In case anyone’s wondering: No, I’m not going to see that new Star Wars movie yet. Not tonight, not tomorrow, not this weekend. Hell, it may be June before I see it.

I want to take in the pretty special effects on the big screen, but I’m not braving the insane lines or participating in the opening-weekend hype machine. Forget it. Not this little grey duck. I’m sure it’ll be fun to look at but as ultimately meaningless as the last two. So what?

I’ll probably end up seeing the Fantastic Four movie when it comes out, too, and it has just as much chance of being pretty-but-stupid. (I leave it to folks more keenly perceptive than I to figure out why I’ll watch movies that are pretty but stupid, but won’t date women who are the same way. Hmm.)

Back in the distant mists of time, namely the mid-1980s, there was an animated series which ran on American television. And yea, it was good. And by “good” I mean “rather melodramatic, with uneven animation quality but a surprisingly compelling storyline.” This series was known to us as Robotech, though most diehard fans went on to discover that its origins were interesting and complicated.

The minds behind Robotech envisioned a follow-up series, one not born of Japanese content but instead wholly original while attempting to retain the storytelling panache of its lineage. Characters were drawn, scripts were penned… and music was composed and performed. Sadly, their efforts failed to bear the desired fruit, so the project known as The Sentinels only made it to print form and to a lone music track on a CD devoted to its predecessor.

Of the music that survives, one segment was to be used for a scene depicting the wedding of two of the principal characters from the first (and arguably greatest) segment of the original series.

I hope that answers yesterday’s question to everyone’s satisfaction…