Transformers: The Last Knight Concept Art - Scenery, Side Kick, Unicron, and More
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And then we have James Paick, who once again dazzles us with his scenery concept art, including many shots of Unicron as his horns pierce the Earth's outer core. Also included are some pieces of Cybertron.
Check them out, and let us know what you think in the comments section below!
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Posted by Deadput on August 11th, 2017 @ 8:12pm CDT
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXrKnV9jUWx/?taken-by=pringleart
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXrKdMID5zO/?taken-by=pringleart
Posted by Deadput on August 11th, 2017 @ 8:41pm CDT
Some of them don't have anything yet such as Steve Jung (By the way don't search Stevejung.com I learned out the hard way with family in the room)
Posted by Sigma Magnus on August 11th, 2017 @ 9:21pm CDT
Keep an eye on Seibertron.com for all the latest Transformers news!
Posted by shocksound96 on August 11th, 2017 @ 10:28pm CDT
Posted by william-james88 on August 11th, 2017 @ 10:34pm CDT
shocksound96 wrote:will there be an extended version coming out?
So far there are no signs that such a thing will happen.
Posted by WreckerJack on August 11th, 2017 @ 11:03pm CDT
Posted by Deadput on August 13th, 2017 @ 6:16pm CDT
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXv_qbHjmIG/?taken-by=joshnizzi.art
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXsyffsjzxh/?taken-by=pringleart
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXtN-WYhwd1/?taken-by=jamespaickart
Posted by Deadput on August 14th, 2017 @ 6:52pm CDT
Josh Nizzi
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXye3pzDEIo/?taken-by=joshnizzi.art
Thomas Pringle
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXyQ7QfjkWy/?taken-by=pringleart
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXytamfjKzF/?taken-by=pringleart
Furio Tedeschi
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXypxF6lOug/?taken-by=furio_tedeschi
Edit: and another!
James Paick
https://www.instagram.com/p/BXzDq-xBTRQ/?taken-by=jamespaickart
Posted by Deadput on August 15th, 2017 @ 2:28pm CDT
Thomas Pringle
https://www.instagram.com/p/BX0hBsmDsMJ/?taken-by=pringleart
Posted by Kurona on August 15th, 2017 @ 4:55pm CDT
The Transformers: The Last Knight 4K Blu-ray and Blu-ray 3D Combo Packs include a bonus disc with over 80 minutes of behind-the-scenes content and interviews. Travel to Cybertron to explore the Transformers home world, then visit the UK to delve into the locations used to bring the epic adventure to life. In addition, go inside the secret mythology of the legendary robots in disguise, check out the incredible vehicles used in the film and much, much more.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
Merging Mythologies – Explore the secret TRANSFORMERS history
Climbing the Ranks – Military training
The Royal Treatment: Transformers in the UK
Motors and Magic
Alien Landscape: Cybertron
One More Giant Effin' Movie
*Transformers: The Last Night will also be available in a 5-movie Blu-ray Collection that includes TRANSFORMERS, TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN, TRANSFORMERS: DARK OF THE MOON and TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION, as well as the bonus Blu-ray Disc detailed above and access to Digital HD copies of all five movies.
Posted by Carnivius_Prime on August 15th, 2017 @ 5:06pm CDT
Posted by dragons on August 15th, 2017 @ 5:53pm CDT
Posted by Deadput on August 16th, 2017 @ 1:54am CDT
https://www.instagram.com/p/BX18j4rhllC/?taken-by=jamespaickart
Posted by macsumner on August 16th, 2017 @ 8:36am CDT
Posted by noctorro on August 16th, 2017 @ 12:28pm CDT
You know, trying to make certain things make sense that the theatrical release completely didn't?
Or is it just extra stuff like normal?
I would like them doing a Batman v Superman (instead of bumblebee saying Marthaaaa!!!!!!!!)
Posted by Sabrblade on August 16th, 2017 @ 12:33pm CDT
No?noctorro wrote:Wasn't there 40 minutes extra in the movie for the blue ray version?
Posted by william-james88 on August 16th, 2017 @ 12:36pm CDT
noctorro wrote:Wasn't there 40 minutes extra in the movie for the blue ray version?
That was never mentioned. Sorry.
Posted by noctorro on August 16th, 2017 @ 2:09pm CDT
I thought I saw that on instagram.
Found it, the front of the blu ray:
Blu-Ray + DVD + Digital HD (who the hell needs 9 versions of the same movie, offtopic)
Left bottom,
Extended Cut
40 minutes of
Never seen before footage
More Story
More Action
Ultimate Edition
But that's not this edition I think, or someone was just trolling on instagram.
