Sandstorm (Prime)
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| The name or term "Sandstorm" refers to more than one character or idea. For a list of other meanings, seeSandstorm (disambiguation). |
- Sandstorm is a space pirate and laterAutobotfrom theAlignedcontinuity family.
Sandstormis a member of theStar Seekerscrew.
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Fiction
Aligned novels
Sandstorm was a pilot on the pirate shipTidal Wavecommanded byThundertron.ExilesSandstorm later piloted theTidal Wavein combat against theNemesis.They lost.Retribution
2015Robots in Disguisecartoon
Following the restoration of Cybertron from theGreat War,Sandstorm was one of the many Autobots blacklisted by the newHigh Councilfor being a supporter ofOptimus Prime.Enemy of My Enemy
Notes
- According toRik Alvarez,the original concept of theStar Seekershad each of its 13 members hail from a different Cybertronian colony.[1]Sandstorm was not described in any detail in the novels, so it's unknown which colony (if any) he was intended for; in the originalTransformerscartoon, the AutobotSandstormwas from the colony world ofParadron.
- Thrilling 30Sandstormis based on aNick Rochedesign intended forPrimeSandstorm.[2]
References
- ↑"Beast Hunterskind of came out of nowhere. We had a direction for season three. We knew where we were gonna go, we knew where we wanted it to end, and we had the concept for what the follow up show would be—and if you ever heard her a character called Thundertron, we were thinking: pirates! They go back to Cybertron and they're invaded by the pirates, and each of the pirates—there were 13 pirates and there were 13 colonies and each transformer was from a colony [...] "—Rik Alvarez, TFCon Chicago 2018
- ↑"To clear up: I was working with Hasbro at the time, and designed Sandstorm while I was there. That was the base design, and then those crazy sods at Hasbro managed to pull my comic Springer out of it. In that order!" —Nick Roche, Twitter, 2022/11/29
