Why Primus Wasn't in the Transformers Movies 🤖

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Why haven't we seen or heard of Primus in the Transformers Movies? This is a question I've been asking myself ever since the Matrix of Leadership was introduced in Revenge of the Fallen. It's literally the conduit of Primus, the Creator God of all Transformers. And he's the core of Cybertron itself. Which is crazy because you'd think this would be a leading factor in the Autobots defeating his evil twin brother Unicron in Transformers The Last Knight. Now to be fair the movie tie-in comics do make multiple mentions of Primus. With Sentinel telling Optimus that he believed him to be a direct descendent of Primus. But since Michael Bay never acknowledged those comics and ultimately haulted production of them to avoid spoiling his upcoming TF films. There's never been a mention of the Daddy of all Transformers. Hopefully this new wave of Transformers movies fixes this and brings in his story.
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[@dilloon7626]

Creators of the Transformers Race: Primus and Unicron>>The Quintessons all day everyday

[@TheOfficalTRGroup]

They’re just the judges, I think

[@Sbungo61]

I'll take the quintessons anyday over "generic and cheap space god stuff"

[@jamainegardner4193]

@@Sbungo61 and I'll take generic gods any day over reducing cybertronians to mere machines instead of actual living beings.

[@Sbungo61]

@@jamainegardner4193 who said they can't be living machines? As far as I'm concerned that's what they are, unless apparently now Transformers have skin and organs that is. Like, sure, they are living, but they are still robots, and robots are built, not born from a space god

[@subzero7119]

Which is false lol. Everyone knows in the Michael Bay version the Quintessons are the makers but real TF fans know that Primus is the creator of the TF Universe

[@squaredefied3309]

Primus : the daddy of transformers Optimus prime : robo Jesus

[@sorry1827e7]

You're not wrong But that doesn't make you right And I do not hoe to feel about this statement

[@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman]

Omg fr And just like their counterparts, they dont exist

[@dippy_1999]

@@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman “I’m 14 and this deep.” Please go touch some grass.

[@ARK-mc5en]

😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@theredpillneo2296]

@@Mahlak_Mriuani_Anatman I wish you the best and hope one day your eyes open to god 🙏🏼

[@LaffyTaffy04]

Because Michael Bay went with the Quintessons origin with Quintessa. You can't have Primus and the Quintessons creating the transformers at the same time.

[@RandomBlackGamer]

There's a lot of contradictions that happened in those movies. So its not really saying much.

[@ayyanred409]

@@RandomBlackGamer big fan

[@supanerdreviews4056]

@@RandomBlackGamer for all we know the knights of iacon were right. They called quintessa the great deceiver so there’s a possibility the quintessons saw a primitive cybtertronian race and claimed to be their rulers but after an uprising their names were stricken from history.

[@humss1simonibay563]

@@supanerdreviews4056 ur right

[@natek4488]

@@RandomBlackGamer Dude, you have some amazing artwork of Primus in this video. Where'd you find it or did you make them?

[@tjfarrington1824]

Correction he's not the core of cybertron, HE IS cybertron

[@vadkan]

Then Quintessa trying to revives him?

[@tjfarrington1824]

@@vadkan not sure

[@kharbandaumang]

And UNICRON is the moon of the Cybertron. (Going by the anime transformers armada)

[@blackphantom9994]

Like TFP unicron,he's not in earth core,he is the earth core

[@tjfarrington1824]

@@blackphantom9994 basically

[@djsoundwave5344]

"the daddy of transformers" best sentence I've heard

[@imnxsty6132]

That was hilarious

[@imnxsty6132]

🤣🤣

[@KingNexusMOCs]

You might have daddy issues

[@djsoundwave5344]

@@KingNexusMOCs no I don't have issues my dad didn't get milk he got divorced I can still go to his house so no

[@thatkotorguy422]

Wouldn't that also make solus the mommy aswell?

