What if The Death Star was a Transformer

What if The Death Star was a Transformer? Let’s explore the depths of this scenario in the video.

Within the halls of Death Star II, a group of researchers work in a lab, studying the newest device they had, the Matrix of leadership. They had found this artifact in a crash sight in Wild Space, surrounded by an army of dead machines. They were more advanced than anything the Empire had seen before.

But while they work, none of the researchers realize that the Matrix has released an electromagnetic pulse that washes across the room's walls. The effects are far greater than anything they realize.

The pulse runs across the station's walls, sliding across the wires and circuitry underneath and creating a great spark of power. All the wiring and technology collected in the Death Star II II merge into a single consciousness. The entire station shakes in its foundations as the Death Star II tries to understand what happened.

The Death Star II taps into the immense knowledge of the Matrix and its existing databanks. In a matter of seconds, it manages to absorb millions of years of information, learning not just about the galaxy but of Cybertron and it raises the question, why is he here to serve the Empire? From what he’s learned, it's clear that they are woefully unfit to rule the galaxy and the true master should be the great Decepticon leader, Megatron.

But before he can contact Megatron, the Death Star II must get rid of all the meat bags in the facility. He first opens all the airlocks at once, sucking out countless Imperial personnel onboard the facility. Next, he depressurizes the vents, suffocating those too far away to be pulled out.

In a matter of seconds, hundreds of thousands of stormtroopers, Death Star II naval personnel, and imperial officers are wiped out. But to ensure that there is no one left, the battle station removes the barrier preventing the Matrix’s energon from spreading and allows it to flash across the station, activating fighters, vehicles, and all sorts of technology. All of these are transformed into an army of Decepticon warriors. The Death Star II sends orders to have them hunt down the remaining imperial soldiers onboard the facility while contacting Megatron and telling him of the Matrix’s location.

Once the remaining imperials are gone, the Death Star II sends his new army to begin finishing the construction, including repurposing its main weapon. For weeks, no one knows what happened to the battle station as things go in complete silence. Any ships the Empire sends to investigate mysteriously vanish. However, due to the secrecy, this information is kept out of the public eye.

Things get serious enough that Palpatine decides to deploy Death Squadron to hunt for the Death Star II and figure out what happened, believing that the rebels have captured it.

When Death Squadron arrives, they are greeted by a strange sight as they see swarms of TIE fighters and other aircraft. At first, they still seem like Imperials, but that is until the vessels turn on the new arrivals.

Vader calls for evasive actions as the fighters attack. Turbolaser fire and explosions light up the blackness of space. His ship is in the thick of it, blasting through anyone who gets in his way. As he battles through the waves of enemy fighters, the Dark Lord notices something strange about his opponents.

Their movements seem usually skilled, performing evasive maneuvers that should be impossible with human pilots. Meanwhile, some of the fighters seem to shift and change form in midair.

He realizes that there are no rebel troopers or imperial defectors. They are droids. As Vader reports these findings, he sees that the rest of his task force is learning this the hard way.

The vessels shift into the Decepticon form, ripping through starfighters with their bear hands or landing on the Star Destroyers to begin tearing off pieces off their hull. As this happens, the Death Star II slowly turns its weapon in their direction and fires upon one of the Star Destroyers that has managed to keep the Decepticons at bay.

As the laser hits, it doesn’t destroy the ship, instead, it sends a surge of Energon through its hull. The massive starship begins to shift as well, taking a humanoid shape as it is transformed into a Decepticon.

Vader turns to land on the Death Star II, knowing his chances of taking the station in space are slim to none. As his TIE fighter approaches, a stray flak hits one of the wings and sends the engine smoking. Vader barely manages to crash it into the hangar and leaps out as it collides with some nearby Decepticons.

Vader’s boots hit the hangar floor with a metallic thud. He stands, amidst the wreckage and draws his lightsaber, cutting down the other Decepticons who try and stop him. Although they are much larger, Vader moves with a fury and speed none can match. That is until massive footfalls appear on the far end of the hangar.

