

Gigatron convinced the former Decepticon to lead him to the Stone Army in exchange for freeing his friend Ratchet. Fortunately, Deadlock having defected to the Autobots and changing his name to Drift also arrived on the planet, where he was captured and brought before Gigatron. Centuries after the war Gigatron refused to accept that the war had ended, and tried to find the stone army to absorb the army into his forces, but couldn't find it. Major Story Arcs IDW Continuity Empire of Stoneĭuring the Great War, Gigatron was told by Deadlock and Turmoil that an army of stone soldiers was hidden on a distant planet. GIgatron was first seen in comics in 2004 with Dreamweave's Transformers Summer Special by writer Adam Patyk and Brad Mick. While Hasbro has stated they have no desire to include Gigatron in their G1 universe, IDW has included him into their ongoing universe in the The Transformers: Drift - Empire of Stone mini-series and he is now considered a unique character in the US. Further proof was when Gigatron like Fire Convoy (who was called Optimus Prime) wasn't shown in the BotCon 2010 Transformers Hall of fame as Megatron. Originally considered another version of Megatron, which he was called in the Americanized Transformers: Robots in Disguise (2001) port of the cartoon, it was later revealed by TakaraTomy that he was indeed a unique character and part of the G1 Continuity. Gigatron was created by TakaraTomy for the Japanese Transformers: Car Robots (2000) Cartoon.

After the Great War he refused to admit defeat and went off to find an army of stone soldiers who were foretold to be hidden on a distant planet.įor the Decepticon Triple-Changer Overlord Creation Gigatron is a Decepticon warlord who served under Megatron during the Great War.
