Dark of the Moon: The Ultimate Guide
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| Dark of the Moon: The Ultimate Guide | |||||||||||||
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers | ||||||||||||
| First published | June 9, 2011 | ||||||||||||
| Written by | Matt Crossick | ||||||||||||
| Art by | Various stock images from DreamWorks | ||||||||||||
| Continuity | Live-action film series | ||||||||||||
| ISBN | ISBN-10 0007428685 ISBN-13 978-0007428687 | ||||||||||||
| Page count | 48 | ||||||||||||
Transformers: Dark of the Moon: The Ultimate Guide is a guidebook for the Dark of the Moon movie.
Overview
The book begins with cut-out newspaper excerpts briefly explaining the events of the previous two movies. This is followed by basic bios for the Autobots and Decepticons, including Optimus Prime, Megatron, Bumblebee, The Fallen, Ratchet, Sideswipe, Ironhide, Blackout, Ravage, Sentinel Prime, Shockwave, Frenzy, Jazz, Starscream, Barricade, and Devastator.
The book also provides information on Cybertron and its civil war, key Cybertronian objects, a Transformers timeline, the three Primes, Transformer weapons, the Space Bridge, and some of the battles that took place in the three movies.
The book closes out with a four-page quiz on the previous material.
Content
- Newspaper Excerpts sections
- Megatron's rampage in Mission City after escaping Hoover Dam and his defeat by the Autobots.
- Captain Archibald Witwicky's discovery of Megatron.
- The deaths of Sideways and Demolishor in Shanghai, and the upcoming return of The Fallen to The Earth.
- That the Decepticons wanted Sam handed over to them, and if he wasn't given to them they would unleash more of the terrible violence seen last week.
- The Fallen's defeat by Optimus Prime.
- Jetfire's defection to the Autobots and playing a key role in The Fallen's defeat.
- Autobots - Basic Briefing
- The Autobots come to Earth to reclaim the Allspark after Cybertron is Ravaged by the Civil War.
- The Autobots want the war to end peacefully and use the Allspark to resurrect their planet. The Decepticons, however, see it as the first step to ruling the universe.
- They want to protect Humans.
- The Autobots are working with the Military at N.E.S.T.
- Decepticons - Basic Briefing
- Megatron and the Decepticons started the civil war that destroyed Cybertron.
- Despite the fate of Cybertron, the war has continued and they see Earth as crucial to restoring their planet and power.
- Megatron is their leader and he ultimately answered to The Fallen, but after The Fallen's death, Megatron became the true Decepticon leader.
- Lennox recommended a permanent Autobot presence on Earth, to protect against possible furyher attacks.
