I believe what happened to Optimus Prime already happened a few times before in previous Transformers Films with all the other vilians we have seen, and here is why.


I am going to skip the first two movies, as they have little to nothing to do with the theory.Now, in Dark of the Moon, Sentinel Prime comes back from the dead by the power of the Matrix. However, something seems off with him. At first, he is his normal self. He tells Optimus that he misses Cybertron, and that Earth gives him memories of it’s Golden Age. Sentinel in this scene seems geniune. He is not faking his emotions. But he knew that he was going to have to betray Optimus, which is why he knew that he was not worthy of the Matrix of Leadership. That is why he hands it back to Optimus, knowing that he may be their only hope.




He grieves very, very much, as we see the look in his eyes as he is about to take down Ironhide, who he knew would pose the biggest threat to him besides Optimus. He did not attack the other Autobots (except in the comics he also killed Skids and Mudflap, which I have no problem with), because he knew this was already hard to bear.




Then he is forced to work alongside Megatron, who gets the wrong idea and believes Sentinel is working FOR him, to which Sentinel reminds Megatron that he will work with him, but never work FOR him, and that he would be wise to remember the difference.




Then, He intends to rebuild Cybertron. by bringing it time to Earth.




This makes me think, before Sentinel Prime ran from Cybertron, he ran into the Creators, who told him the truth about where the Cybertronians had come from. They did to him what they probably did to Optimus Prime in The Last Knight. Basically they are the reason why Sentinel Prime betrays Optimus and is sorry for his actions.




He even says the EXACT SAME THING that Optimus says in The Last Knight trailer: “Forgive me.” Forgive me. He did not want to do it. He did not want to betray Optimus. Just as Optimus did not want to betray Bumblebee and the other Autobots.




He even attempts to explain his actions to Optimus at the end of the movie, even though he was murdered by Optimus before he could explain anything more.





The Last Knight Trailer really gave us all a shock. Optimus seems to be in the EXACT SAME position as Sentinel Prime was in Dark of the Moon! He needs to revive Cybertron, and brings it to earth to do it!



On a side note, you could also say that Lockdown went through the same thing.


That is my theory thus far. Let me know if there are any holes in this, as this is only a theory. Discuss this on boards!

 

Well... he did also attack Bumblebee and he killed a bunch of humans and was on the verge of killing Optimus. So I wouldn't say that he was sorry at all

The other thing is, Sentinel definitely knew what he was doing and had control of his actions. It's apparent that he had planed this years before he left Cybertron.

Also Optimus has purple eyes, showing that he's obviously being possessed by something and he probably doesn't have control over his actions. He probably can only speak but that's all (we don't even know when he says "forgive me" or even if he says it at all).

Lastly, it's pretty doubtful that the planet is Cybertron. It's more likely Quintessa seeing how the Quintessons are in the movie.

 

A great argument. Again, this is only a theory. Though Sentinel did start killing humans and everything, I just think he was sorry at first, but then sooner or later it all got to his head.

 

love your post...especially the 'forgive me' line..i didnt notice that...dotm was such a pretty film...i think sentinel's plan was solely focused on saving cybertron at any cost...to that end he found a strange ally in megatron who felt the same way

the creators...idk what they want tbh at this point..it seems to me that optimus prime may be a herald of unicron who either kills & revives him as nemesis prime or prime encounters something else in space that kills him first...either way..we could be looking at a truly tragic ending for optimus prime..



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similar to john locke's fate in lost where he is killed & his form is taken to do the bidding of a villain

 

It's very possible. Especially the line in the trailer "..why they keep coming here?" suggests the quints have sent several attempts to earth for whatever reason.

I don't think rebuilding cybertron is the ultimate aim (nor do i think that thing by the moon is cybertron,) but maybe it was a sweetener for Sentinel to work for the quints, but Optimus, being less corruptible than Sentinel, was just repurposed by them.

Yeah, I like this theory. It's a very "you become parents" kind of narrative.

And then Megatron saves the day!

 

They have an interest in earth, and probably got kicked out far back in history, and left something behind.

As for the ops theory.

Extreme condtitions demands extreme responses.

Sentinel planned everything on cybertron.
So all his actions, including killing some humans and planning to kill even more, and enslave the rest to do his bidding of reparing his home planet was not controled by the creators, but by logic.
A logic that sounds "extreme conditions demand extreme responses"

Now what started the war in the first place on cybertron, who created megs, and why did lockdown clean up after the mess that is the result of the cybertronian civil war is a better question.

 

I will have to agree, but I think the Creators created Megatron, and Lockdown was sent to do the same thing that Sentinel Prime did.

 

I realy hope its more complicated then that.
A creation tells as much if not even more about its creator.
Look at cybetronians as the creators Frankenstein monster.
They created the cybertronians, they revolted against them, and then they started a war between each others.
Something is realy wrong with that creation

 

I will have to agree. I believe it all but furthers my theory,

 

If you theory is that the creators playing god is bitting back at them, then yes

 

Yeah, I also have a few things that might support this theory from the first two movies, but I don't like touching Revenge of the Fallen very much.

 

To be honest it doesn't sound ridiulous at all! When I think about it there is a good chance what you claim could be true. I do agree with most of what you said, but one thing remains out of place, why does Optimus have purple optics when Sentinel didn't? I mean is it that each cybertronian reacts in a different way to whatever the creators do him? I dunno, but it definitely sounds probable and I like it! Maybe even if Optimus had let Sentinel finished, he would've revealed this whole plot?

 

Lockdown had green eyes

 

Really, really intresting theory, so maybe the Creators build a Optimus clone/turn optimus evil so that he may bring back Cybertron, and maybe unknowingly Unicron with it, or a part of it? It would explain, if the planet thats eating the moon is Cybertron, that Unicron IS cybertron, or the Creators have kept Cybertron alive after the war and they are working with Unicron(in this case he may be Earth like TF rime). Whatever it is, i can not wait. Hype is so reallllllllll!

 

Actually If you notice closely, Sentinel's eyes do seem a bit different. But then again, I believe that Sentinel was more bent on saving Cybertron, to which he was not needed to be controlled like Optimus is. And yes, I think it may have something to do with how each cybertronian is different

 

It is my belief that they did this to Optimus because Optimus refused to betray Earth, because Sentinel Prime never saw the consequences of his actions until he was about to kill Ironhide

 

never..is here...

 

It's not a stupid idea. Optimus just seems much more aggressive and 'controlled' than Sentinel. Sentinel was well aware.

 

If Sentinel knew about the creators then Megatron must've learned about it when they were downloading the info from his head.

 

I don't think Sentinel ever met the Creators, he just made the deal with Megatron because the Autobots would never win. Sentinel was a traitor and a glory hound. Optimus is under mind control or was re-programmed for what he was meant to be.