Robotech II: The Sentinels
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Region 1 DVD release cover
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| Directed by | Carl Macek |
| Produced by | Ahmed Agrama Hiroshi Ōnogi |
| Written by | Carl Macek Ardwight Chamberlain |
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Michael Bradley Jack Goga Ulpio Minucci Arlon Ober Steve Wittmack |
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Streamline Pictures (1992) ADV Films (DVD) |
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75 minutes |
| Country | United States Japan |
| Language | English |
Front cover of the Robotech II RPG core rulebook, illustrated by Kevin Long
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| Designer(s) | Kevin Siembieda |
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| Illustrator(s) | Kevin Long, Thomas J. Gould, Kevin Siembieda, Tatsunoko Production |
| Publisher(s) | Palladium Books |
| Years active | September 1988 – August 1995 |
| Genre(s) | Science fiction |
| Language(s) | English |
| System(s) | Megaversal |
| Website | palladiumbooks |
Robotech II: The Sentinels was an attempt by Harmony Gold USA to continue the original 1985 Robotech television series. Only three episodes were ultimately animated before the project was canceled in 1986, and a feature-length film was released from footage taken from the completed episodes. The aborted 65-episode Sentinels series would have followed the ongoing adventures of Rick Hunter and Lisa Hayes and the rest of the Robotech Expeditionary Force (REF) during the events of The Robotech Masters and The New Generation series.
The feature-length pilot is composed of the first three (and only) episodes that were produced for the series. It introduces the SDF-3, along with its crew, and gives an overview of their new mission. The title refers to the Sentinels, an alien resistance movement encountered by the Robotech Expeditionary Force (REF) that consists of races subjugated by the Robotech Masters or the Invid. The significant events in the film include Lynn Minmei making peace with Admiral Lisa Hayes well enough to sing at her wedding to Major General Rick Hunter and the Invid's brutal invasion of the Robotech Masters homeworld of Tirol.
Being a sequel/spinoff to the combined series, The Sentinels featured characters from all three Robotech sagas, including Rick Hunter, Lisa Hayes (later Lisa Hayes-Hunter), Max Sterling, Miriya Parina Sterling, Exedore and Breetai from The Macross Saga, Dana Sterling, Bowie Grant, and a couple of their superiors from Masters, in addition to Jonathan Wolff and the Invid Regis of The New Generation (Scott Bernard was also planned, though never appeared in the confines of the feature). Among the newly created characters were young cadet rivals Jack Baker and Karen Penn, whose early love-hate relationship mirrored Rick and Lisa's; Vince Grant, brother of Claudia Grant, and father of Bowie Grant; and the Invid Regent, the villainous leader of the Invid. Dr. Emil Lang, a supporting character in the Macross Saga, would return as a main character. The story also introduces a human adversary in the form of T. R. Edwards, who was first introduced in Comico's Robotech: The Graphic Novel.
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