Sky Shadow (Energon)
| 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 an Autobot from the Energon portion of the Unicron Trilogy continuity family.
Sky Shadow is one of the five Air Team robots who make up the mighty super robot Superion Maximus. Did he know about his namesake from the legendary Beast Wars, or was this Sky Shadow, a warrior from times long past, himself the inspiration for the heroic Beast Warrior? The answer is lost to all outside the Allspark.
- Japanese name: Slingshot
Fiction
Energon cartoon
When the current Decepticon leader Megatron discovered a hidden chamber and four ancient, towering guardians, he destroyed one of the Autobot guardians, reactivating the ones that remained and revealing the Super Energon pool they had been guarding for countless years. Ambition Superion Maximus awoke to find his brother dead, with the Decepticon leader claiming the Super Energon for himself, absorbing its power to become Galvatron. Superion tried to stop him to no avail, so he split up into the Air Team and escaped, with Bruticus Maximus and Constructicon Maximus in hot pursuit. Wishes
During a virtual training match between the Autobots and Decepticons, Sky Shadow was part of Storm Jet's Air Team, fighting the Destruction Team and the Construction Team. The Autobots combined into Superion Maximus to take one both Bruticus Maximus and Constructicon Maximus, but were eventually defeated. Distribution
Sky Shadow and the Air Team had their revenge against the Destruction and Construction teams during a final show down with the treacherous Decepticon combiners. Bruticus Maximus and Constructicon Maximus double teamed Superion Maximus, who held his own, managing to briefly fend off Bruticus before crushing Constructicon's spark. However, Bruticus Maximus recovered and destroyed Terradive and the other three Superion limbs, leaving Storm Jet alone. Spark
Toys
Energon
- Sky Shadow (Basic, 2004)
- Team ID number: A2
- Accessories: Shield/double-cannon, Autobot-type energon star
- Sky Shadow shares a mold with his teammate Terradive, transforming into a red and black A-10 Thunderbolt. He can also form a leg or arm to any Energon-series "Powerlinx Combiner" super robot, though his nominal placement is as the right leg to Superion Maximus. He comes with a shield/double-blaster that can become a footplate or "hand" for his combined mode, plus a blue "super energon" Autobot-style energon chip.
- This mold was also used to make Fun Publications Transformers Collectors Club-exclusive Cybertron Skyfall; the Universe (2008) Superion components Skydive and Fireflight, as well as the identical Target-exclusive Revenge of the Fallen Superion components Skydive and Fireflight
- Superion (Multi-pack, 2004)
- Japanese ID number: SC-26
- Accessories: Shield/double-cannon, Autobot-type energon star
- In Japan, Sky Shadow (aka "Sling") was only made available as part of a complete Superion gift set. The two version are largely identical, the main difference being that the Takara release uses a darker clear-blue for the "energon" bits than the Hasbro version.
Trivia
- Sky Shadow is the only member of the Air Team who wasn't repackaged and re-released on a Universe card for discount-chain sale.
- It has been suggested by fans that the name "Sky Shadow" would be better applied to his teammate Treadshot, whose coloration is much darker overall. Switching names would also give the nonsensical "Treadshot" meaning, as it would then be applied to an A-10, known colloquially as a "Tankbuster".
