The voice cast includes Taron Egerton, who recently played Elton John in Rocketman Anya Taylor-Joy, who is known for creepy movies like The Witch, Glass, and Thoroughbreds and Nathalie Emmanuel from Game of Thrones. ) But all you have to remember is that the Gelflings are the good guys who look like a cross between beautiful elves and woodland creatures, and the Skeksis are the bad guys who look like vultures and gave me nightmares when I was a kid. If you don't remember or haven't seen the original movie, that all sounds like nonsense. ![]() The 10-episode series takes place on the planet of Thra, and it follows three Gelflings as they uncover a plot by the Skeksis to amass power, which leads them to start a rebellion. Watch 'The Dark Crystal' on Amazon Credit: Amazon The series will premiere on August 30, 2019. Now, you can re-connect with your inner pre-goth and introduce her to your children, because Netflix is launching The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, a prequel series to the 1982 film. Co-directed by Henson and Frank Oz (who was also the performer behind Yoda and Miss Piggy), The Dark Crystal had everything you could possibly want: fantasy creatures, cool puppet designs, a plucky hero and an even pluckier heroine, a positive message, and it was scary as hell. If you were a certain kind of kid growing up in the '80s - say a proto-goth, or the type that would go on to devour all of the Lord of the Rings books and have a ton of blacklight posters hanging in her bedroom - Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal was your jam.
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