Blackout, a Decepticon who transforms into a MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter. Blackout is a first-strike soldier with his minion Scorponok attaching to him. He is killed by Willam Lennox when he shoots his spark toward the end of the movie.
Soundwave had been considered for this role, with Ravage as his minion, but Hasbro insisted Soundwave have a music-based role. During production, Blackout was preliminary named Incinerator, Grimlock, Devastator and Vortex, being referred to by Ben Procter as the Transformer with "the most name changes during development".
Air Force Maj. Brian Reece played Blackout's hologram pilot. Reece was talking to Bay while filming at Holloman Air Force Base in May 2006, when one of Reece's men "walked by singing that stupid Team America song." Reece gave what he called a "death glance," and Bay chose him to play Blackout's pilot when the robot makes his attack. Reece was later called to Los Angeles, where ILM scanned his head and took pictures of him in different costumes for other scenes. Reece wore a fake moustache.
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