Rodimus Prime wrote:I was just thinking, because of all the G1 references in the BW story, especially the fact that BW takes place after G1 and there are certain elements taken directly from G1 such as the Ark and its occupants and Ravage, could Beast Wars be considered a sub-G1 series? I know most people consider it to be on its own, but it has so many ties to G1.
It's as much its own series as any other series is. But that doesn't mean it's not in the same world as G1. It most certainly is. Mutiple series can occupy the same world. Just look at these:
U.S. G1: G1 cartoon seasons 1&2 --> G1 movie --> G1 seasons 3&4 --> Theft of the Golden Disk --> Beast Wars --> Beast Machines
Japanese G1: FSRLTF --> Scramble City --> Car Robots --> RobotMasters --> Japanese G1 movie dub --> 2010 --> The Headmasters --> Chojin Masterforce --> Victory --> Zone --> Japanese Beast Wars dub --> Beast Wars Metals --> Beast Wars Returns --> Beast Wars II/movie --> Beast Wars Neo
RiD: Robots in Disguise
Unicron Trilogy: Armada --> Energon --> Cybertron
Micron Trilogy: Micron Densetsu --> Super Link --> Galaxy Force
Movies: Movie 1 --> Revenge of the Fallen --> Dark of the Moon
Animated: Animated seasons 1-3
Japanese movies/Animated: Japanese Animated dub --> Japanese Movie 1 dub --> Japanese ROTF dub --> Japanese DOTM dub
WFC/Exodus/Prime: Prime
Note that I was listing cartoons/movies/specials only. There are more media like comics, manga, games, and other such material included in here that I didn't list.