True, but Cobra-plus-obsession-with-transforming-tech kinda leads inevitably to Venom.
I know Cobra loved their sci-fi superweapons, but they always struck me as the more "analogue" terrorists, just with fancy-yet-ultimately-conventional gear.
For that matter, with Prime's MECH, we have a VENOM analogue all ready to go.
You could even build in a lore connection: Zordon (or whoever built the Zords) was originally affiliated with the Quintessons (or maybe even a Quintesson themselves); the Zords are based on the same technology that...
Once again, and until the end of time: SARI!!!
For that matter, The Headmaster; Henry Masterson.
(Also, No-Brainer would've been a perfect G1-esque name for a new character.)
Ennui isn't really boredom, it's more like nihilism or edginess. Or that particular hipstery type of "coolness" that's entirely based on being better than those "gullible sheeple" that actually experience happiness.
(So yeah, it makes sense that it's a teenage emotion and isn't present in...
And Luke wasn't leading anything until later, when he and Wedge co-founded Rogue Squadron.
He was just another fighter pilot during the Battle of Yavin. Not even a flight leader.
That's the impression I got.
I mean, "award" with a bit of shiny metal and a few pictures for the newsfeeds, but then back to the mines.
It wouldn't have cost him anything and would have strengthened the goodwill they'd brought him.
Though I do kinda like the idea of Optimus being a quiet, humble bookworm who got thrust into Authority and rose to the occasion.
"When a good man goes to war," and all that.
An insightful and topical article (written for non-fans, so forgive the omission of the franchise's long history):
https://reactormag.com/transformers-one-is-the-pro-labor-allegory-the-animation-industry-needs-right-now/
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