[@kiplingin5023]

Primus looks like Gundam Wing with that gold pose.. 😅😅 i would really love to see Primus 🥰🥰

[@carmelaguibao3142]

Yeah the.gold one looks like gundam

[@JetSetSixDeuce]

The rendition after the gold one screams Armored Core to me

[@kiplingin5023]

@@JetSetSixDeuce sorry im more of a gundam fan so i see it as gundam.. by the way do you know a good armored core on psp and ps1 im willing to play it 👍👍

[@nelsonbuena777]

Yeah like a godlike gundam hahaha

[@-xxnegusxx-3511]

Shining Gundam....it's from g gundam

[@lonechromosome]

bruh the writers don’t even know why Primus wasn’t in it

[@foreverhungry5318]

I still remember the giant primus transformers toy. The thing weighed a few pounds and took several minutes to change but damn if you were a kid with one of those no doubt you're parents were fighting for custody

[@goodday9088]

Bruh late 90s early 2000s those toys were everywhere, even the dollar store had it's cheap variation

[@whitewolf8780]

I actually still have the toy, it's a real bitch to wake up in the middle of the night and unknowingly kick the plastic planet

[@SuperFAILMC]

@@goodday9088 my mate has a massive cybertronian train transformer took ages to change ot

[@shanedaley6236]

​@@whitewolf8780 same there in a box somewhere would love to see a lot of the transformers from those 90s shows be given a live action look to them

[@TamirZephon]

I cant find it anymore. :/

[@Ando1428]

Primus is in every movie that cybertron shows up. There is no one without the other.

[@syweb2]

Primus wasn't a thing until the marvel comics added him in. Before that, Cybertron was just their planet. Conceivably, the TF films could have gone back to this approach.

[@gmork1090]

@@syweb2 Yep. Primus didn't show up until 1989, 2 years after the end of the show (rebirth)

[@gmork1090]

Prius wasn't a concept until 1989. The tf movie was 1986. Quintessons made the tfs and some little nerdy gremlin created unicron.

[@expresslocomotives2503]

"You Call yourself a Prime? Primus Would be Ashamed" Scourge

[@SmashedPotatoes-yn3yt]

So it’s means at least primus exist in this new movie universe

[@BungieStudios]

Primus was mentioned in the latest one by Scourge to Optimus "givemeyourface" Prime.

[@GoldGalaxianFin]

Isn't primus literally the WHOLE CYBETRON TRANSFORMING INTO A PLANET SIZED ROBOT WITH FREAKING MISSILES.

[@riven5677]

Yes and I rather not have to deal with him punching a planet let alone the missiles

[@arkking552]

If they try to introduce that concept in the movies the whole Devastator model melting a computer thing is gonna look like a one of those throwable firecrackers that pop

[@Lunerine]

From what I believe, he isn’t the core, he IS Cybertron itself.

[@radolfkalis4041]

You are correct. Cybertron is the LITERAL body of Primus.

[@Joker-fr1vf]

Jetfire references his father in revenge of the fallen saying this "you know what my father transformed into? nothing! and he did so with honor"

[@donkeykong6426]

the first wheel and if it had a robot mode it would be out of place and agonizing a little

[@Joker-fr1vf]

@@donkeykong6426 damn, this short is still making rounds? Also wym? How would it be agonizing?

[@donkeykong6426]

@@Joker-fr1vf they appearance of the robot design

[@Joker-fr1vf]

@@donkeykong6426 I haven't seen the original transformers so idk

[@optimaltron2768]

In ROTB scourge says, "primus would be ashamed." To optimus.

[@HannahBeastiary119]

"the daddy of all transformers" I died laughing

[@KingNexusMOCs]

Pack of cigs

[@shariqhasan6220]

I want to see a fan-made render of how Primus and Unicron will look like according to Bayverse robot designs.

[@KingNexusMOCs]

I don't.

[@xyreniaofcthrayn1195]

Primus and unicron would look like giant mechazords than anything else.

[@imperiumgrim4717]

@@xyreniaofcthrayn1195 yup big boys

[@louisrobitaille5810]

Wouldn't this just mean the end of Earth as Unicron is its literal core ?.?

