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While not much was known about Skywarp, Dreamwave's "More Than Meets the Eye" series established one extremely important fact - in the comics continuity he is related to Starscream. He is a grim and dangerous combatant with a near-perfect aim and an array of martial techniques. Unlike his treacherous relative he is loyal to Megatron; in fact the snide remarks of the other Decepticons about him getting his rank this way are the only thing that genuinely angers Skywarp. He is friends with Scavenger - a friendship complicated by the fact that, unbeknownst to Skywarp, Scavenger is actually a spy for the Autobots... | |||
Skywarp would be briefly seen in issue 12 of the Armada comic, guarding Megatron's latest secret weapon alongside Wheeljack and Sideways. He would later be seen at the end of the Armada comic celebrating Unicron's defeat. | |||
: Skywarp | Armada Skywarp made his only Energon appearance in a flashback in Transformers: Energon #30 we would see Scorponok leading Wheeljack, Predacon, Terrorsaur and Skywarp against the Autobots in an unidentified battle on Cybertron. In Megatron’s battle barge, Starscream warned Megatron to watch out for Scorponok as Thrust, Cyclonus and Demolishor piloted the barge. | ||
Armada Skywarp also was set to appear in the unreleased issue 31 of the Transformers: Energon comic series. | |||
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The Armada version of Skywarp is an homage to the G1 character in his color scheme. Unlike the original Skywarp, the toy is a remold of Starscream rather than being a mere repaint. | |||
Armada Skywarp was redecoed into Universe Ramjet, who came with a reduco of Thunderclash and three additional Mini-Cons. | |||
===Cybertron=== | ===Cybertron=== | ||
Revision as of 05:42, 13 July 2007
| The name or term "Skywarp" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Skywarp (disambiguation). |
- Skywarp is a Decepticon from the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.
Skywarp is a petty, immature prankster. And as luck would have it, he's a petty, immature prankster with the ability to warp place to place as he pleases and good aim. He uses his warping power as a toy. It is a tool for thuggery and practical jokes. Also proud of his excellent aim, Skywarp has named himself "Bulls-eye in the sky."
Skywarp, being rather dim, requires the constant supervision of his cousin, Starscream, whom Skywarp despises. Skywarp is just smart enough to notice others' claims of nepotism. Some day, he hopes, he can make a name for himself, free from the influence of his famous relative.
Fiction
Dreamwave Comics continuity
The Autobot Scavenger served with Skywarp while infiltrating the Decepticons and became close friends with him, as well as being impressed by his professionalism. He greatly regreted that that his return to the Autobot fold would put them on opposing sides.[1]
During the Autobot/Decepticon war, Skywarp participated in the assault on a hidden Autobot bunker led by Scorponok, Megatron's field commander. No Exit
Scavenger and Smokescreen had been covertly observing a Decepticon construction project in Death Valley for months. Skywarp, Sideways and Wheeljack were among the Decepticons guarding the construction of Megatron's Solar Scalpel. The rocket launched withotu trouble because the region's heavy interference prevented Scavenger from contacting Optimus Prime for orders. Dreamwave Armada issue 12
Skywarp survived Unicron's assault on Cybertron, and celebrated along his teammate Demolishor and the Autobot Side Swipe. The End
Toys
Armada
While not much was known about Skywarp, Dreamwave's "More Than Meets the Eye" series established one extremely important fact - in the comics continuity he is related to Starscream. He is a grim and dangerous combatant with a near-perfect aim and an array of martial techniques. Unlike his treacherous relative he is loyal to Megatron; in fact the snide remarks of the other Decepticons about him getting his rank this way are the only thing that genuinely angers Skywarp. He is friends with Scavenger - a friendship complicated by the fact that, unbeknownst to Skywarp, Scavenger is actually a spy for the Autobots...
Skywarp would be briefly seen in issue 12 of the Armada comic, guarding Megatron's latest secret weapon alongside Wheeljack and Sideways. He would later be seen at the end of the Armada comic celebrating Unicron's defeat.
Armada Skywarp made his only Energon appearance in a flashback in Transformers: Energon #30 we would see Scorponok leading Wheeljack, Predacon, Terrorsaur and Skywarp against the Autobots in an unidentified battle on Cybertron. In Megatron’s battle barge, Starscream warned Megatron to watch out for Scorponok as Thrust, Cyclonus and Demolishor piloted the barge.
Armada Skywarp also was set to appear in the unreleased issue 31 of the Transformers: Energon comic series.
[edit] Toys
The Armada version of Skywarp is an homage to the G1 character in his color scheme. Unlike the original Skywarp, the toy is a remold of Starscream rather than being a mere repaint.
Armada Skywarp was redecoed into Universe Ramjet, who came with a reduco of Thunderclash and three additional Mini-Cons.
Cybertron
- Skywarp (Legends of Cybertron, 2005)
- Available as an exclusive giveaway at Hasbro's booth for the San Diego Comicon 2005, the first Cybertron Skywarp toy is a redeco of Legends of Cybertron Starscream in a traditional black/purple/silver Skywarp colourscheme. He has a flip-out energon blade in his right arm, but as the original toy was a small-scale representation of Supreme Starscream, he features a flip-out null ray cannon in his left arm instead of another blade.
- Skywarp (Deluxe, 2006)
- The mainline Cybertron Skywarp toy is a redeco of Cybertron Thundercracker. Unusually for a Unicron Trilogy Skywarp, his colors are an extensive rearrangement of Skywarp's traditional scheme, with his primary color being purple, with white and red for detailing. He has no black plastic or paint detailing, instead he has dark gray for his robot mode parts.
- Skywarp retains Thundercracker's gimmick, where inserting his Cyber Planet Key into the access slot at the rear of the jet mode or his left arm opens up a panel to reveal a spring-loaded projectile launcher. He comes with a silver-bordered Earth Cyber Planet Key with the code d02r tampographed onto the back.
Attacktix
- Starter Set (2007)
- Attacktix ID number:
- Available only in the second Transformers Attacktix four-piece Starter Set (along with Generation 1's Optimus Prime and Megatron plus Energon Landquake) , Skywarp is a redeco of the Attacktix robot-mode Starscream piece based on the Legends of Cybertron toy. A 30-point "Warrior"-class piece that fires a slightly-larger missile than the standard, his Special Power is Infiltrate.
footnotes
- ↑ Skywarp's More than Meets the Eye profile
