The heroes use this opportunity to attack the Terrorcons and save Earth. Since the dark god is so colossal, the portal takes some time to open enough to let Unicron pass. And while everyone is distracted by Airzaor's unexpected attack, the Terrocons manage to snatch the second half of the Transwarp Key.ĭuring the final battle of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, Scourge uses the Transwarp Key to open a portal and summon Unicron to Earth. Airazor's unwilling betrayal forces Primal to take her dear friend down. Using the same power, Scourge attacks the Maximal Airazor (voiced by Michelle Yeoh), twisting her mind. To ensure his subjects will always be faithful, Unicron corrupts the souls of his soldiers, binding them to his will. The Maximals also suffer a brutal casualty while fighting against the Terrorcons. That’s why the two human heroes and the Autobots forge an unstable alliance for most of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts runtime. Because of that, Elena and former soldier Noah Diaz ( Anthony Ramos) think it’s best to destroy the key, forever trapping Unicron in a far corner of space. However, Prime’s search for the Transwarp Key turns Earth into a target for Unicron. The fan-favorite Autobot can only be revived if he receives a surge of Energon energy, so Prime must take him to Cybertron as fast as possible. Prime’s mission becomes more urgent when the Terrorcons kill Bumblebee after they get the first half of the Transwarp Key. That is why he orders Scourge and his Terrorcons to scour the universe in search of the artifact. And while the dark god devours the Maximals’ home, he knows he’ll starve for eternity if he doesn’t find the Transwarp Key. As a result, Unicron is left stranding near the Maximals’ planet. Meanwhile, Optimus Primal (voiced by Ron Perlman) leads the Maximals through a time-space portal, determined to hide the Transwarp Key from Unicron. The leader of the Maximals, Apelinq, stays behind to hold off Scourge (voiced by Peter Dinklage), the most dangerous servant of Unicron. And that’s why the Maximals sacrifice themselves and their world to save the universe from this unstoppable threat. Unicron needs the Transwarp Key to move his gargantuan body through space, targeting new planets to devour. The Maximals’ planet is targeted because this heroic faction of Transformers keeps the Transwarp Key, a mystic artifact capable of creating portals through space and time. Many centuries before the events of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts, the Maximals’ home planet is attacked by Unicron (voiced by Colman Domingo), a dark god of the Transformers who devours celestial bodies rich in Energon to fuel himself.

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