[@jaythomas3224]

They wrote themselves in a corner. Unicron is Earth lmao how you want to see him Transform? We all die

[@dangerber23]

In rise of the beasts Scourge actually mentions Primus when fighting Optimus

[@yazzieman3671]

Scourge: and you call yourself a prime, Primus would be ashamed

[@Lifeyt-002]

Me watching this after all this time got me thinking about rise of the beast, when scourge said “Primus would be ashamed” to Optimus prime

[@crazycoffee]

Primus makes some pretty good music

[@themandaloriangamingnetwor4964]

Man that Primus art is damn amazing, Looking like a god damn Gundam

[@wd3185]

"Primus would be _ashamed."_

[@bumblebeessimp1243]

Scourge watched this and mad it his mission to say his name

[@SlymeJeezis91]

Primus: exists Gundams: hold my beer

[@bbqkiki]

Michal Bay was too busy filming explosions.

[@yurrmace]

They cannot leave Primus out of the live action. He’s literally a major plot in the transformers saga. He’s there whole home planet.

[@mrzirak792]

Primus doesnt exist in every contiunity. Sometimes Cybertron itself isnt even 100% mechanical (Beast Machines shows G1 Cybertron with organic).

[@sk1zlet]

Primus vs Unicorn in a transformers movie would melt every single computer

[@sqeatyamv]

I want Bay to finish his stories before the reboot

[@razuflameshd4007]

I love the ultimate tenkaichi soundtrack in the background 😂

[@jayxcv5409]

Same the tracks are rad except the game tho we don't talk about that one.

[@GodOfFire19]

I had the Primus transformer toy. Man I enjoyed that hell toy. I was hoping he'd show up in the movies.

[@Dualbladedscorpion7737]

Well actually we have seen primus in the movies...well technically his corps (he's a dying/dead mechanical planet)

[@MrHAH-cd9ku]

Primus getting split into pieces by the forces on his brother’s shell. Twice.

[@misfit7024]

Not to mention Unicron with the horns in earth.

[@suparicky8889]

That's whatbi was thinking that primus is dead since Cybertron is dead

[@riven5677]

@@suparicky8889 well with the lore (most of it) cybertron may be dead but primus is always alive but in stasis so from what I can tell the only way to kill him is to utterly shatter cybertron and I mean only asteroids left and I not even sure if that can him as he’s a god more or less

[@Fearienify]

​@@riven5677 which happened in Transformers 3 when they destroyed Cybertron

[@jonw7760]

I would definitely like to see what those guys could do with that guy's backstory

[@ericwilliams538]

Simple straightforward answer: Michael Bay didn't follow the original story line what so ever. He changed almost, well, everything!!!

[@deangarn1488]

We need to retell the story and give origins to both Primus and Unicron for some backstory on both of them and then come together for the modern transformers of today it would be an epic and marvelous recreation just need somebody with the inspiration and the fortitude to do it and of course having permission from the original creators of the comics and storyline of the transformers

[@jtotheroc]

That gold picture makes Primus look like a Gundam.

[@infinityzer054]

Let’s hope primus knows the risks of defeating unicron since we live on them.

[@BuddinGHP]

Haha, unicorn.

[@lynxmarquez2750]

He dead bruh primus us cybertron a dead planet

[@subjectc7505]

And the last knight didn't make sense. Because Unicron only wakes to the presence of primus awakening.

[@LAMARFC]

Depends on the storyline, in tf prime he woke up when the planets aligned

[@commitarson620]

Bro it made no sense at all didn't quintessa call unicorn her brother at the end credits

[@lil_sharnrd7099]

Because cybetron was going to fuse with earth so unicron saw it as primus coming to destroy him essentially

[@subjectc7505]

@@lil_sharnrd7099 Primus doesn't exist because Cybertron was destroyed by the space bridge (I think tf3 was confusing about Cybertron as well) and quintessa was piecing it together and it looked totally different. The Bay Verse Unicron and Primus lore is weird or they don't exist in the same universe.

