Editing Transformers (section)

====Dreamwave Productions (2001–2005)====
In 2001, [[Dreamwave Productions]] began a new universe of annual comics adapted from Marvel, but also included elements of the animated. The Dreamwave stories followed the concept of the Autobots defeating the Decepticons on Earth, but their 1997 return journey to Cybertron on the ''Ark II''<ref>{{Cite comic | writer = Chris Sarracini | penciller = [[Pat Lee (comics illustrator)|Pat Lee]] | title = [[Transformers: Generation One (Dreamwave)#Prime Directive (Volume 1)|Transformers: Prime Directive]] | issue = 1 | date = April 2002 | publisher = [[Dreamwave]]}}</ref> is destroyed by [[Shockwave (Transformers)|Shockwave]], now ruler of the planet.<ref name="war and peace">{{Cite comic | writer = Brad Mick | penciller = Pat Lee | title = [[Transformers: Generation One (Dreamwave)#War and Peace (Volume 2)|Transformers: War and Peace]] | issue = 6 | date = September 2003 | publisher = [[Dreamwave]]}}</ref> The story follows on from there and was told in [[Transformers: Generation One (Dreamwave)|two six-issue limited series, then a ten-issue ongoing series]]. The series also adds extra complexities such as not all Transformers believing in the existence of Primus,<ref>Brad Mick, Adam Patyk (w), [[Don Figueroa]] (p), "Original Sin" ''[[Transformers: Generation One (Dreamwave)#Generation One (Ongoing title)|Transformers: Generation One]]'' #5, May 2004, [[Dreamwave Productions]]</ref> corruption in the Cybertronian government that first led [[Megatron (Transformers)|Megatron]] to begin his war,<ref>James McDonough, Adam Patykand (w), [[Don Figueroa]] (p), "The Route of All Evil" ''[[Transformers: Generation One (Dreamwave)#Generation One (Ongoing title)|Transformers: Generation One]]'' #10, December 2004, [[Dreamwave Productions]]</ref> and Earth having an unknown relevance to Cybertron.<ref name="war and peace"/><ref>Brad Mick, Adam Patyk (w), [[Don Figueroa]] (p), "Atonement" ''[[Transformers: Generation One (Dreamwave)#Generation One (Ongoing title)|Transformers: Generation One]]'' #6, June 2004, [[Dreamwave Productions]]</ref>

Three ''[[Transformers: The War Within]]'' limited series were also published. These are set at the beginning of the Great War, and identify Prime as once being a clerk named Optronix.<ref>{{Cite comic | writer = [[Simon Furman]] | penciller = [[Don Figueroa]] | title = [[Transformers: The War Within]] | issue=1 | date = October 2002 | publisher = [[Dreamwave Productions]]}}</ref> ''Beast Wars'' was also [[retroactive continuity|retroactively]] stated as the future of this continuity, with the profile series ''More than Meets the Eye'' showing the [[List of Beast Wars characters#Predacons|Predacon]] [[Megatron (Beast Wars and Beast Machines)|Megatron]] looking at historical files detailing Dreamwave's characters and taking his name from the original Megatron.<ref name="dream beasts">{{Cite comic | writer = Adam Patyk, Brad Mick | penciller = Joe Ng, James Raiz, Edwin Garcia, [[Don Figueroa]], Alex Lin | title = Transformers: More than Meets the Eye | issue = 8 | date = November 2003 | publisher = [[Dreamwave]]}}</ref> In 2004, this real life universe also inspired three novels<ref>{{cite book | title=The Transformers Trilogy|isbn=0739445626|last1=Ciencin |first1=Scott |year=2004 |publisher=Science Fiction Book Club }}</ref> and a [[Dorling Kindersley]] guide, which focused on Dreamwave as the "true" continuity when discussing in-universe elements of the characters. In a new twist, Primus and Unicron are siblings, formerly a being known as the One. ''[[Transformers: Micromasters]]'', set after the ''Ark'''s disappearance, was also published. The real life universe was disrupted when Dreamwave went bankrupt in 2005.<ref>{{cite news | title = Immediate Press Release&nbsp;— Dreamwave will be ceasing operations! | publisher = Seibertron | date = 2005-01-04 | url = http://www.seibertron.com/news/view.php?id=4495 | access-date = 2007-01-31}}</ref> This left the ''Generation 1'' story hanging and the third volume of ''The War Within'' half finished. Plans for a comic book set between ''Beast Wars'' and ''Beast Machines'' were also left unrealized.<ref>{{cite news | author = Benjamin Ong Pang Kean | title = Starting the beast war: dreamwave talks tformers: beast war | publisher = Newsarama | date = 2004-07-12 | url = http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22884 | access-date = 2007-01-31 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070926223311/http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22884 | archive-date = 2007-09-26 }}</ref>