History Series / TheDarkCrystalAgeOfResistance

* RealityEnsues:
** Hup's spoon breaks in half during his fight with the drunk Stonewood Gelflings, prompting him to grab a bigger, stronger spoon.
** Hup leaps in to protect Deet from [[spoiler: skekMal the Hunter, who lifts him easily with one hand before hurling him across the room.]]
** Rian and Ordon start off dropping some CasualDangerDialogue during their fight with [[spoiler: the Hunter. It ends with Ordon dead, and Rian yelling incoherently in fear as he's hauled away.]]

* ForegoneConclusion: Anyone who's seen the original film knows what will happen: Thra will become a dying, decaying world thanks to the Darkening. Most of the Skesis will survive — with the Emperor remaining undefeated until his deathbed, and the Chamberlain in his current position in the court at the beginning of the movie. The three new Skeksis won't make it to the time of the film. Aughra will survive, the Dark Crystal will remain shattered, the essence draining device will be "refined" with a mirror that drains the essence solely through the eyes and zombifies the victims to serve as slaves to the Skeksis instead of disintegrating them, and the Gelflings will be exterminated by the Garthim, with only Jen and Kira as the sole (known) survivors of their species. However, with the series’ cancellation, just how things will get to that state after the triumphant ending of the first season has been left up in the air.

* ForegoneConclusion: Anyone who's seen the original film knows what will happen: Thra will become a dying, decaying world thanks to the Darkening. Most of the Skesis will survive — with the Emperor remaining undefeated until his deathbed, and the Chamberlain in his current position in the court at the beginning of the movie. The three new Skeksis won't make it to the time of the film. Aughra will survive, the Dark Crystal will remain shattered, the essence draining device will be "refined" with a mirror that drains the essence solely through the eyes and zombifies the victims to serve as slaves to the Skeksis instead of disintegrating them, and the Gelflings will be exterminated by the Garthim, with only Jen and Kira as the sole (known) survivors of their species.

* HilariousOuttakes: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qd_szlAfPU Unavailable on YouTube.]] Filled with impromptu singing, dancing, and SpecialEffectsFailure.

* PuppeteerParasite: The Arathim are a race of sppider-like cretures that form a hive mind. They come in two sizes, giant spider and tiny vermin. The latter is capable of latching onto a person and taking control of their body.

* HatePlague: How The Darkening affects the wildlife it corrupts (it's not clear whether this is the effect it has on sapient creatures though, as the the only such beings we see fall under its influence either do so [[spoiler: at the ''very'' end of the only season out yet]] or were already pretty nasty individuals to begin with).

* HilariousOuttakes: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0qd_szlAfPU Available on YouTube.]] Filled with impromptu singing, dancing, and SpecialEffectsFailure.

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* DreamingOfThingsToCome: When the Sanctuary Tree gifts Deet with its power she's shown a series of visions of the future [[spoiler: which include a hooded female Gelfling carrying what appears to be a baby being chased through the woods by a Garthim (suggesting the baby may be either Jen or Kira), of Jen healing the Dark Crystal, and another of of Deet herself, overcome by the Darkening, and seated on the throne of the Skeksis Emperor]].

The first season's ten episodes premiered on Netflix on August 30th, 2019. A second season was cancelled by Netflix in September 2020, but executive producer Lisa Henson has stated that they will "look for ways to tell that story in the future". A video game, ''The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics'', was released in February 2020, and a 12 issue prequel comic book series, also titled ''The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance'', from Creator/BoomStudios began in September 2019, divided into three serials telling the story of Ordon and the Dual Glaive, the misadventures of Hup and a thieving bard, and a high-seas adventure that All Maudra Mayrin went on during her youth.

The first season's ten episodes premiered on Netflix on August 30th, 2019. Producer Lisa Henson (daughter of Jim) hopes for further seasons. A video game, ''The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics'', was released in February 2020, and a 12 issue prequel comic book series, also titled ''The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance'', from Creator/BoomStudios began in September 2019, divided into three serials telling the story of Ordon and the Dual Glaive, the misadventures of Hup and a thieving bard, and a high-seas adventure that All Maudra Mayrin went on during her youth.

