Skystalker (G1)

The name or term "Skystalker" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, see Skystalker (disambiguation).

Skystalker is a Decepticon Micromaster from the Generation 1 continuity family.

"No, Mr. Hat, I won't do that!"

Skystalker is a bit of a wimp physically, but makes up for it by being a conniving schemer with his eye on total control of the Decepticons. So far, he has total control of an interstellar shuttle that turns into a heavily armed base.

Fiction

Dreamwave comics continuity

Really, there should be enough Golden Disks to go around.

Skystalker was among the Transformers who chose to become smaller and more energy-efficient once the war began depleting the planet's resources, then became an interstellar assault leader who led a group of Decepticons into space to conquer while most others were locked in battle on their home planet. Recipe for Hate One of the planets they assaulted was Paradron, where they massacred the locals and discovered a Golden Disk before Skystalker was defeated by the Autobot Countdown and left to die. Destined for Nothing He eventually returned to Cybertron with his second-in-command Skyhopper to get the disk back from Countdown and conquer the planet while he was at it. The Gray Race

Skystalker's varied experiences in outer space had left him thinking of Decepticon leaders as petty, arrogant and unable to see the big picture, and thus he quickly moved to overthrow the current leader, Shockwave. Since the war had drained the "guzzlers" of most of their energy, his plan was as simple as walking up to Shockwave and beating him up. Recipe for Hate The next phase of Skystalker's plan was to improve Cybertron by ridding the planet of all the resource-draining guzzlers, leaving it populated by Micromasters under his rule. Using Shockwave's severed head to direct orders to the Decepticon army, he ordered them into a full-scale assault on the Autobot forces in the hopes that the massive battle would destroy both sides. Before his plan could come to fruition, Skystalker was again confronted by Countdown and forced to flee Cybertron. Victims of the Revolution

Toys

Generation 1

• Micromaster Decepticon Jet Command Center (Micromaster Base, 1989)
  • Accessories: Space Shuttle, "Jet Pod", dual laser, 2 large lasers, 2 small lasers, 2 ramps

Skystalker transforms into a Porsche 959 sports car. He was sold with an interstellar shuttle (with jet pod), which can transform into a base and connect with other Micromaster bases via modular ramps.

This toy was released in Japan without changes as the unnamed Thunder Arrow pilot.

This mold was used to make Metrobomb and Rabbicrater.

• More information on Skystalker at TFU.info

Notes

Not the least bit suggestive, no sir.

• Like all Micromasters, Skystalker's toy came too late to appear in the Generation 1 cartoon series. Therefore his sole appearance in animated footage is in a toy commercial from 1989, where he yells "Decepticon Micromasters, attack!"

Foreign names

• French: Pourchasseur (Canada)
• Italian: Discovery