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Sentinel Prime

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Sentinel Prime (Japanese: センチネルプライム) is a fictional character in the Transformers franchise. Generally depicted as an Autobot leader, Sentinel Prime has served as either a supporting character or antagonist in Transformers media. His first film appearance was in the 2011 film Transformers: Dark of the Moon as the main antagonist, and he eventually returns in the 2024 animated film Transformers One, as the main antagonist.

Sentinel Prime
Transformers character
Sentinel Prime's alternate mode
in the 2011 film
Voiced byMovies & Television:

Games:

In-universe information
AffiliationAutobots (allied with Decepticons in some continuities)
FunctionAutobot Leader/Commander, mentor of Optimus Prime
Alternate mode
  • Rosenbauer Panther fire truck (2011)
  • Freight train (2016)
  • Spaceship (2016)

Fictional character biography

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The Transformers

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In The Transformers episode "Five Faces of Darkness: Part 4", Rodimus Prime journeys into the Matrix of Leadership and witnessed a series of flashbacks of Cybertron's early days. One of them showed an unnamed blue robot who was a gladiator when the Quintessons ruled Cybertron. He led the rebellion that chased them off Cybertron. He led the Autobots in their victory against the Decepticons, and led them to victory. However, he was killed by Megatron at the start of the next war. Optimus Prime's predecessor as Autobot Leader wouldn't have a name until the American comic.

Transformers: Animated

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In the Cartoon Network television show Transformers: Animated, Sentinel Prime is a supporting character and an imposing figure within the Cybertron Elite Guard corps with a brash and smug demeanor as well as an obsession with following the rules of his superiors. After scanning an alternate mode as an earth disguise, he transforms into a pickup truck with a snow-plow attachment.[1]

Transformers: Dark of the Moon

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Sentinel Prime is the main antagonist of the 2011 film Transformers: Dark of the Moon. Originally appearing as one of the supporting cast members and Optimus Prime's former mentor, he takes on a more villainous role by making deals with the Decepticons to conquer Earth (Unicron) and even assassinates Ironhide. At the end of the film, Sentinel Prime and Optimus Prime duel with each other; only to have Megatron intervene and injure Sentinel fatally, which allows Optimus to ultimately kill him with a shot through his head.[2][a]

Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye

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Sentinel Prime appears as an antagonist in the comic Transformers: More Than Meets The Eye from IDW Publishing. Rumored to have been killed by Megatron during the early years of the Great War, Sentinel Prime later reveals that he had survived by imparting his knowledge into a smaller robot body and escaping in plain sight. Infiltrating the moon of Luna-1, he manages to outrun the Autobot guards there before taking mind control over one of them, Red Alert. They both mastermind a plot to send the reanimated Titan giants to attack Cybertron but Sentinel is eventually shot down by Red Alert, who turns on him. Sentinel then falls into a large hole by accident, killing him from the impact.[3]

Transformers: War for Cybertron

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In the High Moon Studios video game Transformers: War for Cybertron, Sentinel Zeta Prime acts as a vassal for the Quintessons and rules over Cybertron; he eventually manages to expel the Quintessons from Cybertron with the help of the population of Cybertron, who had formed a resistance.[4][5] He was later imprisoned by the Decepticons during the early days of the Great War, and the position of Prime was granted to the lowly librarian Orion Pax, who became Optimus Prime.[4][5] Sentinel was eventually executed by Megatron afterwards.[4] In his dying breath, he was able to talk to Optimus Prime and Jazz who had just come from receiving a distress signal from his prison.[5]

Transformers One

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In the 2024 animated film, Transformers One, Sentinel Prime is voiced by Jon Hamm, where he is once again the film's main antagonist. He is the head of Cybertron and leader of Iacon, to fight the Quintessons and search for the Matrix of Leadership, but to no avail. The truth was discovered by Orion Pax, D-16, Elita-1 and B-127, when Alpha Trion reveals that Sentinel was just the assistant, until he betrayed and killed the Primes to steal the Matrix from them, which failed when it rejected him and disappeared. He allied with the Quintessons for power in return for Energon, and secretly removed the miners' transformation cogs to keep them powerless. However, Sentinel and his soldiers arrive, so Trion holds them off to allow the others to escape, resulting in him being captured and executed by Sentinel. In Iacon, Sentinel tortures D-16, who learns that he took the cog of his idol, Megatronus Prime, before being branded with his symbol. In the battle, Sentinel is seen on video before the treaty with the Quintessons and the murder of the Primes, causing all the citizens to turn against him. Eventually, Sentinel is killed by a furious D-16, who then takes Megatronus' cog, and renames himself as "Megatron".