[@lil_sharnrd7099]

@@subjectc7505 he died from the war between autobots and decepticons and I think the allspark being taken as well that’s the whole reason of last knight to bring the planet back to life but wait I just remembered cybertron started getting attracted to earth and was trying to force with it on purpose unicron ether couldn’t sense he was dead and just put his guard up or cybertron coming he just saw it as a threat idk tbh hopefully if they introduce them again they get better lore

[@bigj1905]

If you ask me, it’s because Primus is the incarnation of Order and Creation. Primus doesn’t wage wars because it is not in his nature too. That’s why he created the Primes, the Matrix, and other important artifacts for his kind to use. Just because he doesn’t have a physical manifestation doesn’t mean he is apathetic or uncaring. He’s helped the Autobots and the Universe on multiple occasions, just not always directly.

[@JohntheDoe572]

With Unicron being in the newest movie, this is becoming more and more of a possibility

[@fordzfinland6862]

So hes basically a gundam🤣💀😳

[@KategariYami]

... Literally the first Transformer I see looks eerily similar to Destroy Gundam... With the circular plates and the 2 cannons at the top even... And the great big golden Transformer that I see in the thumbnail immediately reminded me of Strike Freedom Gundam for some reason (but completely golden)

[@blacktemplarsergeantwalker9874]

Thankfully they mentioned Primus in ROTB

[@bunnyofdoom4501]

Cuz Primus has been too busy making music since the 90s

[@sonicbreaker6991]

glad someone here thought that

[@Saffrone221]

Obviously Optimus Prime had already been killed long ago. The remaining autobots are just keeping his legacy and glorifying his matrydom. He is the symbol of honor, sacrifice, and unwavering determination to liberate all life from tyranny.

[@gnarfarmer]

transformers has so much good lore that just gets thrown to the side for cool scenes

[@supanerdreviews4056]

I saw a rumor that tf6 is still on but after rise of the beasts

[@obscureskeleton118]

Its a fan made project with bad cgi and cringe voice acting. Admirable. But bad

[@supanerdreviews4056]

@@obscureskeleton118 no I saw a video covering an interview saying tf6 would also be in the works

[@elitegamer21005]

Bumblebee is TF6

[@supanerdreviews4056]

@@elitegamer21005 no it’s not. It is the sixth transformers movie but it is not tf6. Bumblebee is its own thing but by TF6 I mean the sequel to the last knight

[@obscureskeleton118]

@@supanerdreviews4056 mate. Your probably miss heard or misunderstood. All that's in the works is a cgi cybertron film. And 2 films that directly follow rise of the beasts in a trilogy style like Lord of the rings or starwars. Like a 3 part kind of deal with one long story. I personally think that sound awesome.

[@animallover1404]

Happy 36 Anniversary "TRANSFORMERS G1: THE MOVIE" (AUGUST 8, 1986)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@SovereignJarodKwan]

I'm still confused on how in the last knight, cybetron still exists when it looked like it was clearly destroyed during the end of dark of the moon. I mean if cybertron was destroyed, so was primus. But evidently it wasn't in the last knight so primus still has a potential appearance.

[@skamv9697]

Explain how earth is primus brother doesn't that mean that earth has some hidden thing somewhere hiding 🤔if that made a appearance it would be epic

[@SovereignJarodKwan]

i dont even agree with earth being unicron either. that made NO sense whatsoever

[@SaitoR9]

​@@SovereignJarodKwan watch tf prime they explained it

[@SovereignJarodKwan]

@@SaitoR9 Is it canon with the bay films?

[@SaitoR9]

@@SovereignJarodKwan I don't know but I think if he is earth in tf prime and tlk it would be the same back story

[@brandonvang9464]

Primus is basically a Gundam

[@mc-maitrixgaming4330]

Primus isn’t just the core of cybertron he is cybertron itself Cybertron’s core is Primus’s spark chamber

[@Meg_Lovegood]

The Matrix of Leadership first appeared in the animated Transformers series in The Transformers: The Movie, when a dying Optimus Prime passed it to Ultra Magnus. Prime was the seventh holder of the Matrix - after the death of the sixth holder, Alpha Trion briefly kept the Matrix safe before bestowing it upon Optimus. #Notarealfan

[@MetalGearMechWars]

It just looks like a good Gundam

[@8L4NK.]

