expanded over the years from simply being a large robot to being a god of chaos who devours realities. The vessel instead drew Unicron's anti-spark into itself, sealing the dark god inside and freeing Megatron from his will. This time, they succeeded, and Megatron directed Unicron's body to retrieve his head, extinguishing the Energon Sun and killing Alpha-Q in the process. Sure enough, BW sequel comic Primeval Dawn depicts a revived Tarantulas as a creation of Unicron. There were two early attempts to produce Unicron toys for theTransformerstoyline, featuring voice clips from Welles himself, but the results never made it to production. The third time the story was told was also in the United States Marvel series, this time by Primus, when he gathered all his children together to prepare for Unicron's coming. When the war on this planet between the forces of Maximal leaderLio ConvoyandPredaconleaderGalvatron(a different individual bearing the same name as Unicron's original creation) culminated in the explosion of Galvatron'sNemesisbattle fortress, the resultant energy surge revived Unicron's consciousness. He is currently writing list articles for Comic Book Resources (CBR). Much to everyone's shock, a volcano near the site of Optimus and Megatron's battle exploded and released a load of Dark Energon from the Earth's core. In response to this,PrimusandAlpha Trionresurrected and reformattedOptimus Primalto lead the fight against the evil Unicron. When the comic returned, rebranded asEnergon, these four had been transformed into new heralds of Unicron. All the latest gaming news, game reviews and trailers. One Shall Rise, Part 2 As they moved through the interior of the deity, the Autobots and Megatron were attacked by a swarm of flying drones, Unicron's antibodies. He confronts Megatron, saying that because of the Dark Energon within him, Megatron cannot become one with the Allspark. After performing a "test run" on the moon of Protos, where he successfully created twelve transforming robotic beings, Covenant he birthed from his own body a group of thirteen robots that possessed the ability to change shape, like Unicron. However, from within Unicron's mind, Rad was able to use his connection to High Wire to restore the Mini-Cons' individual minds, freeing the weapons and deactivating Unicron. Unicron dispatched a group of heralds to attack Cybertron and pave the way for his coming, including a Galvatron plucked from an alternate future. A planet-mode diameter of 1000km has been suggested[5]and robot-mode dimensions would follow from that estimate, provided that there is no change in size (compression or expansion) common among so many Transformers. The character made major waves in the opening scenes of 1986s animated The Transformers: The Movie, in which, voiced by film legend Orson Welles, the planet-sized Unicron gobbles up the small world of Lithone. Transformers: Prime - The Game. Shedding his lunar skin, Unicron transformed to robot mode and turned on Cybertron as the combined Autobot/Decepticon armada attempted in vain to stop him. This is Primacron. Hes a vaguely simian humanoid alien that appeared in the third season of the 1980s Transformers cartoon. In this episode, it w With the destruction of the planet his body is reborn as a normal sized Transformer. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. INTELLIGENCE - 5: Unicron is clever enough to keep Galvatron under control, but if he can eat entire planets full of robots, why not turn them into slaves too? Galvatron, however, was not content to serve under Unicron, and instead captured Autobot leader Emirate Xaaron, forcing him to fully awaken Primus, who possessed Xaaron's body and summoned Transformers from all across the universe back to Cybertron. Transformers: The Last Knight is set for release June 23, 2017. Unicron is mentioned a number of times in the novelTransformers: Exodus. Though they all tried to ignore it, Alpha Trion later reflected that by doing so, they gave the darkness fertile ground to grow in. Taking the nameShokaract, this villain seems to have become one with Unicron himself, with the pair of them laying waste to Shokaract's Cybertron and the rest of the universe. The creator of Primus and Unicron is known as The One (I think this is the right image) The One is pretty much The One Above All of the Transformer In reference to Unicron's key role in these three series, Hasbro's head of Transformers,Aaron Archer, has collectively dubbed them "The Unicron Trilogy". That all changed with the advent of the three co-produced seriesTransformers: Armada,Transformers: EnergonandTransformers: Cybertron, which reintroduced Unicron to American audiences and finally rendered him in toy form, with theMini-Conpartner Dead End. Here, the entity Fleer had called the "Allspark" was redubbed "The