Editing Robotech (section)

===''Robotech III'', ''Robotech IV'' and ''Robotech V''===
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During the production of ''Robotech II: The Sentinels'', Carl Macek had already begun to plot out 13 weeks of a third series title ''Robotech III: The Odyssey'', which would have raised the total number or Robotech episodes 215 had both series been produced. He envisioned two additional series (''Robotech IV'' and ''Robotech V'') to bring the total number of episodes to around 300, one to air every weekday for over a year.<ref>{{Citation |last=Chris Meadows |title=Space Station Libery Podcast - Carl Macek Interview 4/14/2007 |date=2007-04-14 |url=http://archive.org/details/Carl-Macek-full-interview_04-14-2007 |access-date=2024-04-20}}</ref>

For ''Robotech III: The Odyssey,'' Macek stated that his plans were to create a time-travel loop, allowing the last episode of ''The Odyssey'' to lead directly into the first episode of ''The Macross Saga.''<ref>{{Cite web |date=2007-09-29 |title=An Interview with Carl Macek - Creator of Robotech |url=http://www.nabiki.com/sstalker/macekinterview.asp |access-date=2024-04-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929202625/http://www.nabiki.com/sstalker/macekinterview.asp |archive-date=2007-09-29 }}</ref> This particular plot detail was eventually adapted into the Robotech novel ''The End of the Circle'' by [[Jack McKinney (writer)|Jack McKinney]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2001-06-02 |title=-- R O B O T E C H . C O M -- |url=http://www.robotech.com/news/viewarticle.php?id=22 |access-date=2024-04-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010602201627/http://www.robotech.com/news/viewarticle.php?id=22 |archive-date=2001-06-02 }}</ref>

In 1986, fan publication ''Macross Life'' published an interview with Harmony Gold executive Richard Firth who first mentioned the ''Robotech IV'' and ''Robotech V'' series plans.<ref>{{Cite web |title=HARMONY GOLD INTERVIEW (Macross Life, May 1986) - The Old School Otaku Lounge |url=https://www.oldschoolotaku.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=524 |access-date=2024-04-20 |website=www.oldschoolotaku.com}}</ref>  Firth said the story would be about a retired Commodore character from ''The Macross Saga'' telling a story via flashback, but  Macek later refuted that plot detail in a 2007 interview. Macek stated that while he was hoping to do up to five series, nothing was ever written for the final two.