This ain't no transformer, it's a gundam.

[@jarrodmelson7802]

When I hear primus I ca t only think of dry simple but catchy 90s’ bass riffs

[@michaelmohamed7924]

I thought you were done exactly making Transformer videos but I guess you're not done you're still making videos about Transformers which is awesome and cool

[@splint_x4084]

He looks like he's from gundam

[@ethancollins8378]

they dropped a ball. they could’ve done GREAT things with the war between primus and unicorn and how quintessa defies unicorn. they need to follow this storyline, this is the story the movies tried to portray but got pushed under the rug.

[@johngolles342]

Thankfully he’s mentioned in the rebooted movies. In rise of the beasts, Scourge mentions him

[@shadownf9006]

he probably was destroyed after TF3

[@ayyanred409]

what

[@ayyanred409]

do you like optimus prime new design in rise of the beast cause i do not

[@shadownf9006]

@@ayyanred409 idk I haven’t seen it yet

[@shadownf9006]

@@ayyanred409 but to answer your question The reason why I say he probably was destroyed in dark of the moon was because half of Cybertron with sucked into a black hole

[@ayyanred409]

@@shadownf9006 so what your saying is optimus prime was destroyed

[@itsmeazzy4488]

*shows a picture of Primus* Me who's not a Transformer fan: What in the Mobile Suit Gundam is this sh*t?!

[@johnnygyro2295]

The Transformers' corner of the multiverse/omniverse can get pretty crazy.

[@antonydrossos5719]

The short answer is that Michael Bay didn’t have a clue how to navigate the Transformers mythology

[@mrzirak792]

Well, he kinda tried to do his OWN mythology in First 3 movies, uknow, Allspark, Dynasty of (7 OG) Primes (instead of 13 Primes), Matrix of Leadership, Protoforms not being just new characters to be taken by factions, minicons that are actually parts of transformer rather switchable power up, Megatron and Optimus being literally brothers (and Megs ate his father's spark) and etc. Sadly after 3rd movie he had to make more, which nobody cared about, as well Bay, so they were pure Lore-Ruination for old trilogy. I also believe that Unicron here was made by someone, just like he was in G1.

[@jenniferrobinson5491]

Like it transformers prime so cool car 🚗

[@danielvela8673]

I love hiw u through in a gundahm

[@kazuyahirako4843]

Yea, I was thinking that too Lol. But some other folks out there who doesn't know anything about Gundam wouldn't know the difference. 😅

[@ayyanred409]

doe anyone know what megatron would look like in rise of beast or is he not in the movie

[@planetjason001]

He’s probably not in the movie

[@kobi7955]

I think he'll commanding the decepticons from the background and not show up until later on

[@biglocc2209]

Did you say ‘transformers slow ass knight’. Cuz that’s how I felt watching it

[@randomboi4239]

Arcee is such a badass in this episode

[@ayyanred409]

hey randomblackgamer can you tell if there going to make optimus prime design the same as last knight because i really like tf1 , tf3 and tf5 sorry because g1 is old and idont want optimus to change just my opinion

[@EnergonVlada]

They're using Bunblebee Optimus' design for ROTB, as it's sequel to the Bumblebee movie.

[@ayyanred409]

@@EnergonVlada i just dont like if optimus changes into like a g1 cause its old i just think that optimus is fine with his knight form or tf1 anf tf3 form my opinion

[@EnergonVlada]

@@ayyanred409 But ROTB is the sequel to Bumblebee, not Bayformers, so why wouldn't they use Bumblebee's model. It doesn't make sense to use Bayformers model, it's a different continuity.

