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

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

• Decepticon Shadow Raider (Deluxe Class, 2018)
  • Number: 17
  • Japanese ID number: SS-13
  • Accessories: Gun, backdrop

Studio Series "Decepticon Shadow Raider" is an orange and black redeco of Lockdown with a new head resembling Lockdown's mask, transforming from robot to licensed Lamborghini Aventador and back. He also includes a new gun based of the spark extractor Lockdown uses in the movie.

Notes

• The Shadow Raiders went unnamed in the film itself and all contemporary media, not receiving a name until the 2018 toy.
• Though the packaging bio for Studio Series Shadow Raider makes it clear that the toy represents Lockdown's mercenaries, the sculpted detail and included weapon accessory are all based on Lockdown himself. One theory is that the toy's colors are based on the orange Lamborghini Aventador used in the majority of the car's advertising, another is that it a reference to the Animated Blazing Lockdown figure, even down to the fact that they both have new weapons compared to their original mold!

Foreign names

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