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* Per an April 1986 draft of the script to ''The Transformers: The Movie'', Lithone was originally to be known as "the planet of marble," and populated by creatures of living rock. Hence, we can safely conclude that its name derives from the [[Wikipedia:Greek language|Greek]] word ''lithos'', meaning "rock". | * Per an April 1986 draft of the script to ''The Transformers: The Movie'', Lithone was originally to be known as "the planet of marble," and populated by creatures of living rock. Hence, we can safely conclude that its name derives from the [[Wikipedia:Greek language|Greek]] word ''lithos'', meaning "rock". | ||
*In reality, the tidal forces of a binary star would make planetary formation impossible. [ | *In reality, the tidal forces of a [[Tatooine|binary star]] would <strike>make planetary formation impossible.</strike> [http://lightyears.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/15/tatooine-gives-first-direct-proof-of-2-sun-planet/ Fine, they found one. Are you happy now?] | ||
===Foreign names=== | ===Foreign names=== | ||
Revision as of 22:09, 15 September 2011
| This article is about the planet. For the aliens from that planet, see Lithone (species). |
Lithone is a stony planet in a blue-red binary star system. The planet has been partially built over by mechanical cities drawing on the planet's geothermal power. It is inhabited by a race of robots known as the Lithones or Lithons.
Unicron ate it.
Fiction
Generation 1
The Transformers cartoon
The planet Lithone was destroyed by Unicron in the year 2005. Two of its inhabitants, Arblus and Kranix, seemed to have had prior knowledge of Unicron's existence. The Transformers: The Movie
Transformers: Animated
During the Great War, the Lithons shipped medical relief supplies to both sides. Years after the war was ended, the planet had been destroyed by unknown means. Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac II
Notes
- Per an April 1986 draft of the script to The Transformers: The Movie, Lithone was originally to be known as "the planet of marble," and populated by creatures of living rock. Hence, we can safely conclude that its name derives from the Greek word lithos, meaning "rock".
- In reality, the tidal forces of a binary star would
make planetary formation impossible.Fine, they found one. Are you happy now?
Foreign names
- Japanese: Lithone (リソーン Risōn)
