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Transformers: Movie Prequel

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The official prequel to the 2007 film: the hunt for the AllSpark and how Megatron ended up in the Arctic ice; collects all 4 issues of the miniseries

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Not required. It's left out of the main story but is part of the full chronological order.

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BeforeTransformers: Lost Light Vol. 1

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Quick recap

On Cybertron, Megatron becomes obsessed with the AllSpark and builds an army to seize it, while the Autobots fight to protect it and end up launching it into space. At the Battle of Tyger Pax, Bumblebee loses the ability to speak. Megatron chases the AllSpark to Earth, crash-lands in the Arctic and goes into stasis for millennia. In 1897, Captain Archibald Witwicky finds him in the ice and loses his mind. Later, Sector Seven hides Megatron under the Hoover Dam. The comic ends with Bumblebee, Starscream, Blackout and Barricade reaching Earth to continue the hunt, setting the stage for the 2007 film.

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Behind the scenesPrime Directive
The comic's working title, Prime Directive, was also the working title of the 2007 film's script.
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ReferenceWhy Bumblebee can't talk
The comic shows Bumblebee losing his voice at the Battle of Tyger Pax, before he ever reaches Earth.
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ReferenceCaptain Witwicky
The comic shows how Captain Archibald Witwicky found Megatron in the ice in 1897 and lost his mind, a story the film covers only in passing.
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Behind the scenesIt became a DVD cartoon
An animated version, Transformers: Beginnings, came as a bonus disc in a Walmart-exclusive edition of the film's DVD.
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