Quote Originally Posted by GoktimusPrime View Post

I really liked how the issue ended with Optimus Prime being faced with a moral dilemma and acting on it in a way that doesn't directly contradict his core persona. On one hand, if he stood by and did nothing, he would risk Caminus being manipulated by Starscream to their detriment... or he could go to Caminus and allow himself to manipulate the Camini's religious blind faith in defence of their freedom. He's not actively deceiving the Camini by claiming to be a living deity, but he is arguably passively deceiving them by playing along with their beliefs and not at all refuting his godhood. He needs the Camini to believe and worship him as a god if he is to stand a chance to challenge Starscream's influence over Caminus. So he was forced to choose what he believed to be the lesser of two evils -- abuse an entire people's religious faith for the sake of defending those people and their liberty... and in doing so, safeguarding his core belief that freedom is the right of all sentient beings. It was an informed decision and I liked how Windblade didn't want to force Optimus' hand either, even saying that being Starscream's colony wouldn't necessarily be a terrible thing (although clearly not preferable).
so it was kind of like luke using threepio to scare the ewoks in return of the jedi?