Posted by william-james88 on August 16th, 2017 @ 2:54pm CDT
noctorro wrote:Oh -_-
I thought I saw that on instagram.
Found it, the front of the blu ray:
Blu-Ray + DVD + Digital HD (who the hell needs 9 versions of the same movie, offtopic)
Left bottom,
Extended Cut
40 minutes of
Never seen before footage
More Story
More Action
Ultimate Edition
But that's not this edition I think, or someone was just trolling on instagram.
there was indeed a fake mock up of the Blu Ray cover advertising more footage, but it was a fan made hoax.
Posted by Deadput on August 16th, 2017 @ 4:01pm CDT
Josh Nizzi
https://www.instagram.com/p/BX3g_imj9sG/?taken-by=joshnizzi.art
Thomas Pringle
https://www.instagram.com/p/BX3T5DLD2G_/?taken-by=pringleart
Posted by noctorro on August 17th, 2017 @ 6:00am CDT
william-james88 wrote:noctorro wrote:Oh -_-
I thought I saw that on instagram.
Found it, the front of the blu ray:
Blu-Ray + DVD + Digital HD (who the hell needs 9 versions of the same movie, offtopic)
Left bottom,
Extended Cut
40 minutes of
Never seen before footage
More Story
More Action
Ultimate Edition
But that's not this edition I think, or someone was just trolling on instagram.
there was indeed a fake mock up of the Blu Ray cover advertising more footage, but it was a fan made hoax.
Thanks William!
I was very excited for that version because I think the theatrical version was a complete mess. But too bad it's fake
Posted by Va'al on August 20th, 2017 @ 9:48pm CDT
Also found at online retail with a September 2017 release date is a 5-movie collection pack, which includes the 2007 live action movie, Revenge of the Fallen, Dark of the Moon, Age of Extinction, and this summer's fifth installation. Check out the link on Amazon.com here, and an extra image of the steelbook version from Instagram below!
Posted by Va'al on August 20th, 2017 @ 10:06pm CDT
I was given the opportunity to work on some more Dinobot concepts, this time Mini-Dinobots for TF5! It was really cool to see them in motion and interacting with the characters. ILM did some really incredible modeling and animation work
Posted by Sarahthecutevixen on August 20th, 2017 @ 10:13pm CDT
Posted by Deadput on August 20th, 2017 @ 10:20pm CDT
GrandGalvatronG1 wrote:what's with the primal head?
Primal was considered to be in the movie at some point but he was dropped like characters such as Stryker (Wreckage) and Arcee from 2007, and the buttload of characters considered for ROTF like Breakaway, Depth charge, Springer and Ransack for example.
Posted by Deadput on August 20th, 2017 @ 10:37pm CDT
Not sure if this is the official source and while I don't think it's NSFW I would still advise caution even if unlikely to be anything wrong with the site.
http://chuansong.me/n/1934925551924
There is also a comic which is a thing I guess
Posted by Ig89ninja on August 21st, 2017 @ 9:36am CDT
Posted by Marcdachamp on August 21st, 2017 @ 10:09am CDT
Posted by Sabrblade on August 21st, 2017 @ 10:13am CDT
It appears to be in Chinese, rather than Japanese, so we'd need someone who knows that language.Ig89ninja wrote:Can we please have someone translate the comic?
Though, I'm doubting it's anything official. Probably just a fan work.
Posted by Deadput on August 21st, 2017 @ 12:37pm CDT
Sabrblade wrote:It appears to be in Chinese, rather than Japanese, so we'd need someone who knows that language.Ig89ninja wrote:Can we please have someone translate the comic?
Though, I'm doubting it's anything official. Probably just a fan work.
Josh hasn't uploaded that art himself on any website so I presume that the original site is promoting the Vatti brand there or something
Posted by Va'al on August 21st, 2017 @ 12:43pm CDT
Overview
Humans and Transformers are at war, Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history of Transformers on Earth. Saving our world falls upon the shoulders of an unlikely alliance: Cade Yeager (Mark Wahlberg); Bumblebee; an English Lord (Sir Anthony Hopkins); and an Oxford Professor (Laura Haddock).
More Information
There comes a moment in everyone's life when we are called upon to make a difference. In TRANSFORMERS: THE LAST KNIGHT, the hunted will become heroes. Heroes will become villains. Only one world will survive: theirs, or ours.
