(07-13-2021, 11:24 PM)classicdrogn Wrote: My first guess would be the recent agreement in the age-old Studio Nue vs. Harmony Gold dispute over Macross was the last stumbling block, since everyone else had been on board in the rest of the world already. If so, this is an excellent sign with regard to the possibility of actually getting new Macross merch at retail prices instead of paying grey-market import markups and international shipping, and access to internet-preorder-only collector stuff without needing a friend on the ground with Japanese IP and shipping addresses.
Given that stumbling block scotched the very first SRW Alpha from being released in the US and has hobbled use of Macross-related properties ever since you are likely right on that score.
From what I'm given to understand, SRW 30's directors have confirmed they intend to bring back everyone (or as close to it) from all other licensed series that originated on the Z3 engine onward, as DLC. Since that includes Macross Frontier and Macross 7 Dynamite (who debuted in Z2 and returned in Z3), which otherwise would never see the West in any official sense, that would square with your assumption.