The third prequel motion comic for the upcoming
Transformers: Combiner Wars digital series from Machinima and Hasbro was just released online. Head over to
our sister site, comicbookmovie.com to check out the video. Or, if you just want to simply read Starscream's monologue, read the transcript below.
"If you know me, you know that I have always been a villain. Underneath the rule of Megatron, I was always second-in-command. Always subject to the will of my leader and tied to the destiny of the Decepticons. But if you truly know me, you know that I did not always follow so easily. Perhaps it was because leadership was always just out of my reach, that the thought of it made it all the more desirable. So, I planned. I struck. Many times I failed. But I never lost my dream until to my surprise, it came true. Suddenly, along with my former enemy, Rodimus Prime and the noble Mistress of Flame from planet Caminus, I became one of the Coucil that rule Cybertron.
Quickly, my lust for power faded and was replaced by the urgency of need. All of us had suffered from a millennia of fighting and the Combiner Wars had just begun. But ruling is a heavy responsibility. Not a coveted prize or a simple Matrix, placed into one's metallic chest. It all changed me, forever.
My name is Starscream and I am burdened with the leadership of Cybertron. "
There's just one more prequel digital comic left (Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars – Windblade: July 19) before the 8-episode animated series premieres on August 02. These motion comic prequels have done a wonderful job at setting the stage for the upcoming show. It will be interesting to see how a new Transformers dynamic unfolds, one where there are no more Autbots or Decepticons, just Cybertronians trying to determine the best way forward for the sake of their planet and galaxy.
Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars Episode Breakdown:
Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars – Optimus Prime: June 28: The former leader of the Autobots, reflects on the great war andhow it finally ended with a duel between him and the mighty Megatron.
Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars – Victorion: July 5: A Combiner born from the magic of the 'Enigma of Combination', describes her anger with this new state of affairs and proclaims her intention to save theTransformers galaxy from the chaos created in the aftermath of disbanding the Autobots and Decepticons.
Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars – Starscream: July 12: No longer the villain we once knew him as, is now a member of a great 'Council'along with The Mistress of Flame from the planet Caminus and Rodimus Prime. The burden of responsibility is heavy on the three due to the destruction andloss of life from the ongoing Combiner Wars.
Prelude to Transformers: Combiner Wars – Windblade: July 19: Once an official 'City Speaker' to the gigantic 'Titans' is tired of the bureaucratic non-action of the Council, who seem to sit idly while her people and her cities on Caminus perish. She decides that the only way to end the Combiner Wars is to take matters into her own vengeful hands.