Voice actors

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Sentinel Prime was voiced by Townsend Coleman in the Transformers: Animated cartoon.[6] In Dark of the Moon, Sentinel Prime was voiced by Leonard Nimoy. In the video game Transformers: War for Cybertron, he is voiced by Troy Baker.[citation needed] In the film Transformers One he is voiced by Jon Hamm.[7]

Merchandise

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Transformers: Animated

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Released in 2008, Sentinel Prime has a Deluxe Class action figure that converts into a dark blue pickup truck with an orange-silver snow-plow attachment and has two accessories included, which are a lance and shield.[8]

Movieverse toylines

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  • Sentinel Prime has had three new action figures released in 2011 as part of the toyline of Transformers: Dark of the Moon; which are the miniature scaled Cyberverse Commander figure, and the larger Voyager Class and Leader Class figures; all of which turn into Rosenbauer Panther fire trucks.[9][10][11] In 2020, he received a Voyager Class action figure in the Studio Series toyline that was meant to be more accurate to his film appearance.[12]
  • Sentinel Prime has three kid-oriented figures in the toyline of Transformers One.[13] Listings have also appeared for a new action figure of him in the Studio Series toyline for April 2025.[14]

Other toys

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  • First revealed at the 2015 SDCC event, Sentinel Prime had a Voyager Class figure in the Titans Return toyline, transforming from robot into either a freight train or spaceship modes.[15][16] The head of the figure is detachable and can either be transformed into a smaller robot to pilot the vehicle modes, or be attached as a head to other figures in the Titans Return toyline.[15][16]
  • A redeco of the 1984 Generation One Optimus Prime in yellow was sold as Sentinel Prime in the Missing Link toyline. This uses the updated 2023 version of the G1 Optimus Prime mold, which has improved poseability.[17]
  • A lego-compatible set which can be assembled into Sentinel Prime was released in 2011, as part of the Kre-O toyline.[18] It can be rebuilt into robot and truck forms, and two minifigures are also included.[18]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ See the Wikipedia article for Transformers: Dark of the Moon, for a more detailed look into Sentinel's fate. The IDW Publishing book adaptation of the film has the same plot, and Sentinel dies the same way with the exception that Megatron does not die unlike in the film.

References

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  1. ^ Sorenson, Jim; Foster, Bill (19 August 2009). Transformers Animated: The AllSpark Almanac. IDW Publishing. ISBN 978-1600104879.
  2. ^ "Issue 4". Transformers: Dark of the Moon (Book Adaptation, Full Collection). IDW Publishing. 11 May 2011. ISBN 978-1600109171.
  3. ^ The Transformers: Titans Return. IDW Publishing. 14 January 2017. ISBN 978-1631408212.
  4. ^ a b c Robson, Justina (11 December 2013). Transformers: The Covenant of Primus. Becker & Mayer. ISBN 978-1477805992.
  5. ^ a b c Irvine, Alex (23 June 2010). Transformers: Exodus. Del Rey Books. ISBN 978-0345519856.
  6. ^ "Sentinel Prime Character Infomation And Resources At TransformersAnimated.com". www.transformersanimated.com. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  7. ^ Rubin, Rebecca (2023-04-27). "'Transformers' Animated Prequel Sets Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson and More Voice Cast". Variety. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  8. ^ "Sentinel Prime (2008) - Autobot Elite Commander - www.tfu.info". www.tfu.info. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  9. ^ "Sentinel Prime (2011) - Autobot - www.tfu.info". www.tfu.info. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  10. ^ "Voyager Class Sentinel Prime (2011) - Autobot - www.tfu.info". www.tfu.info. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  11. ^ "Leader Class Sentinel Prime (2011) - Autobot - www.tfu.info". www.tfu.info. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  12. ^ "Instructions Manual & Rules for Transformers Toys Studio Series 61 Voyager Class Dark of the Moon Sentinel Prime Action Figure - Hasbro". Hasbro Instructions. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  13. ^ "Transformers One Mainline Toys Revealed". Transformer World 2005 - TFW2005.COM. 2024-04-18. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  14. ^ Tformers.com. "2025 Studio Series Waves 1 - 4 and More Transformers Leaked Listings". Tformers. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  15. ^ a b Tformers.com. "Titans Return - Voyager Sentinel Prime Official Product Images". Tformers. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  16. ^ a b ""Generations" Sentinel Prime Toy Review". Ben's World of Transformers. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  17. ^ "Takara Exclusive Missing Link Sentinel Prime, Super Starscream, ROTB Nemesis Prime & Grey Throne First Looks". Transformer World 2005 - TFW2005.COM. 2024-07-26. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
  18. ^ a b "Kre-O Sentinel Prime (2011) - Autobot - www.tfu.info". www.tfu.info. Retrieved 2024-08-16.
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