This thread can sorta be put in Movie Discussion as well, but my main concern is with the toy. First off, I know Soundwave doesn't transform in ROTF, but is he ever attacked or killed? If he is alive at the end of the movie, that means he might return in TF3. If so, there's also a good chance he will actually transform. This is where my concern about the toy comes in: Will his robot mode in TF3 be the same as his ROTF toy? Heck, will he scan a new alt mode in TF3? This matters to me because I prefer not to buy non-canon figures (I have a few, but only because they exceeded my expectations; and Soundwave's robot mode is just way too short.)
for what may or may not happen in TF3 we have no way of knowing its way to early, even if the script has been startedon it way prelimanary at this point amd would have a high likely hood of changes , no idea if Soundwave survives ROTF, although i haven't heard anything either way so , your just gonna have to wait for the movie