The dark crystal age of resistance 20196/11/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() The Gelflings are present in full force in this prequel. Various Skeksis have been banished from the Palace of the Crystal now and then, and so for this installment of The Dark Crystal, there are only eight Skeksis. In the fully flushed out mythology of the books and comics, there were originally 18 urSkeks who came to Thra and split into the Mystics and Skeksis. In the movie, there were planned to be seven Skeksis, modeled after the Seven Deadly Sins, but along the way two more were added to round out their numbers at nine. Other familiar creatures, like the Podlings and Landstriders, have also made an appearance. No mention thus far of the Mystics, their good counterparts. The Skeksis are now presented as a space-faring race who came to Thra a millennium ago and tricked Aughra into appointing them protectors of the Crystal. She is the protector of the Crystal and shepherdess to all the creatures of Thra. The Myth-Speaker’s initial 3-minute monologue brings new viewers up to speed and clarifies a few elements that have been added to the backstory by several novels and comic book series over the intervening years.įor one, Aughra has been promoted to a goddess type figure. There are many elements from the original movie that are carried over into this prequel series. But this is a world we are familiar with: Thra, the planet circling three suns, with a dark crystal as its heart, the Crystal of Truth. Another age.” This is how the Myth-Speaker, a narrator voiced by Sigourney Weaver, begins The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. ![]() The Palace of the Crystal stands upon a fertile plain. It is beyond epic, and I’ve only seen the first of ten episodes. The written word is wholly inadequate to convey the sheer majesty of what has been accomplished here. I could read out the transcript even, word for word. I could tell you, scene by scene, everything that happens in this episode. Truthfully though, no one can spoil this series. There will be spoilers for that one episode, but not the rest of the series. Let’s clarify up front that this will be a review of just the pilot episode of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. ![]()
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