This incarnation of Unicron was never shown to physically consume planets in the same manner as his G1 predecessor, only to blast and absorb the remains. Though the Autobots come to Optimus Prime's aid, Megatron doesn't want anyone else to kill Optimus Prime and sides with them as he guides them to the Earth's core to stop Unicron before he completely awakens and destroys Earth. Far more than a mere product of science, as in the cartoon, Unicron was a fallen god from before the universe existed, who sought the ultimate peace that would be granted by the destruction of all life. The vessel instead drew Unicron's anti-spark into itself, sealing the dark god inside and freeing Megatron from his will. When Galvatron showed any signs of opposition to Unicron's will, Unicron inflicted agonizing torture on his servant, even from a great distance, to coerce him into obedience. In this dark future, Unicron's essence emerged from the Matrix and briefly took over Rodimus Prime, before he was thwarted by the removal of the Matrix from Rodimus's body. According to the Transformers mythos (which sounds lovely when voiced by Sir Anthony Hopkins in the new movie), Unicrons origins come from literally before the dawn of time, when he was created by The One as a representation of pure chaos. When Unicron then learned to transform his planetary form even further, into a gigantic robot form, Primus could also, but adapted the idea, and createdThe Thirteen, a group of robotic beings that possessed the ability to change shape, like Unicron. New Movie News, Movie Trailers & upcoming Movie Reviews, Transformers: Every Servant Of Unicron, Explained, Galvatron, Cyclonus, Scourge, & The Sweeps (The Transformers: The Movie), Hook, Line, & Sinker (The Transformers Marvel), Galvatron, Scourge, Thunderwing, Bludgeon, & Dirge (Armada Comic), Airazor, Cheetor, Rhinox, Terrorsaur (Energon Comic), Shockwave, Bludgeon, Monstructor, and the Maximals (IDW), Transformers: Every Time Megatron Became Galvatron, 10 Classic Cartoons That Got Marvel Comics, 5 Of The Best Transformers TV Shows (& 5 Of The Worst), Transformers: 5 Of The Most Effective Decepticons (& 5 Of The Most Useless), 5 Decepticons Who Would Be Better Leaders Than Megatron (& 5 Who Would Be Worse), 5 Decepticons Most Loyal To Megatron (& The 5 Most Treacherous), REVIEW: Frank Miller Presents Ancient Enemies: The Djinni #1 Crafts a Compelling Origin Story, REVIEW: DC's Shazam! Along with Unicron, his twin brother Primus was created. Galvatron was eventually killed by Megatron using theStar Saber, and the other Heralds were eventually destroyed in their captured Decepticon base by an explosion engineered byJetfire. 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. Created by Floro Dery, he was introduced in the 1986 animated film The Transformers: The Movie[4] and appeared in Atari's 2003 Transformers video game. Within Unicron's body, Optimus Prime is severely damaged, and although not mortally, he passes the Matrix to Magnus, who completes the mission, and the pair escape as Unicron explodes. One of the biggest potential reveals The Last Knight could have in store is the live-action adaptation of Unicron, one of the biggest bads in the Transformers universe (literally). One Shall Fall, As storms, earthquakes, and volcanoes erupted simultaneously across Earth, the Autobots began to suspect that Earth itself had Unicron as its core, explaining why Dark Energon was expelling from within. 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. How Marvel went big with Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. This course is currently being held at bay by Transformers from across the Multiverse, usually consisting of characters derived from Convention and Club exclusives as well asCybertronfigures that play no role in the television series. says the actress. RELATED:10 Classic Cartoons That Got Marvel Comics. 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. 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. (Only one of the other gods was ever named - the Chronarchitect. Unicron's slightly convoluted comic tenure began in theUnited Kingdom's exclusiveTransformerscomic series, which interspliced its own original stories with reprinted American material. One of the thirteen turned on Primus and sided with Unicron, however, and the war culminated in a battle that saw Unicron and this traitor, the "Fallen", sucked through a black hole into another universe. Vector Prime then created a time loop around Unicron to keep him in stasis and prevent him from ever awakening. After arriving on Earth, Optimus expressed surprise at how much life had sprung up on Unicron's body. 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. Rodimus threw Galvatron into space, freeing the Decepticon from Unicron's mind-control, and opened the Matrix within Unicron, destroying his body, leaving only his head, which became a moon of Cybertron.