One", and the modern iteration of the myth detailed above was firmly established, and went on to form the backbone of subsequent fiction such asTransformers: UniverseandFun Publications'Transformers: Cybertroncomics. [9]As Optimus Prime relates, Primus and the original Thirteen Primes defeated Unicron and sent his in-stasis body beyond Cybertron's orbit. How Marvel went big with Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. These were the 13 original Transformers, each one infused with a fragment of Primus' life essence known as a spark. One ofOptimus Prime's visions of the future showed Mindbender and Unicron as a coming threat - a prophecy that came to pass in the fourth crossover "Black Horizon". Ultimately, they did little damage, and many Transformers died, before Optimus Prime was able to use the Matrix to destroy Unicron, exploding his body from within. Managed to get The Fallen to betray Primus and join him. Unicron wasn't harmed by the Big Bang, the very same one that created the Transformer multiverse + Considered to be superior to Primus in combat + Manage to get The Fallen to betray Primus and join him + Created the Min-Cons in Aurex, the universe of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family. It is suggested, in fact, that the two brothers embodied the basic concepts of realitygood and evil, order and chaosand that their continued existence is necessary for the stability of the multiverse itself. Thus, he aligned himself with Sideways and, by extension, Unicron. The first time the Primus/Unicron backstory appeared was in the UK comic continuity, from Unicron himself, in the story "The Legacy of Unicron! It was Unicron's intent that these small robots would increase the ferocity of the Autobot/Decepticon war, allowing Unicron to feed off the hatred that the war fermented - but as a result of interference by human children, displaced in time from the 21st century, the Mini-Cons developed sentience, and fled Cybertron, crashing on Earth, where they lay dormant for a million years. WebTo fight Unicron's unprecedented might, Primus created "the Thirteen," a group of transforming robots that predated the Transformers and served as protectors of the light. His head was soon visited byCyclonus, who accessed the memory bank to discern the fate of Galvatron, who had been hurled from Unicron through space byRodimus Prime. [citation needed]This Unicron was voiced byMark Achesonin the U.S., and byKatsumi Chin Japan. Unshackled, Unicron went on a cosmic rampage, destroying all he found, with the end goal of consuming reality itself. To prepare for the introduction of Unicron, weve put together a brief explainer with some of the more salient things to know about this big baddie from past Transformers lore. (Only one of the other gods was ever named - the Chronarchitect. The cast of Transformers: The Last Knight features Mark Wahlberg (Planet of the Apes) as Cade Yeager, Isabela Moner (100 Things To Do Before High School) as Izabella, Josh Duhamel (Life as We Know It) as Lieutenant Colonel William Lennox, John Turturro (The Big Lebowski) as Seymour Simmons, and Tyrese Gibson (Furious 7) as Robert Epps, as well as Jerrod Carmichael (Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising), Anthony Hopkins (Thor: The Dark World). Unfortunately, over time, Unicron learned to physically shape his prison into a giant metallic planet, and Primus followed his brother, where primus planet would become the mechanical world ofCybertron. At that time, Megatron starts to question Unicron's motives of destroying Cybertron, but he only ends up being psychically tortured by Unicron to be kept at bay. To explore the fledgling universe, he created the astral being known as Unicron, and then subdivided him, creating his twin, Primus. It was with this telling that we learned that Unicron predated thecurrent universe, and had destroyed the previous universe which existed before the current one. It would eventually be found by a lowly Predacon known as the Hunter, who fashioned a container for it that he dubbed the Decepticon Matrix of Conquest. Unicron's body was destroyed - but unbeknownst to anyone, he lived on in two forms: his minuscule Spark, and his consciousness, which lay buried in Megatron's mind. Darkness Rising, Part 3, Some time later, as a planetary alignment foretold in a prophecy from the Covenant of Primus was drawing near, Megatron began to see visions of the future brought on by the sliver of Dark Energon that dwelt within his body. How exactly he factors into the current iteration of the myth is unknown.). Here it is revealed that he had dispatched Scourge at the head of a huge armada ofSweepsto search the galaxy for Cybertron. this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines.
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