Sky Shadow (BW)
| The name or term "Sky Shadow" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Sky Shadow (disambiguation). |
- Sky Shadow is a Predacon from the Beast Wars portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.
Sky Shadow is a noted statesman and beloved by his constituents, which is fairly ironic, considering his secret loathing for them. A two-faced (or three, really) politician, Sky Shadow will help put someone he considers naive or malleable in power...then use the good will and trust earned to seize that position for himself! His patient maneuvering and shrewd tactics extend to the battlefield, where he excels in both reconnaissance operations and arranging ambushes for unsuspecting Maximals.
Fiction
Toy bio
Sky Shadow serves under Megatron as one of his most trusted counselors. Unfortunately for his leader, Sky Shadow, like many other Predacons, longs to overthrow Megatron and be leader himself, in order to use his "more imaginative techniques" to win the war. Sky Shadow bio
IDW Beast Wars comics
Sky Shadow's had his claws in Cybertron's planetary politics for a long time; his involvement is believed to predate the forming of the Tripredacus Council. In an attempt to glean more information about Protoform X, he inserted his spark into a blank protoform aboard the Axalon, hoping to unearth some secrets beneficial to his career. Beast Wars Sourcebook #4
As a result, Sky Shadow ended up on Earth, and his stasis pod was activated by Magmatron. The Gathering #2 He was sent to search for Razorbeast and his team of Maximals from the air by the recently revived Ravage. The Gathering #3
It was Sky Shadow himself who discovered the Maximals' lair. He and the Predacons participated in the battle that ensued. After being beaten by the Maximals and their newly arrived reinforcements, Sky Shadow presumably retreated along with the other Predacons. The Gathering #4
Sky Shadow took part in the massive all-out assault against Razorbeast's Maximals weeks later. The Ascending #1 He was last seen hoisting Bantor into the air during the battle, and it is unknown if he ended up having to remain on Earth to fight the Blendtrons or got back to Cybertron in time to fight Shokaract. The Ascending #2
Toys
Beast Wars
- Sky Shadow (Deluxe Fuzor, 1996)
- Sky Shadow transforms from robot mode into an iguana/dragonfly fusion. His beast mode tail (which forms his robot head) contains a pressure-launch missile. His flapping-wing gimmick becomes a snapping-claw attack in robot mode. While many fans assume that his left hand is simply formed by his beast mode head, he in fact has a three-clawed "hand" on his forearm revealed by pushing the beast-head back. He can't actually hold anything, but it's clearly meant to be a hand of some variety.
- This mold was also used to make Drancron.
Notes
- Cybertron Jetfire uses the alias "Sky Shadow" when going undercover as a Decepticon, and took the name from a strategist during that continuity's Beast Wars...despite the fact that the Beast Wars were supposed to take place in Generation 1 universes. This continuity kerfuffle stood as its own mystery for years until the Facebook edition of Ask Vector Prime clarified that some Unicron Trilogy universes did indeed have their own Beast Wars, in which the native Sky Shadow was a participant. But who knows? Maybe Cybertron Sky Shadow looks like Beast Wars Sky Shadow.
Foreign names
- French: L'Ombre (Canada, "The Shadow")
- Italian: Locusta ("Locust")
- Spanish: Sombra Aerea ("Aerial Shadow")