[8]. This portrayal of Unicron is consistent with his appearance in theCybertronstrip in the Hasbro Club Collector's comic where he is portrayed at around the same size as his foesSentinel MaximusandOmega Prime. Meanwhile, Primus merged with the Super Energon, creating a foundling sun which arrived at the site of the battle. If Megatron had failed to destroy the last of the Primes thus far on his own, Unicron believed Megatron's help was worthless. In the IDW continuity, Unicron turned out be at the center of Shockwave's plan to ensure galactic dominance by the Cybertronian race. Here it is revealed that he had dispatched Scourge at the head of a huge armada ofSweepsto search the galaxy for Cybertron. The second time the story was told was in the United States book by the Keeper, an ancient mechanoid who guarded Primus's head at the center of Cybertron. Transformers: The Last Knight is out now. Primus, fearing that to follow suit by forming himself in a similar manner would simply pick up the conflict where it had left off, sought an alternative way to defend the universe against the threat of Unicron by turning his asteroid intoCybertron; a planet that he populated with robotic beings that, like Unicron, could alter their forms. Ultimately,Shockwave was imprisoned and his former servants destroyed. Unicron's head was subsequently blown off into space by an explosion instigated by the Autobots. While the Autobots retreated to base to consider Megatron's plan, the Decepticon leader engaged more of the stone Unicrons, smashing them as fast as Unicron could produce them. Topping it off, they now bore the names of the Horsemen of Apocalypse: War (Rhinox), Death (Airazor), Famine (Terrorsaur), and Pestilence (Cheetor). Primacron The first origin given for Unicron was given in Season 3 of The Transformers cartoon, years before Simon Furman came up with Primus. The Dreamwave equivalent of Unicron may be the same size, as the Cybertron of the Dreamwave universe was also said to be the size of Saturn. These Thirteen defeated Unicron and cast him into space. RELATED:Transformers: Every Time Megatron Became Galvatron. While this was going onRavagetransported Shokaract into Magmatron's limbo realm. The treacherous Predacon science officer in Beast Wars, Tarantulas origin remained nebulous. In one such vision, Megatron glimpsed the shadowed face of Unicron himself, and claimed that it was as if he could hear Unicron's own thoughts. Transformed his prison into a moving planet that changes into the robot, something Primus proceeded to copy from him. With the engines now burnt out and no energy on the planet, the Decepticons were marooned there, at the cost of the Autobots never being able to go home. [citation needed]This Unicron was voiced byMark Achesonin the U.S., and byKatsumi Chin Japan. When the comic returned, rebranded asEnergon, these four had been transformed into new heralds of Unicron. AlthoughDreamwave Productions' Unicron Trilogy comics were cut short halfway through theirTransformers: Energonseries, they were able to establish a very important piece of information that would be used to shape Unicron's story in future fiction. Arcee updated her personal log for the first time since coming to Earth just before the attack on Unicron. The plan was that the Autobots would have to face Unicron unaided, and the Decepticons would then be able to return and conquer whoever prevailed. The "sentient core" of this new universe recognized the threat that Unicron posed, and so created Primus to counter his evil and be guardian of the new creation. Unicron dispatched a group of heralds to attack Cybertron and pave the way for his coming, including a Galvatron plucked from an alternate future. He would enter the Milky Way, where his body's Welcome to the Quantum Realm. He is currently writing list articles for Comic Book Resources (CBR). Unicron easily bested Prime in battle, and obtained the vessel, only to find it empty. As the four-part season one finale begins, an astrological alignment awakens Unicron from his slumber as Earth's weather patterns go out of control. Shokaract thus dispatched two of his Heralds,AntagonyandCataclysm, to safeguard the Dark Essence, only for Antagony to be captured byMegatron'sPredaconsand Cataclysm to perish in battle with the Maximal hero Windrazor. After gathering the capsules, Unicron attempted to make Cybertron his new body, but was finally defeated by Maximal commanderBig Convoyand his Matrix Cannon. 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 The series opened with a disembodiedMagmatron, trapped in temporal limbo byRazorbeastat the end ofThe Gathering, watching the annihilation of the future Cybertron by a new version of Shokaract and Unicron. They were brothers sent to explore the universe together. 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. Though the day had been won, the Thirteen's exposure to Unicron had infected them all with a touch of his darkness. Possessed byhis master during the series' climax, Sideways' corporeal form was destroyed by Optimus Prime wielding the Requiem Blaster. Transformers: The Last Knight is set for release June 23, 2017. (Note: As originally written, it is quite clear that the story intends for Primus to have died after his battle with Unicron. Seeking to complete his resurrection, he created theBlendtronsto gather the Angolmois Capsules his life-energy was now sealed in, and then proceeded to possess the lifeless body of Galvatron as a temporary host. Primus, in most continuities, is his twin brother, the good yin to Unicron's evil yang. Likewise, Primus is also a "multiversal singularity", but while Unicron is limited in this ability, and can only exist in one reality at a time, travelling between them, Primus co-exists in all realities simultaneously. In 2010, however, Unicron attempted this again and succeeded, controlling Rodimus's body and reshaping it into his own image, before being defeated by Rodimus's own force of will. 