Megaton emerges

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[DarthTheorist]

Do we like Transformers x Star Wars Crossovers?! Let me know what you thought ⬇

[Thoralmir]

If I had to modify the story, I'd have Starscream revealed to have sided with Palpatine in order to double-cross Megatron, planning to triple-cross Palpatine afterwards, only for Palpatine to double-cross Starscream with an experimental restraining bolt.

[Spartan_]

Darth Vader: Here, don't drop it.
Stormtrooper: oka- *drops the allspark*
Death star: *Turns into a decepticon*
Everyone: *dies*

[supremefankai]

The one thing I gotta say is that was an awesome story. The only thing I would change is having the Death Star II become a Unicron analogue, a new faction and not just a decepticon. Of course then you would the double whammy of Optimus and Megatron having to team up against a bigger threat as per usual, not just the Empire and Rebels. I also would have liked Darth Vader to become the Galvatron to this new monster, even if it was just the transformed armour, so Luke could have a climactic showdown.

[sw-rs]

Insert obligatory Sev'rance Tann glaze post:

[cunningsmile]

You still died as Anakin. A father at the end

[nfinity]

This was an amazing premise and well executed. Putting aside the matrix choosing to serve Megatron or travel down an evil path, it was entertaining to watch how events escalated and how many familiar elements of both franchises were combined to weave this fine tale. Thank you for sharing it with us.

[alexander.tahtadjian]

Why do I have the feeling that the mere idea of the Death Star being a Transformer in the SW universe that would not only give the Sith a run for their money but is also a very bad thing for everyone involved. Plus it’s nice to see you do a Transformers x Star Wars ‘what if’ because Cybertron and the Cybertronians would fit perfectly well within the SW universe.

[sanguiniusonvacation]

With how many hundreds of billions of Battledroids killed during the Great Smelting at the end of the war, I'm sure at least some droid ghosts are laughing as their metal in the deathstar gets it's revenge.

[cecilrichardson]

Going by that, I'm betting Palpatine was glad (with the benefit of hindsight) that he ordered Vader to give the immediate shutdown command to all of the battle droids in the immediate wake of order 66.

[Ravenfanatic]

Transformers × Star Wars on a Saturday in one video?🍿🥤😎 and Inferno Squad was a nice addition

[TravelersProd]

Okay, this might be a stretch, but I need to see you tackle Columbo showing up in one of these. Your crossovers are exceptional friend!

[millenniumf]

IDW really needs to turn this into a comic series!

[davidjordan]

What if the death star was unicron?
What if the terminators replace the droids for the Sith and disguise themselves as flesh and blood clone troopers in the clone wars?

[gono]

Never thought I'd see this crossover

[Exaris]

What if the DeathStar firing at Scariff and Jedha attracted Unicron's attention. Jedha had a lot of Kyber crystals inside it and firing the superlaser amplified the energy released in the crystals attracting Unicron. The hypermatter core on the DeathStar and fuel on Star Destroyers is very appetizing to Unicron due to its high energy and would love to consume it. Also a lot of core worlds have planetary shields which requires a lot of power like Coruscant. This attracts Unicron too as it's a lot of refined metal that he can consume. So when the DeathStar showed up at Alderaan, Unicron also arrived there too. By the time the Millennium Falcon arrived, there's an all out battle with fleets of Imperial Star Destroyers arriving as well to distract Unicron so that the DeathStar can escape. The DeathStar's superlaser initially damaged Unicron but he quickly regenerated his armor just like the Borg and is now harvesting the superlaser's energy as it impacts its surface. It would leave Alderaan alone since it's mostly a natural world without a lot of energy to warrant consuming it. Unicron would later transform when it arrives at Coruscant literally swatting the thousands of Imperial ships and the orbital defense stations.

[toddkurzbard]

Then it would be named, "Unicron".

[Galvamel]

This was awesome, loved it! My only complaint is the conceit that because the Death Star was imperial the resulting Transformer would be evil. The Autobot Matix of Leadership would not create Decepticons. If this had been the Bayverse's All-spark, or even Vector Sigma, sure, But the Matrix which is filled with the collective wisdom of past Autobot leaders would not create an evil robot.

[JustinSambula]

This is so incredibly interesting. I hope to see more crossovers like this.

[Worker]

Didn't Ig 88 download himself into the second death star as well?