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.
• The Autobots want to protect humanity and 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 further attacks.

Optimus Prime

• The Autobot Leader.
• His alternate mode.
• His weapons.

Megatron

• The Decepticon Leader.
• His vehicle modes.
• His weapons.

Cybertron And The Civil War

• The state of Cybertron before the war and the reason why the war started.
• Consequences of the war on Cybertron.
• Earth becomes the Cybertronians' next battlefield.
• Decepticons see the Earth as a disposable way to rebuild Cybertron, and the Autobots oppose it.
• The Autobots are now essential to the survival of planet.

Key Cybertronian Objects

• The AllSpark
• The Matrix of Leadership.
• The Space Bridge.
• The Star Harvester.

Transformers Timeline

Ancient History

• Cybertron at peace.
• Dynasty of Primes sets out to find suns to harvest.
• The Fallen tries to harvest Earth's sun.
• Other Primes stop him, hide Matrix of Leadership in their tomb.
• Cybertron descends into war as Decepticons try to seize power.
• Cybertron increasingly ravaged as civil war continues.
• Optimus sends the AllSpark out into space to stop Decepticons getting it.
• AllSpark lands on Earth.
• Last Ice Age: Megatron crash lands on Earth, is frozen in ice.

Modern History

• Sentinel Prime escapes Cybertron with Space Bridge.
• 1897: Megatron discovered by Captain Archibald Witwicky.
• Megatron and AllSpark kept in Hoover Dam by Sector 7.
• 1960s: Sentinel's ship, the Ark, crash-lands on moon.
• 1969: Americans land on moon, discover wreck of Ark.

Present Day

• Starscream and Decepticons arrive on Earth, free Megatron.
• Autobots arrive to stop Decepticons getting AllSpark.
• Battle at Mission City sees AllSpark destroyed.
• The Fallen returns to Earth to complete harvesting of sun.
• Sam discovers Matrix of Leadership hidden in Tomb of Primes.
• Battle at the Pyramid sees Matrix returned to Optimus, Fallen killed.
• Optimus discovers Ark and revives Sentinel Prime.
• Decepticons activate Space Bridge.
• Cybertron briefly appears in Earth's atmosphere.
• Optimus and Megatron defeat Sentinel.
• Autobots remain on Earth to protect humans.

Bumblebee

• Autobot Scout.
• His vehicle mode.
• His weapons.

Skids

• Autobot warrior.
• His vehicle mode.
• His weapons.

Mudflap

• Autobot warrior.
• His vehicle mode.
• His weapons.

Three Primes

In this section it is written that the name Prime indicates a special transformer and that they are an ancient race of Transformer leaders. And it gives basic information about Dynasty Of The Primes, Optimus and Sentinel.

External links

• Dark of the Moon: The Ultimate Guide on Amazon.com