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"Another World, Another Time... In the Age of Wonder. A thousand years ago, this land was green and good, until the Crystal cracked. For a single piece was lost; a shard of the Crystal. Then strife began, and two new races appeared: the cruel Skeksis... the gentle Mystics."

"Another World, Another Time... In the Age of Wonder. A thousand years ago, this land was green and good, until the Crystal cracked. For a single piece was lost; a shard of the Crystal. Then strife began, and two new races appeared: the cruel Skeksis... the gentle Mystics."

The Dark Crystal is a 1982 British and American fantasy film directed by puppeteers Jim Henson and Frank Oz, creators of The Muppet Show. Although still marketed as a family film, it was notably darker than previous material created by them. Characters for which they are famous do not appear, but some of the same performers are used. The animatronics used in the film were considered groundbreaking. The primary concept artist was the fantasy illustrator Brian Froud, famous for his distinctive faerie and dwarf designs.


Posting Prophecy (Rules)

  1. Be civil. We don't censor topics or opinions. We don't need to be friends. But we would like all participants to be civil, use their commen sense and show some common decency.

  2. All posts must be clearly related to "The Dark Crystal"

  3. No major "Age of Resistance" title spoilers! Put [SPOILER] in the title of your submission if it contains any spoilers.

Comment spoilers can be posted using the following formatting:

\[Jen was played by Jim Henson](/spoiler)

Which in turn will show up in your post like this:

Jen was played by Jim Henson

Posts containing spoilers without using the above method (except in clearly labelled threads) should be reported.


FAQ

Answers to the most commonly asked post


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What do you think JRR Tolkien would have thought of The Dark Crystal?

Personally, I think the world of The Dark Crystal is the only thing comes close to The Lord of the Rings in terms of sheer scope, both thematic and creative.

4 Comments
2024/11/11
05:29 UTC

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Will the novels/comics continue AoR?

I grew up loving The Dark Crystal and was very excited when AoR came out while I was in middle school. I'm a hs senior now and have pretty much given up all hope for a season 2.

I've never read any of the comics/books but I desperately want to see how AoR would end. I know the movie shows us basically how the world ended up, but I want to see what happens in between. Is AoR continued/going to be in the dark crystal literature?

7 Comments
2024/11/11
02:33 UTC

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Bought a lot of stuff at Comic-con where I live and scored these two beauties!

3 Comments
2024/11/09
17:11 UTC

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This mark/hole on my parents bedroom wall

3 Comments
2024/11/09
12:24 UTC

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Trial by Stone! | The Dark Crystal (1982)

2 Comments
2024/11/05
14:10 UTC

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So like I’m glad I got my Fizzgig when I did cause now they are mad expensive. I still have the box btw.

1 Comment
2024/11/04
02:24 UTC

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Your favourite skeksi and why?

It's Chamberlain isn't it? Mine is Skekung.

21 Comments
2024/11/03
20:24 UTC

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My daughter's Halloween costume.

We watched the Dark Crystal a few weeks ago and my 8 yr old was dead set on going as Fizzgig.

3 Comments
2024/10/31
19:22 UTC

159

Cheers to public libraries 🙌

8 Comments
2024/10/28
01:31 UTC

70

I'm building the Castle Of The Crystal in minecraft with a friend!

4 Comments
2024/10/23
05:35 UTC

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My dream spinoff

I wish there was a Dark Crystal video game where you just get to explore Thra. The worldbuilding is one of my favourite parts of the franchise, and I have the bestiary but I want more!

I would like to be able to create a character [a Gelfling or maybe a Podling] and have them go to different locations and interact with different creatures. I want mechanics for catching a fizzgig, or eating glow-moss, and maybe having to hide from the Skeksis but that is a lower priority for me. I want to see renders of all the structures, plants and animals.

Thank you for reading. I have nothing more to say.

4 Comments
2024/10/22
11:50 UTC

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A video of my Fizzgig puppet!

Just a silly thing I put together with all of the footage I got back from the ren faire lol

7 Comments
2024/10/22
03:28 UTC

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Chamberlain Halloween costume

I had an idea to make my own Chamberlain costume (bc all the costumes online are shit) and I was going to use cardboard (structure) and paper mâché (texture and paint), and I was wondering how I should do the head, mouth wise, bc I want it to go with my mouth when I open and close my mouth, how do you guys suggest I should do that. I will also post the costume when complete here (even if I don’t finish before Halloween, I’ll still work on it for next Halloween)

5 Comments
2024/10/22
01:04 UTC

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Stupid old animation I made back in 2022

4 Comments
2024/10/20
19:34 UTC

11

Saw that both Dark Crystal and Labyrinth are on Prime

Dance Skeksis dance.

4 Comments
2024/10/20
19:23 UTC

50

digital art♡

a tonal study I did a while ago for my university homework, im absolutely in love with deets character!!!!! if you like this I'd appreciate if you checked out my Instagram art account!! username is @azzfek

0 Comments
2024/10/20
15:53 UTC

342

I made a Kira costume with Fizzgig puppet and a Podling costume for my partner for ren faire this year!

I had a face prosthetic to make my face more Gelfling-like, but ran out of time to perfect it. I’ll share once I get the whole thing finished!

13 Comments
2024/10/20
06:33 UTC

10

Comics + Book Order

Apologies if this has been answered somewhere I did check but could only find very old posts.

I loved the Netflix series and want to start reading the comic's + general world lore but I cannot figure out the order in which to start.

As it stand it appears there is "Complete Collection" editions of various stories from that world. Which seem like a great option but I'm still left not knowing the order in which to read them or if I'm missing any books that arent compiled into a complete collection.

To summarise if I want the full story of The Dark Crystal world + world lore what should I add to my amazon basket? 😅

5 Comments
2024/10/16
18:12 UTC

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Jen & Kira

13 Comments
2024/10/16
02:25 UTC

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I came across this guy who creates hyper realistic silicone masks and created one called “Chamberlain”, which can be easily assumed to be based on our favorite Skeksis. If that’s the case, then what do you think of this re-envisionment?

5 Comments
2024/10/15
18:36 UTC

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Now that I found the shard what do I do with it?

20 Comments
2024/10/15
12:03 UTC

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