Posted by shajaki on August 21st, 2017 @ 2:05pm CDT
Posted by Va'al on August 28th, 2017 @ 5:40am CDT
The numbers clock in at just above 600 mln for total gross (with foreign being the expected bulk), and a significant pick up for IMAX and 3D showings of the movie across the cinemas showing it. Read more below, and let us know what you think!
Total Lifetime Grosses
Domestic: $130,168,683 21.6%
+ Foreign: $473,800,000 78.4%
= Worldwide: $603,968,683
Domestic Summary
Opening Weekend: $44,680,073
(#1 rank, 4,069 theaters, $10,981 average)
% of Total Gross: 34.3%
> View All 9 Weekends
Widest Release: 4,132 theaters
Close Date: August 24, 2017
In Release: 65 days / 9.3 weeks
Posted by Mr.MicroMaster on August 28th, 2017 @ 6:45am CDT
Posted by Quantum Surge on August 28th, 2017 @ 7:03am CDT
Posted by dragons on August 28th, 2017 @ 7:50am CDT
Quantum Surge wrote:A million less than the first movie but still damaging. I hope Hasbro and Paramount can get back on their feet with the Bumblebee movie.
Don't want jinx it new director doesn't always mean success or better movie Tim burton batman good batman sequels batman robin and batman forever bad bat nipples colorful city bad comedy
Posted by Delicon on August 28th, 2017 @ 10:03am CDT
Posted by fruityrobo on August 28th, 2017 @ 11:25am CDT
Posted by Kurona on August 28th, 2017 @ 12:16pm CDT
Posted by Optimum Supreme on August 28th, 2017 @ 12:49pm CDT
Posted by Stuartmaximus on August 28th, 2017 @ 12:56pm CDT
Optimum Supreme wrote:I know it wouldn't make any money, but am I the only one wishing they'd make another cartoon movie?
they are! it's called Transformers One
http://m.uk.ign.com/articles/2015/05/27 ... -the-works
Posted by DeathReviews on August 28th, 2017 @ 2:26pm CDT
Kurona wrote:And that miracle is... Nothing. Because it's not in terrible danger. It just didn't make as much money as the other movies, which either means it has to experiment and be more creative to try and reach that level again; or lower their budget to match what money they're making back. It's going to be fine.
Hopefully their experiments won't conclude: "More explosions! More cursing! More bodily function jokes! More spinning cameras! More product placements! More communist China!"
Posted by Barricade.it on August 28th, 2017 @ 4:34pm CDT
Kurona wrote:And that miracle is... Nothing. Because it's not in terrible danger. It just didn't make as much money as the other movies, which either means it has to experiment and be more creative to try and reach that level again; or lower their budget to match what money they're making back. It's going to be fine.
Posted by o.supreme on August 28th, 2017 @ 4:46pm CDT
What I disliked was its complete disregard for continuity. Now I know that the movie series has been pretty loose when it comes to this, but if you squint real hard, and *read between the lines* you could make some sort of cohesive through line for the first 4 films. But with TLK all of that was shattered. It raised way more questions, and answered NONE from the previous film.
Posted by Sabrblade on August 28th, 2017 @ 10:06pm CDT
Heh, yeah, remember when so many people were so insistent that we wait for the fifth movie to answer all the unanswered questions that AOE raised ("Who are the Creators?" "Who are the Knights and what's their deal?" "How is Optimus a member of these Knights?" "How, if at all, do the Creators relate to the AllSpark?" "The Dinobots are Knights too, right?" "What's the story behind this version of the Dinobots having dinosaur-based altmodes?" "How did Lockdown get involved with the Creators?" "What's Optimus gonna do with the Seed that he took with him into space?" "What's next for Megatron as Galvatron?") only for the fifth movie to not only answer absolutely none of them but to also outright feign ignorance of several of them as though they were never even a thing beforehand.o.supreme wrote:What I disliked was its complete disregard for continuity. Now I know that the movie series has been pretty loose when it comes to this, but if you squint real hard, and *read between the lines* you could make some sort of cohesive through line for the first 4 films. But with TLK all of that was shattered. It raised way more questions, and answered NONE from the previous film.
Every single person who insisted that the fifth movie would have all the answers sure did eat some mighty fine crow.
