Post by Philip Ayres on Aug 13, 2017 18:10:28 GMT
.... at TF Nation, assembled from Tweets by The Allspark
It's time for the Lost Light panel with @jroberts332 and @jlawrence_Art at #TFNation2017!
IDW decided to renumber everything following Revolution. Lost Light was the only option considered for the new title.
Roberts wishes they hadn't had to renumber, but does prefer the title (and logo) for Lost Light.
Had the renumber not happened, the mutineers would have been revisited for ~5-6 issues *before* the Functionist Universe storyline.
Lawrence has worked on Judge Dredd, Spider-Man, but Transformers has always been a work goal for him.
Lawrence and Roberts had worked together on fanzines produced by TMUK. Lawrence was the first artist to draw a strip for Roberts!
Anode would have originally been introduced differently without the renumber, whilst Lug wouldn't have existed at all!
Functionist Universe story would have been slightly different. Beyond that Season 3 stories hadn't been "locked in".
Roberts' design brief for the new duo was for them to be more androgynous than most female TFs.
Other new designs included Fangry. Lawrence likes rooting character designs in toys.
Rook has remained with the other Protectobots and will be in Lost Light!
Lawrence doesn't feel the need to redesign everyone. Happy to use existing ones. Working out TF schemes is hard!
Lug based on TR Rewind, Rapidfire based on ROTF Stockade.
Very early plan for Anode's intro was during "slaughterhouse" - picked up by the duplicate Lost Light.
Had she been introduced then, would have had a different role in the story.
Dissolution became the LL debut to keep the main characters in the first storyline.
Originally wouldn't have had the interspersed normal-universe sections, perhaps only 4-5 issues.
The decision to leave Megatron in the Functionist Universe wasn't always the plan, he'd originally been going to stay around.
Roberts acknowledges Megatron's dominance in the story made him divisive. Roberts decided it was better to remove him entirely...
...rather than try and maneuver him into a smaller role.
Lawrence had begun drawing his references for Lost Light ship locations before learning the whole first arc would be in the Func. Universe.
Using Unicron Trilogy TFs for crowd fillers there made things easier.
Original outline for Functionist Universe story spent time looking at how it was to live there.
Included "mandatory happiness" originally, characters would've been scanned for contentment.
Would have looked at expanded use of generic body forms for cold constructed bots.
Lawrence liked animals as a kid, and Laserbeak was his "gateway drug". Lifelong TF fan.
Lost Light #1 reached the proof stage before the mood testing subplot was dropped!
Roberts told Lawrence the plot of upcoming stories at the hotel on Friday, Lawrence welled up!
Audience questions!
Without Megatron, the DJD wouldn't have become season villains, and would've met the Scavengers again.
Would have entered the main plot through the Chromedome/Rewind/Dominus story.
*Very* early on, Ravage was planned to be the token Decepticon instead of Cyclonus.
Roberts wanted a diverse cast from the beginning. Greater political ideas came in with Megatron.
Talk about empathy/understanding at the end of Dissolution a deliberate reaction to the world political climate.
Lawrence draws his own reference art for existing designs, to avoid unintentionally aping art style instead of just design.
Roberts on Star Saber: he was available, looks great. Didn't worry too much about changing characterisation, esp. with no Western fiction.
Was surprised with the amount of people who took issue with the reinvention.
Megatron is the biggest change from the original beginning-middle-end, we're beyond the halfway point.
Lawrence would like to add Ruckus to the Lost Light crew. Had his toy since he was a kid.
Upcoming: Troja Major Part 2 in LL #9.
Mutineers Trilogy in #10-12. How do the crew feel about everything, how is Getaway doing as captain.
Then #13, back to Rodimus and co. aboard Skip. Titled "Sardines".
Soon after, return of the Scavengers.
Pivotal story for the Scavengers.
Then, another Big Important Story. Lots of returning characters, everything dredged up. Epic!
