Chaar

The name or term "Chaar" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Chaar (disambiguation).

It's amazing what a lick of paint will do.

Chaar is the planet where the Decepticons settled after being driven from Cybertron. It is a burned-out, barren husk of a planet. The planet is far from dead, however, what with the monstrous Chaar spider and energy leeches. Deadly, but not dead. Like Cybertron, Chaar has two metal moons.

Our charts don't show any planets in that sector... no, wait, here it is. I thought it was a smudge on the screen.Rodimus Prime finds Chaar on the galactic map, "Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1"

Fiction

The Transformers cartoon

Sure the rent's low, but would you want Galvatron as your landlord? Or Soundwave as your neighbor? And you know the Predacons are just gonna mess up your yard.

After the battle against Unicron in 2005, the Autobots successfully drove away all the Decepticons occupying Cybertron. With Galvatron missing, the Decepticons became directionless and chose to seek refuge on the burned-out world of Chaar. Starved of energon, they were reduced to scrounging for scraps. Rodimus Prime and Grimlock visited the planet in search of kidnapped Autobots and found their old foes in this sorry state. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 1 While Cyclonus and Scourge went to retrieve Galvatron from his resting place on Thrull, the rest of the Decepticons were recruited by the Quintessons to take part in an assault on Cybertron. Thus when Galvatron arrived on Chaar, the only one left to greet him was Blitzwing, who explained what had happened. Five Faces of Darkness, Part 3

Reinvigorated, the Decepticons gradually transformed the planet into a suitable place to live, Starscream's Ghost though some ruins still littered the landscape. Ghost in the Machine The Decepticons made use of the damaged buildings, even for delicate medical procedures. Webworld Eventually a substantial portion of the planet was altered to be Cybertron-like. The Burden Hardest to Bear

Not even Chaar was safe from the Hate Plague, and Galvatron found himself the only Decepticon left uninfected. A group of Autobots led by Optimus Prime arrived there in search of the samples of an alloy stolen earlier by the Decepticons. Galvatron guided them through one of Chaar's caverns, infested with many examples of the planet's native wildlife, until they found the storehouse containing the metal. The Return of Optimus Prime, Part 2

Robotmasters

The Autobot Road Rocket resided on Chaar before coming to Earth to be Optimus Prime's bodyguard in 2004. Road Rocket's Robotmasters toy bio

Victory

The Dinoforce hail from Chaar. Dinoforce's toy bios

Marvel Comics continuity

Marvel future timelines

By the year 2006, the Decepticons under Galvatron's command had claimed Chaar as their home base of operations. The Big Broadcast of 2006 (US)

In the UK version of the story, the events of "The Big Broadcast of 2006" are a fabrication invented by Wreck-Gar.

Dreamwave Generation One comics

Once a populated planet, Charr became a barren wasteland crisscrossed by lava flows as a result of natural disaster. More than Meets the Eye #8

Revenge of the Fallen film

Chaar is one of the many locations where the Decepticon starship Nemesis might be resting. Revenge of the Fallen

Animated

Chaar is a world within the once mighty Decepticon Empire, ruled by General Strika. Team Chaar is stationed there. Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II

Notes

• The spelling "Chaar" (two As, one R) was first revealed in the Marvel Comics adaptation of The Big Broadcast of 2006. Years later, the same spelling was found in internal Sunbow Productions documents, such as the dialogue scripts. This means that the planet's official spelling has been known since 1988... yet "Charr" still persists in the fandom to this day. Oh well.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Jaar (ジャール Jāru)
• English: Jolo (Omni Productions dub)
• Spanish: Estrella Mortis (American The Headmasters)