Posted by EunuchRon on August 29th, 2017 @ 12:24am CDT
The knights were charged with protecting Cybertron from Unicron. The dinobots were the largest and strongest knights, sent out first to locate Unicron, which they found on earth. They took the forms of the local life, which were dinosaurs. They subdued Unicron and kept him from waking up, but the ships with the "creator" people wanting to cyberform earth showed up, along with Lockdown, and the dinobots lost the fight and were imprisoned by Lockdown. Once the "creators" realized that earth was home to the big bad Unicron and cyberforming him was REALLY BAD bacause it would wake the dude up and make him super powerful, they stopped and left the planet, but not before they had wiped out most life on the planet. They stripped off the cyberforming they had done and it left a layer of iridium. Millions of years later, the 13 original Primes located Unicron and they arrived on earth intending to build and use the solar harvester to drain the sun and put Unicron in a deep freeze so he couldn't awaken. When local life proved intelligent the primes decided they couldn't morally go through with the plan, so they decided to bury the solar harvester in a pyramid structure and built some fake ones to hide the nature of the harvester. They didn't want to wreck it incase it had to be used as a last resort. The Egyptians later copied their pyramids for tombs, thinking the original pyramids were "tombs of the gods". Anyway, one of the primes rebelled, since Unicron was too big a threat to Cybertron and he wanted the big U destroyed for good. He tried to get hold of the Matrix of Leadership to turn the thing on, but the other primes hid it away. They wouldn't kill the rebel prime, being unwilling to kill one of their own, so they sacrificed themselves instead. How The Fallen never found them and why he left... eh, someone else can figure that out.
So then on Cybertron the war isn't going so well for the Autobots. Sentinel Prime goes missing, and Optimus Prime decides to eject the Allspark from the planet to keep Megatron from gaining control over it. Sentinel was already headed for Earth when his ship gets damaged on the way out. Megatron knew that Earth was Unicron the whole time, having learned about it from Quintessa, and brought Sentinel into the mix, telling him of the plan to use the solar harvester to prevent Unicron from waking up, and Sentinel would use the space bridge to bring Cybertron into orbit to suck up the power, and Quintessa would kill Unicron. When Megatron found out Optimus ejected the Allspark, he knew it would be drawn to Unicron, and went flying off after it, not knowing that Sentinel's ship got damaged. Megatron saw a perfect plan - go to Earth, retrieve the Allspark, open the space bridge, activate the collector, repower and rebuild Cybertron, and crush the autobots, ending the war for good. Somehow he got damaged on the way - probably hit an asteroid, and crashed on Earth near the polar regions. He and the Allspark were found by humans that knew nothing of what was going on with Unicron or the solar collector.
Before the Allspark landed, while the fighting was going on on Cybertron, other knights that had been sent out to find Unicron had located him on earth. Merlin met them, and taught them about humans, especially about King Arthur. They realized that Quintessa would destroy all life on earth to stop Unicron and repower Cybertron. They hid their ship at the bottom of the ocean, and they bound the staff to Merlin so that it would remain hidden. Quintessa had already been moving Cybertron when Sentinel opened the spacebridge opened to Earth. When the spacebridge failed, she started moving Cybertron toward Earth at warp speed, burning up Cybertron's remaining energon reserves, since time was running out before Unicron would awaken.
Now to wrap it all up, here's how a few plot holes get tied. The original primes knew that Unicron could only be destroyed by using Quintessa's staff and the knights' ship. The solar harvester would freeze Unicron, but couldn't outright kill him. Once Unicron was frozen, the staff would be used to deliver the killing blow. After the Allspark was lost in space, a bunch of Autobots and Decepticons went out looking for it, like Jetfire, Bumblebee, etc. They ended up on Earth, but in the 20th century. They didn't know about the knights or Unicron, but were just looking for the Allspark. When signs of the Allspark were found everyone started calling their buddies in space. Enter Optimus, Jazz, Ironhide, and the others in the first movie. The "creators" were responsible for cyberforming various planets and creating robotic life. They were not involved in Cybertron's war, but had created various worlds like Cybertron and Velocitron and some others. Lockdown was their henchman. He was programmed to capture any wayward robots that would interfere with their cyberforming, among other things. After they discovered earth was Unicron, Lockdown decided to keep the dinobots imprisoned because they had grown too wild owing to their alternate forms and couldn't be released without wreaking havoc. When the "creators" learned that Cybertronians had again landed on earth, lockdown was sent to eliminate them before they could accidentally wake up Unicron. The presence of a Cybertronian with an active Matrix of Leadership was a serious problem as that would cause Unicron to stir, so Optimus Prime was targeted by Lockdown to be removed from the earth intact, and the Matrix taken to the "creators". He didn't care about the humans at all, and the seed they were given as a gift would cyberform too small an area of the planet to worry about. It would also allow him to cover his tracks when the humans most interested in it would be killed by it. When Prime left with the seed he hid it away somewhere in the asteroid field, then went on to try to find the "creators", but ran out of power and went into stasis lock. Quintessa found him, and lied to him, telling him that SHE was the creator when she was just a pretender, controlling Cybertron's core, and having been the one that dispatched the knights to find Unicron in the first place.