The panel has now finished. Next up, the TFN closing ceremony!
It's time for the Lost Light panel with @jroberts332 and @jlawrence_Art at #TFNation2017!
IDW decided to renumber everything following Revolution. Lost Light was the only option considered for the new title.
Roberts wishes they hadn't had to renumber, but does prefer the title (and logo) for Lost Light.
Had the renumber not happened, the mutineers would have been revisited for ~5-6 issues *before* the Functionist Universe storyline.
Lawrence has worked on Judge Dredd, Spider-Man, but Transformers has always been a work goal for him.
Lawrence and Roberts had worked together on fanzines produced by TMUK. Lawrence was the first artist to draw a strip for Roberts!
Anode would have originally been introduced differently without the renumber, whilst Lug wouldn't have existed at all!
Functionist Universe story would have been slightly different. Beyond that Season 3 stories hadn't been "locked in".
Roberts' design brief for the new duo was for them to be more androgynous than most female TFs.
Other new designs included Fangry. Lawrence likes rooting character designs in toys.
Rook has remained with the other Protectobots and will be in Lost Light!
Lawrence doesn't feel the need to redesign everyone. Happy to use existing ones. Working out TF schemes is hard!
Lug based on TR Rewind, Rapidfire based on ROTF Stockade.
Very early plan for Anode's intro was during "slaughterhouse" - picked up by the duplicate Lost Light.
Had she been introduced then, would have had a different role in the story.
Dissolution became the LL debut to keep the main characters in the first storyline.
Originally wouldn't have had the interspersed normal-universe sections, perhaps only 4-5 issues.
The decision to leave Megatron in the Functionist Universe wasn't always the plan, he'd originally been going to stay around.
Roberts acknowledges Megatron's dominance in the story made him divisive. Roberts decided it was better to remove him entirely...
...rather than try and maneuver him into a smaller role.
Lawrence had begun drawing his references for Lost Light ship locations before learning the whole first arc would be in the Func. Universe.
Using Unicron Trilogy TFs for crowd fillers there made things easier.
Original outline for Functionist Universe story spent time looking at how it was to live there.
Included "mandatory happiness" originally, characters would've been scanned for contentment.
Would have looked at expanded use of generic body forms for cold constructed bots.
Lawrence liked animals as a kid, and Laserbeak was his "gateway drug". Lifelong TF fan.
Lost Light #1 reached the proof stage before the mood testing subplot was dropped!
Roberts told Lawrence the plot of upcoming stories at the hotel on Friday, Lawrence welled up!
Audience questions!
Without Megatron, the DJD wouldn't have become season villains, and would've met the Scavengers again.
Would have entered the main plot through the Chromedome/Rewind/Dominus story.
*Very* early on, Ravage was planned to be the token Decepticon instead of Cyclonus.
Roberts wanted a diverse cast from the beginning. Greater political ideas came in with Megatron.
Talk about empathy/understanding at the end of Dissolution a deliberate reaction to the world political climate.
Lawrence draws his own reference art for existing designs, to avoid unintentionally aping art style instead of just design.
Roberts on Star Saber: he was available, looks great. Didn't worry too much about changing characterisation, esp. with no Western fiction.
Was surprised with the amount of people who took issue with the reinvention.
Megatron is the biggest change from the original beginning-middle-end, we're beyond the halfway point.
Lawrence would like to add Ruckus to the Lost Light crew. Had his toy since he was a kid.
Upcoming: Troja Major Part 2 in LL #9.
Mutineers Trilogy in #10-12. How do the crew feel about everything, how is Getaway doing as captain.
Then #13, back to Rodimus and co. aboard Skip. Titled "Sardines".
Soon after, return of the Scavengers.
Pivotal story for the Scavengers.
Then, another Big Important Story. Lots of returning characters, everything dredged up. Epic!
The panel has now finished. Next up, the TFN closing ceremony!