The Last Prime

Vital Statistics

• ISBN 978-0-06-172972-0
• Writer: Tracey West, based on the screenplay and story of the 2009 movie
• Illustrator: "Illustrations" are DreamWorks' promotional images of the robot characters
• Pagecount: 61pp
• Originally published: In the US (worldwide?) by Harper Entertainment, an imprint of Harper Collins Publishers, May 1, 2009

Synopsis

A re-telling of the Revenge of the Fallen film.

Differences/Notes

• "AllSpark"
• There are 13 primes.
• Extra scene where Mudflap/Skids split tinto two sides (not front and back) of an Ice Cream Truck to avoid hitting two children who ran out into the street wanting ice cream.
• Lennox's detector is called an Energon Tracker
• The Wyatt Comission delivers its report on the Mission City incident which involved McClaren Robotics.
• Director Galloway's first name is given, "Theodore."
• Ravage "rockets off into the sky" after stealing the AllSpark shard
• Ravage and three Constructicons visit the Laurentian Abyss.
• Onbuard the Nemesis, The Fallen is imprisoned within a metal triangle mounted on the floor.
• Rather than bring hatchlings to life, Megatron originally intended to use the AllSpark to bring The Fallen's original army back to life.
• Starscream and Megatron's interaction is notably more positive, with Starscream having already anticipated Megatron's orders. They don't fight once!
• Wheelie is called "Wheels." His mission (at the Fallen's command) was to recover any fragment of the AllSpark— apparently with the intention of reviving Megatron. Ravage simply beat him to it.
• When Mikaela throws the box containing Wheels, it hits Alice and spins her head around.
• Alice is not destroyed, they simply escape her in the hot-wired car.
• The Doctor is destroyed by a gun with a laser-sight.
• The Matrix of Leadership is described as "another AllSpark source."
• Jolt is absent.
• When Wheels locates the Seekers on a map, his lasers are red, not green.
• There are 10 seekers in the United States.
• Jetfire refers to Optimus Prime as a survivor of the Primes rather than a descendant. This is probably simply be a mistake, as Prime is later specified as their descendant.
• Sam calls Major Lennox directly with the co-ordinates.
• Devastator is formed by a dump truck, a construction hauler, a cement mixer, an excavator, a wheel loader, a crane and a bulldozer.
• The Harvester actually fires, but Optimus reflects the beam back down, burning Megatron, Starscream and The Fallen.
• The Fallen attempts to excape, but Prime pulls him back with grapples.
• Megatron escapes through his wormhole instead.
• The Fallen is apparently destroyed by driving a spike through his skull.
• Simmons survives