The interesting relationship between UrGoh and the Heretic brings home the fact that these are two parts of the same whole, and the life of one is tied to the existence of the other. The link between the Mystics and the Skeksis was also reasserted in The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. Now even though the other clans have shown their support for a resistance against the Lords of the Crystal, the Skeksis will have their own army that will up the stakes if a second season includes a larger scale war. Although not much is known about the poor Gruenaks that lent their technical expertise to the Scientist against their will, the fact that their connective tissue was a key ingredient in animating the supremely creepy warriors was an interesting touch.
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The other specific movie reference was the creation of the Garthim, and the decision to use the Arathim carapaces as bodies for the crab-like creatures that appeared in the film was brilliant. How it will be used in a potential second season of the prequel remains to be seen. And regardless of whether or not the sword is reforged, we know that the hilt’s jewel will be the instrument of ending Skeksis rule because of its role in the film. When Rian impaled the General, it appeared as though the essence which had strengthened the Skeksis Lord drained out of him into the shard, almost as though Thra was reclaiming just that amount of its lost balance. That being said, there are a couple of clear nods to the film that must be examined, and the first is the crystal shard, a missing piece of the Crystal of Truth that is central to the plot of the movie and which appears in The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance as a part of the Dual Glaive’s hilt. Sometimes good, sometimes bad.” And in the series, she tells the victorious gelfling, “The song has changed it sounds like hope.” Could we be looking at cycles that repeat, sometimes with positive or negative results? Perhaps the future in which Jen and Kira are the last remaining gelfling doesn’t have to happen this time around! Back in 1982 (or a thousand years in the future, depending on how you look at it), when Aughra told the gelfling hero Jen about the Great Conjunction when the three suns of Thra would align, she called it the end of the world, but then added, “Or the beginning.
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Much of the insight, unsurprisingly, comes from Mother Aughra, both in the series and in the film. Wouldn’t that imply that we’re in a completely self-contained version of this legend? Even in Den of Geek’s own interview with the creators of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, Jeffrey Addiss said, “Thra is a big world, and there’s a lot of space for hope in that world… maybe it’s not quite the ending that you think it is.” However, there still are valuable lessons to learn even if the worlds don’t line up.
Now wait a minute, you might say do we really need to consider the movie in all this? After all, the General, who became the emperor in that version of the story, is dead at the Chamberlain’s hand in this prequel. Much of what we saw in the final moments leaves room for plenty of speculation, but there are a few things, especially hints from the original 1982 movie, that give us an idea of what might be at play moving forward. After an initial battle that resulted in the retreat of the Lords of the Crystal, the gelfling rightfully celebrated, but the seven clans are obviously far from secure in their momentary victory.
This article contains spoilers for the ending of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.įor those who have watched all ten episodes of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, it’s clear that the unresolved ending indicates that Netflix and The Jim Henson Company are counting on being able to further explore the confrontation between the gelfling and the Skeksis in season 2.
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