More on The Fallen, TF Destiny

In an interview with MTV, IDW Editor-in-Chief Chris Mowry revealed a little bit more about the five issue Transformers: Destiny series and confirmed some information about the movie including re-iterating Simon Furman's indication that The Fallen is a new character rather then a metaphor for the return of an established TF (but it can still go either way).

“[We're going to] expand on the ‘Reign of Starscream’ story that we’re doing and tie everything in to what this next movie is going to be,” explained writer Chris Mowry, who partners on the book with artist Alex Milne. “The next movie starts out with just tons of action and there’s obviously going to be a lot of questions, so we’re hoping to answer some of those beforehand.”

At the end of “Transformers,” audiences were treated to a grand speech from Optimus Prime issuing the call for his off-world Autobots to head to Earth. We also saw Starscream blast into space after the defeat of his leader Megatron. So where did he go? Mowry’s “Reign of Starscream” miniseries — currently on shelves — answers that question and leads directly into “Destiny.”

Whereas “Reign of Starscream” expanded on the first film, “Destiny” will establish much of the second before fans are introduced to an increasingly complex storyline with multiple new robots. “We’re definitely taking every character that we can from the sequel,” said Mowry. “So you’ll see some Sector 7 involvement and what really happened to them. The same thing with some of the new characters, we’ll explain how they get to Earth. Because like I said, people will be wondering ‘Hey, where did that guy come from?’”

While Mowry has yet to have direct contact with “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen” screenwriters Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, he has worked closely with Hasbro to keep his story in continuity, as well as to ensure he’s not stepping on the film’s plotlines. “We had this really ambitious script done where there were a lot of fan-favorites in there. [But] some of them are going to be making an appearance in the second movie so they asked us not to use those, which is understandable.”

Two of those fan-favorite characters are Soundwave and Arcee, both of whom find themselves recruited for the sequel. “[Starscream]’s more of like a military guy. So in ‘Destiny’ we’re going to see a lot more involvement with [the backgrounds of] Prime and Megatron, [as well as] Cybertron’s history and how that affects the present day. It all centers around the plot of the sequel which I obviously can’t get into. It’ll be explained but you’ll see a lot more expansion of their characters and their motivations and their destinies, if you will.”

The main takeaway is The Fallen is the main villain in the film (who still unknown) but then the title gave that away anyway, further confirmation that Arcee and Soundwave are in the upcoming film, that Destiny will be in-continuity thanks to IDW's work with Hasbro and the movie opens right into the middle of some action (rumored to be whatever was shot in Bethlehem).