Transformers: Rise of the Dark Spark film series and the video game series, consisting of "Transformers: War for Cybertron" and "Transformers: Fall of Cybertron". The Dark Spark is a powerful artifact that is capable of ripping holes in dimensions, which brings two "Transformers" universes together. The story takes place before the Ark is launched in "Fall of Cybertron", while in an alternate universe it takes place before the events of "Age of Extinction". The game begins in continuity with the film, wherein a mysterious purple meteor crashes into Earth. The Autobots reach the crash site and Optimus sees an ancient Cybertronian relic called the Dark Spark,
The Transformers: The Movie the art direction, insisting the Transformers themselves be given several layers of shading and shadows to give them a more dynamic, detailed appearance. "The Transformers: The Movie" was the final film to which Orson Welles contributed. Welles was in declining health during production. Shortly before he died, he told his biographer, Barbara Leaming, "You know what I did this morning? I played the voice of a toy." He elaborated, "I play a planet. I menace somebody called Something-or-other. Then I'm destroyed. My plan to destroy Whoever-it-is is thwarted and I tear myself apart on the screen." According to director Nelson