1. If we get to follow Optimus on his outer space
quest in the next movie, it could mean the
introduction of any of three strange
Transformers creatures. In ascending order of
weirdness they are:
1. UNICRON
2. The ultimate force of evil in the Transformers
universe is Unicron, the embodiment of chaos
and destruction. This is where Transformers
moves into quasi-religious territory. Unicron's
existence may be essential to all existence
because of the way he balances the forces of
chaos and order. His internal computers are
constantly evaluating and monitoring time
ripples in both the future and past, and he's able
to travel between dimensions at will. Whenever
he shows up it's bad news. He's a giant
Transformer deity more powerful than anything
we've seen in the movies, capable of destroying
entire planets.
3. 2. PRIMUS
The creator god of the Transformers is Primus.
He's Unicron's twin and is the balancing light
and order to Unicron's chaos and darkness. If
Optimus Prime finds his creator in the next
movie, he'll likely come face-to-face with Primus,
which could be awkward because Primus takes
the form of the sentient planet Cybertron,
homeworld to all Transformers. In the cartoon,
4. Primus' face appears in a large hall on the
planet Cybertron. Michael Bay tends to try and
reshape the more unusual aspects of the
Transformers in his movies, making them more
accessible for a general audience, so we're sure
if Primus does appear in T5, it'll look somewhat
different.
Primus also expands on the quasi-religious stuff
we mentioned before. According to
Transformers mythology, before the dawn of
time there was a being known as "The One."
The One created Unicron, then split him in half
to create Primus. And thus we have a sort of
Transformers holy trinity with The One, Unicron,
and Primus.
3. THE QUINTESSONS
Without a doubt the weirdest thing in the
Transformers cartoons, the Quintessons are a
race of tentacled overlords who had a hand in
building the first Transformers. According to
mythology, the Quintessons built the Autobots to
be their slave labor and the Decepticons to be
their military might. In the
animated Transformers: The Movie, the
Quintessons bring Transformers before a
floating, tentacled judge with five faces who
5. proclaims their innocence or guilt before
invariably feeding the defendant to the mindless
mechanized menaces known as the
Sharkticons. The judges' five faces embody
Death, Wrath, War, Wisdom, and Judgment.
And just like it sounds, the Sharkticons are evil
shark robots. Here's a sample of Quintesson
justice.