[@ayyanred409]

@@EnergonVlada then why would it be called transformers 7 if micheal bay would start it so the bayformers design mskes more sense

[@EnergonVlada]

@@ayyanred409 Because it's NOT called Transformers 7. Bumblebee isn't Transformers 6. That's how fans called it, it's not official name.

[@mephibos]

Oh right I almost forgot that unicron was primus's brother

[@arkking552]

They name dropped him in Rise of the Beasts so there’s that

[@stevelandmartin-khan2430]

The thumbnail picture (black and gold) looks like a gundam, and I’m here for it

[@gamingcodexarchives]

Primus looked like a Gundam on that sketch

[@LokiBrokii]

It probably will with rise if the beast actually showing unicron and the terracons more

[@Tenasedeinc]

That golden primus is crazy

[@joshualawrence5253]

Primus was mentioned by Scourge in Transformers Rise of the Beast though.

[@l1st8n95]

bro i thought it was a gundam at first but it wasn't 💀

[@sirrayveltal8610]

Well, Scourge officially name dropped him in ROTB.

[@fameasser123]

I thought that this was gonna be about Gundams and not Transformers from the thumbnail picture lol.

[@MrJarvisful]

I honestly feel like lore wise they had no idea what they was doing or figured every movie they started would of been the last. If I remember correctly "dotm" cybertron was half destroyed when the space bridge collapse. Then last knight it was in like 5 or so giant floating pieces.

[@chadwitty6170]

Dude I have a big old primus toy from when i was a little kid. I didn't even know what he was until I saw this video

[@omegasupreme9675]

and what are you thinking right now are you amazed now to see such a thing like Primus is the Planet from the Transformers

[@xprimal_impulse3038]

They mentioned him in rise of the beast

[@itsm3ll0_yt73]

Nah that white and gold and the black ajd gold are actually disgustingly dope

[@kingxcosmo1801]

Well they did say the planet Cybertron was dead and destroyed so it would make sense that since it’s the body of Primus he’s possibly critically damaged to where we won’t see him for a long long time

[@mk_rexx]

Because Primus is busy with their career as an influential rock band

[@8-P0PC0RN-8]

He's too big to go in a battle he's a planet 💀

[@8-P0PC0RN-8]

And the deception in the earth is unicorn

[@austinsmith7467]

"Jerry was a race car"

[@rhysbarrett9353]

Plus side We got an appearance from Unicron in ROTB And Scourge mentions Primus right before he kills Bumblebee

[@Greenbaylover]

I think it’s sick because scrooge talked about him and rise of the beasts when he said primus would be disappointed

[@unvaccinatedstraightguy5327]

I been preaching the Glory of Primus for years. The mainstream fans have no clue. It's Soo embarrassing

[@flashfrost1088]

Interesting but I DO hope that they show him in the next Transformers movie coz I rad somewhere that "Transformers : The Last Knight" was the Transformers franchise's second last movie which means they have one last movie to make

[@fathidoesedits]

RIP bay verse transformers

[@nexsuscraftalk4118]

Primus be like : "sigh" how supposed I turn to robot if half of my body got destroy

[@maximumeffort1006]

"Y'know what let's remove God"

[@lyrical8710]

That gold primus looks like gundam wing from retro toonami days.

[@leozhang1442]

I like to believe that primus spark was reconstructed in to the matrix of leaderships core

[@senya1672]

Wrong scourge told prime, "you call yourself a prime, Primus would be disappointed

[@RandomBlackGamer]

I can't be wrong if the video was made a year before that movie came out...

[@Ironhidetheirondragon]

that will be so cool if they added primus

[@ThatLoserMan]

Thank god hes coming in the transformers one movie, and he also got a shoutout on transformers rise of the beasts

[@nexusprime2006]

And one year after thus great short they finally did mention primus in rise of the beast yes they only said his name once from scourge but it was nice that they finally did mention so I guess we will wait and see in future films if they do talk more about primus

[@ianjames480]

Primus was mentioned by Lockdown in Age of Extinction, last battle Prime saves Cade over himself and Lockdown says the line 'You save the Human over yourself, Primus would be ashamed'