IDW Solicitations for December 2008 [Massive Spoilers]

[i_amtrunks]

Now I wonder how accurate this prequel comic will be, and how well Reign of Starscream will tie into it?

The character who adorns both covers is interesting, what with the events that occurred to him in the first movie's prequel comics...

[Firecracker]

Oh Glorious! If I remeber correctly it was stated that Reign of Starscream wouldn't contradict Revenge of the Fallen and neither would it 'tie-in'. I think Destiny will be the same.

[griffin]

I think we are going to see more variations between movie universe on screen and the movie universe in the comics (like with the first one), because of how early these sequel/prequel comics have been written/drawn in relation to the completion of the actual film. In other words, a late script change (it's still being filmed and rewritten) or deleted scene could make something in the prequel comic redundant or at worst, contradict something in the final cut of the movie (like Barricade's death in the first one).

I do wonder how well RofS will fit in, as it was written before the sequel script would have been written, and the movie writers wouldn't have have their hands tied to work around it in their sequel script. I think it may just resolve in a way that doesn't impact on the movie at all (death of a major character, or inclusion of a major concept or character that isn't reflected in the movie), or the movie universe will just continue to exist separately to the film universe.