Shadow Raider

This article is about the movieverse mercenaries. For the Aligned Decepticon, see Shadow Raker.

Shadow Raiders are sometimes-Decepticon mercenaries from the Age of Extinction portion of the live-action film series continuity family.

"We're the Guardians of the Galaxy."

Lockdown has a big ship, and thus needs someone to run things aboard. Thankfully, he has an army of faceless crew members. Literally faceless, these Shadow Raiders hang around Lockdown, his Steeljaws, and the Stupid Drones, and generally get shot at.

Fiction

Titan Age of Extinction comic

When Sojex managed to escape captivity, the Shadow Raiders attempted to assist Lockdown in recapturing her. However, they were told to stand down by their captain. Locked In!

Age of Extinction film

Don't even think about it

Multiple Shadow Raiders were present when Harold Attinger requested an audience with Lockdown in the Arctic and several were later killed by Cade Yeager when he and his allies discovered a gun upon sneaking aboard their ship in Chicago. In addition to chasing after these intruders aboard their fighters (and having a lot of them die in the process), the crew also listened to Lockdown plan his return to Earth. Age of Extinction

Games

Age of Extinction mobile game

Shadow Raiders were enemy units who served under Lockdown and Galvatron. There were four types of those bots: Scout, Gunner, Beamer, & Miner. Together, they would charge at the Autobots in an effort to destroy them. Destroying Shadow Raiders would cause them to drop Energon Packs. Transformers: Age of Extinction (mobile game)

Rise of the Dark Spark (console)

Shadow Raiders are shown helping their boss Lockdown protect the Dark Spark. They even got some brutes on their side that are swiftly destroyed by Grimlock. The surviving Shadow Raiders are said to have been chased off by the Dinobot. Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark

Toys

Generations

Studio Series

Or as he's known in the United States, "War Planets."

• Shadow Raider (Deluxe Class, 2018)
  • Number: 17
  • Japanese ID number: SS-13
  • Japanese release date: September 15, 2018
  • Accessories: Gun, "Enemy Ship Infiltration" backdrop

Studio Series Shadow Raider is an orange and black retool of Lockdown, transforming from robot to licensed Lamborghini Aventador and back. He features a new head based on Lockdown's masked appearance (rather than the on-screen Shadow Raiders), and a new weapon accessory based on the device Lockdown used to remove Ratchet's spark in Age of Extinction. He also includes a cardboard backdrop of a hangar within the Knight Ship.

As with the original mold, exercise caution while swiveling the upper elbow joint as it was molded in translucent plastic: It can snap off if not done carefully.

Notes

• The Shadow Raiders went unnamed in the film itself and all contemporary media, with this wiki using the ad hoc placeholder "Mercenary" until the release of the Studio Series toy designated a proper name.
• The orange vehicle deco of the Studio Series Shadow Raider is based on a stock paintjob for the Lamborghini Aventador, featured prominently in marketing material for the car.

Foreign names

• Japanese: Shadow Raider (シャドウレイダー Shadō Reidā)