That's how I tie everything up. This make any sense?
Posted by noctorro on August 29th, 2017 @ 12:45am CDT
Mr.MicroMaster wrote:I know that is a lot of money but man did this thing bomb especially compared to the others and just in general. Which is sad because it is my favorite of the live action transformers movies.
It should've bombed, because it's an unoriginal, uninspired, convoluted mess. It's only slightly less worse than Revenge of the Fallen. The writers room and Micheal Bay are hacks and give very little about movie making. The whole movie is just random crap.
For example, who got the most screen time in the town battle in the post-apocalyptic beginning? Humans and drones people. Onslaught (a combiner leader which should be a big deal, and is just a rehash of a Constructicon in the movie) gets killed in 3 seconds, the racist stereotype bot gets killed in 2 seconds.
They don't care about anything of the last movie. As stated before, Dinobots were suppose to be the Knights, and then there are 12 more, and they form a dragon. But there are also knights in the ship, the zombie one who died I think. But they could still form the dragon.
They know NOTHING about movie making, sure you see some colors and pretty people with some funny strange dialogue. But that's not movie making. And what the f*cks up with the changing aspect ratio?
And how the f*ck do they make baby Dinobots?
Yes you see a few robots, you see a little action, names get slapped around. Quintessa, Unicron, Megatron, Nemesis Prime. And there's a real traditional combiner in it as well!
None of that sh*t makes any sense and none of that sh*t is done even remotely right.
All I read here and see online are fans trying to imagine and theorize how things fit and try to make it cooler for their own experience. But NO, Optimus Prime, beaten down by Bumblebee, Knights, with no upgrade whatsover killed a combiner in 1 strike. That's bullsh*t.
Megatron has that same face paint as Optimus but isn't under the control of Quintessa like Prime is. WHYYY!!!????
I know, it's just a dumb movie, like Minions, you just have to watch and enjoy it.
But FFS man, I'm watching Transformers Prime for the first time and I've finished watching
X-Men Animated a while ago.
Transformers Prime is WAAAYYY better than the movies, they even do cool camera angles during
combat and try new things. Autobots are actually good, not assholes.
In X-Men Animated they did the Sentinels way better than the movies, they got Apocalypse right.
Which they totally f*cked up in the X-Men Apocalypse movie, satan damn, Apocalypse is my favorite Marvel villain and they effed that up.
Glad they'll show Terminator 2 in 3d in the theaters soon.
This movie is so bad, it doesn't even have a tie in video game.
Transformers Revenge of the Fallen was a decent and at times pretty good movie game.
Sorry for rant, but it's a bad movie, it shouldn't make a lot of money.
Posted by EunuchRon on August 29th, 2017 @ 12:51am CDT
noctorro wrote:And how the f*ck do they make baby Dinobots?
Well, you see, when a mommy dinobot and a daddy dinobot love each other very much...
Posted by fenrir72 on August 29th, 2017 @ 1:58am CDT
More or less US$ 700,000,000 including the US (where it clocked in not more or less than US$ 140,000,000)worldwide! You really can't put lipstick on a PIG!
THERE is a GOD or maybe Primus!
No mo' turdy Bayverse movies!Heck, only saving grace of the series was episode #1!
Posted by fenrir72 on August 29th, 2017 @ 2:07am CDT
EunuchRon wrote:Look, I can tie everything together like this.
