wxnut wrote on 4-jul-2001"
>With their brief introduction in Twilight and their presence in
>Christmas Rose, are there plans in place to see the origins and
>goings on of this noble family?

Well, it's obvious, isn't it? :) (Or stated more politely: "my theory is...") During whatever era* the Masaki Shrine in Japan was inundated with female aliens, Tenchi eventually chose Ryoko over Aeka. (Or possibly he was horribly killed and chose no one.) In either case, the princess spent the next few centuries in shocked, ego-bruised seclusion, mostly hiding under a quilt and munching snackfoods.

Eventually she re-emerged, went on a psychiatrist-recommended vacation, and met Robert Shannon. (On the rebound? Owch. Poor Rob.) To marry him, she then went AWOL, or officially abdicated her place as First Princess. --Her father, Emperor of Jyurai, barely consented to her choice of *Tenchi*, his own great-grandson. How easily would he accept a mere human? (Question: is RS a detian? And in the UF continuity, do Jyuraian royalty have multikiloyear lifespans?)

So (in this theory), Tenchi Shannon is *not* the wielder of Sword Tenchi, and Achika is *not* his fake-daughter-from-the-future (as seen in one of the three movies).

Why do we not hear of the "Tenchi" goings-on in the main arc? Easily overlooked and off-stage. (Except maybe for the _Soujya_ exploding in near-Earth space.) I say "whatever era" because UF has already set the precedent of relocating *another* bunch of rather-noticeable-XTs away from the Wedge Rats' pre-1992 terracentric tenure: the awakening of the Transformers.