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. In the current Transformers film, Optimus Prime breaks bad after being corrupted by Quintessa, the Autobots and Decepticons alleged maker. Unlike the destructive, chaos-loving Unicron, Primus is a lover of order and creation. Unicron made a cameo appearance in the secondG.I. Here Unicron never even transformed to robot mode. Otherwise, he's gonna keep on eatin'. With Unicron gone for now, Primus entered an eons-long slumber, preventing Unicron from detecting him through the mental link the brothers shared. From Austin Butler and Cate Blanchett to a potential Best Supporting Actress toss-up, see who EW thinks will win at the 2023 Oscars. Once they had done so, a trio of monstrous Transformers called the Blentrons (Elphaorpha,Latolata, Drancron) revealed themselves, stealing the capturedAngolmois. Still active, Unicron used his vast mental powers to enslave the minds of the Junkion natives, who set about rebuilding his body. Unicron proceeded to lay waste to Cybertron, halted briefly when the young Autobot,Hot Rod, crashed aQuintessonspacecraft through his eye. Subsequently, when the battered bodies of Decepticon leaderMegatronand several of his troops were set adrift in space byStarscreamfollowing a furious battle with theAutobots, Unicron appeared before them and offered Megatron a deal: in exchange for a new body, and new troops, Megatron would destroy theAutobot Matrix of Leadership, the only thing that could stand in Unicron's way. WebThe One existed before time itself, witness to the birth of the universe. As Unicron and Primus ventured through the cosmos, it became apparent to Primus that Unicron was nothing but a pure corrupt being, and then he confronted the threat his sibling posed. Hunted by Megatron, Alpha-Q then jettisoned Unicron's head and escaped in it, while Megatron took over Unicron's body and continued to gather Energon in order to rebuild Unicron to use as his ultimate weapon. 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. The Unicron of the Uniend universal cluster terraformed into the planet Earth after his defeat by the Thirteen. Thunderwing even went as far as to seek help from the Decepticons for the repairs needed. WebThis is an amazing figure. Entertainment Weekly is a registered trademark of Meredith Corporation All Rights Reserved. In the first use of this timeline, in the mega-serial,Target: 2006, Galvatron travelled back in time in an attempt to escape the control of Unicron, but Unicron was able to ensnare the minds of three Autobots - Hot Rod,KupandBlurr- and send them back in time after him to foil his plot. However, it was first developed in the 2003 Transformerscomic mini-series "War Within: The Dark Ages." Defeated Primus in combat and Primus had to trick him into becoming a planetoid. That twist comes to fruition in Transformers: The Last Knight, and its one Quintessa hopes to manipulate to her advantage (at least if the movies end-credits sequence is any indication). However, he spared three inhabitants, recreating them as mechanical servants Hook, Line, & Sinker. Each product we feature has been independently selected and reviewed by our editorial team. Primus possessed Xaaron's form and attempted to hold off Unicron, but he was weak, and his attack was a ruse, leading to his own destruction, which in turn (along with a direct attack by Galvatron) succeeded in galvanising the Autobots and Decepticons to attack Unicron together. In the ensuing battle Unicron's body was successfully destroyed by super-powered Optimus Supreme with help of some of the other powered Autobots. Predacons Rising, The awakening of Unicron from within the Earth sent ripples that echoed into the multiverse, drawing the attention of Lio Convoy in another universe. Darkness Rising, Part 2 Megatron injected a piece of Dark Energon into himself and announced that he could hear Unicron's thoughts, much to Starscream's concern. 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 as Universe and Fun Publications' Cybertron comics. And at times, he can betoobig. However,Stockadeand a group of Decepticons remained, staying alive by usingNucleon. Over time, matter gravitated towards Unicron's fallen form, eventually forming a planet which found an orbit around a distant star. He tosses theDead Matrixinto the black hole, releasing Unicron's spark which quickly overtakes a nearby world, converting its inhabitants into savage maniacs. It turned out that theAngolmois was the spiritual essence of Unicron, and the Blentrons servants of the Chaos-Bringer. 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. Exodus. In combat, Primus was no match for Unicron. Admittedly, Unicron has been rumored for about the last two or three Transformers movies, but since The Last Knight has the most compelling evidence of his inclusion, there's some Unicron Facts You Need to Know before checking out the film. With Megatron trapped in the rift, Unicron does not encounter the Decepticon leader, and therefore does not make theFaustian Pactto reformat him intoGalvatron. At the same time,Grimlock- who had gained super-intelligence through an infusion of anti-electrons - had constructed from pieces of Unicron's head theTechnobots, and one of their number, Strafe, severed enough of Unicron's neural connections to shut him back down. 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). The following piece contains spoilers for Transformers: The Last Knight. Unicron is mentioned a number of times in the novelTransformers: Exodus. Like Marvel Comics villains Galactus or Apocalypse, Unicron likes to have disciples or "horsemen" serving as his harbingers and henchmen. To explore the fledgling universe, he created the astral being known as Unicron, and then subdivided him, creating his twin,Primus. Unfortunately for him, over time, Unicron learned to sonically shape his prison into a giant metallic planet, and Primus followed suit, becoming the mechanical world of Cybertron. The war between Unicron and Primus came to its seeming end during a climactic battle in which one of the Thirteen, Megatronus Prime, who would forever afterwards be known asThe Fallen, betrayed Primus and became an acolyte of Unicron. He would make his first mainstream appearance in volume 3, issue 1 of the main Generation One series, seemingly summoned by Shockwave at the end of the previous volume.