The knights were charged with protecting Cybertron from Unicron. The dinobots were the largest and strongest knights, sent out first to locate Unicron, which they found on earth. They took the forms of the local life, which were dinosaurs. They subdued Unicron and kept him from waking up, but the ships with the "creator" people wanting to cyberform earth showed up, along with Lockdown, and the dinobots lost the fight and were imprisoned by Lockdown. Once the "creators" realized that earth was home to the big bad Unicron and cyberforming him was REALLY BAD bacause it would wake the dude up and make him super powerful, they stopped and left the planet, but not before they had wiped out most life on the planet. They stripped off the cyberforming they had done and it left a layer of iridium. Millions of years later, the 13 original Primes located Unicron and they arrived on earth intending to build and use the solar harvester to drain the sun and put Unicron in a deep freeze so he couldn't awaken. When local life proved intelligent the primes decided they couldn't morally go through with the plan, so they decided to bury the solar harvester in a pyramid structure and built some fake ones to hide the nature of the harvester. They didn't want to wreck it incase it had to be used as a last resort. The Egyptians later copied their pyramids for tombs, thinking the original pyramids were "tombs of the gods". Anyway, one of the primes rebelled, since Unicron was too big a threat to Cybertron and he wanted the big U destroyed for good. He tried to get hold of the Matrix of Leadership to turn the thing on, but the other primes hid it away. They wouldn't kill the rebel prime, being unwilling to kill one of their own, so they sacrificed themselves instead. How The Fallen never found them and why he left... eh, someone else can figure that out.
So then on Cybertron the war isn't going so well for the Autobots. Sentinel Prime goes missing, and Optimus Prime decides to eject the Allspark from the planet to keep Megatron from gaining control over it. Sentinel was already headed for Earth when his ship gets damaged on the way out. Megatron knew that Earth was Unicron the whole time, having learned about it from Quintessa, and brought Sentinel into the mix, telling him of the plan to use the solar harvester to prevent Unicron from waking up, and Sentinel would use the space bridge to bring Cybertron into orbit to suck up the power, and Quintessa would kill Unicron. When Megatron found out Optimus ejected the Allspark, he knew it would be drawn to Unicron, and went flying off after it, not knowing that Sentinel's ship got damaged. Megatron saw a perfect plan - go to Earth, retrieve the Allspark, open the space bridge, activate the collector, repower and rebuild Cybertron, and crush the autobots, ending the war for good. Somehow he got damaged on the way - probably hit an asteroid, and crashed on Earth near the polar regions. He and the Allspark were found by humans that knew nothing of what was going on with Unicron or the solar collector.
Before the Allspark landed, while the fighting was going on on Cybertron, other knights that had been sent out to find Unicron had located him on earth. Merlin met them, and taught them about humans, especially about King Arthur. They realized that Quintessa would destroy all life on earth to stop Unicron and repower Cybertron. They hid their ship at the bottom of the ocean, and they bound the staff to Merlin so that it would remain hidden. Quintessa had already been moving Cybertron when Sentinel opened the spacebridge opened to Earth. When the spacebridge failed, she started moving Cybertron toward Earth at warp speed, burning up Cybertron's remaining energon reserves, since time was running out before Unicron would awaken.
Now to wrap it all up, here's how a few plot holes get tied. The original primes knew that Unicron could only be destroyed by using Quintessa's staff and the knights' ship. The solar harvester would freeze Unicron, but couldn't outright kill him. Once Unicron was frozen, the staff would be used to deliver the killing blow. After the Allspark was lost in space, a bunch of Autobots and Decepticons went out looking for it, like Jetfire, Bumblebee, etc. They ended up on Earth, but in the 20th century. They didn't know about the knights or Unicron, but were just looking for the Allspark. When signs of the Allspark were found everyone started calling their buddies in space. Enter Optimus, Jazz, Ironhide, and the others in the first movie. The "creators" were responsible for cyberforming various planets and creating robotic life. They were not involved in Cybertron's war, but had created various worlds like Cybertron and Velocitron and some others. Lockdown was their henchman. He was programmed to capture any wayward robots that would interfere with their cyberforming, among other things. After they discovered earth was Unicron, Lockdown decided to keep the dinobots imprisoned because they had grown too wild owing to their alternate forms and couldn't be released without wreaking havoc. When the "creators" learned that Cybertronians had again landed on earth, lockdown was sent to eliminate them before they could accidentally wake up Unicron. The presence of a Cybertronian with an active Matrix of Leadership was a serious problem as that would cause Unicron to stir, so Optimus Prime was targeted by Lockdown to be removed from the earth intact, and the Matrix taken to the "creators". He didn't care about the humans at all, and the seed they were given as a gift would cyberform too small an area of the planet to worry about. It would also allow him to cover his tracks when the humans most interested in it would be killed by it. When Prime left with the seed he hid it away somewhere in the asteroid field, then went on to try to find the "creators", but ran out of power and went into stasis lock. Quintessa found him, and lied to him, telling him that SHE was the creator when she was just a pretender, controlling Cybertron's core, and having been the one that dispatched the knights to find Unicron in the first place.
That's how I tie everything up. This make any sense?
You ingested too much energon hefe?