In September 2020, the day after the show won an UsefulNotes/Emmy-award for Outstanding Children's Program, it was announced that Netflix [[{{Cancellation}} canceled the show]], leaving several plot threads unresolved. Lisa Henson announced that other ways will be found to continue the story.

In September 2020, the day after the show won an UsefulNotes/EmmyAward for Outstanding Children's Program, it was announced that Netflix [[{{Cancellation}} cancelled the show]], leaving several plot threads unresolved. Lisa Henson announced that other ways will be found to fill the gaps between the series and the film.

For a list of the other works in the franchise, see [[Franchise/TheDarkCrystal here]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Four time:

* DreamingOfThingsToCome: When the Sanctuary Tree gifts Deet with its power she's shown a series of visions of the future [[spoiler: which include a hooded female Gelfling carrying what appears to be a baby being chased through the woods by a Garthim (suggesting the baby may be either Jen or Kira), of Rian trying to heal the Dark Crystal, and another of of Deet herself, overcome by the Darkening, and seated on the throne of the Skeksis Emperor]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Twice:

The first season's ten episodes premiered on Netflix on August 30th, 2019. Producer Lisa Henson (daughter of Jim) hopes for further seasons. A video game, ''The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics'', was announced at [[UsefulNotes/ElectronicEntertainmentExpo E3]] 2019, and a 12 issue prequel comic book series, also titled ''The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance'', from Creator/BoomStudios began in September 2019, divided into three serials telling the story of Ordon and the Dual Glaive, the misadventures of Hup and a thieving bard, and a high-seas adventure that All Maudra Mayrin went on during her youth.

* FeministFantasy: Two of the three main characters are women - [[AllLovingHero Deet]] and [[RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething Princess]] [[BadassBookworm Brea]] - who are both brave, intelligent, proactive and heroic in their own way. The rulers of the Gelfings (the Maudras) are all women and in Gelfing society, GenderIsNoObject; both women and men can be warriors, scholars and so forth. The BigGood of the series is Mother Aughra, who helps guide the Gelfings in their quest to realize the true nature of the Skeksis and restore the Crystal of Truth to save Thra; Brea and Deet also play vital roles in uncovering the truth and uniting the Gelfing tribes.

The first season's ten episodes premiered on Netflix on August 30th, 2019. Producer Lisa Henson (daughter of Jim) hopes for further seasons. A video game, ''The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Tactics'', was announced at [[UsefulNotes/ElectronicEntertainmentExpo E3]] 2019, and a 12 issue prequel comic book series, also titled ''The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance'', from Creator/BoomStudios began in September 2019.

Years prior, running from 2016 to the week of the show's release, the characters and events of the series were introduced in a series of YoungAdult novels by J.M. Lee, consisting of ''Shadows of the Dark Crystal'', ''Song of the Dark Crystal'', ''Tides of the Dark Crystal'' and ''Flames of the Dark Crystal'', though they have somewhat of a BroadStrokes relationship with each other, with just as many differences as there are shared major story beats.

* ShoutOut:
** The Arathim form humanoid faces with their bodies to communicate, similar to the Helping Hands in the oubliette scene from ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'', .
** The Grottan Gelflings live underground, working alongside nature and rarely venturing out, making them very similar to [[Series/FraggleRock Fraggles]].

** The Grottan Gelflings live underground, living alongside nature and rarely venturing out, making them very similar to [[Series/FraggleRock Fraggles]].

* ShoutOut: The Arathim form humanoid faces with their bodies to communicate, similar to the Helping Hands in the oubliette scene from ''Film/{{Labyrinth}}'', .

** Averted with Mother Augra who, despite being the BigGood of the series, looks like the offspring of [[Characters/NewGods Granny Goodness]] and [[Series/TalesFromTheCrypt The Cryptkeeper]].

** Averted with Mother Augra who, despite being the BigGood of the series, looks like the offspring of[[Characters/NewGods Granny Goodness]] and [[Series/TalesFromTheCrypt The Cryptkeeper]].

* BeautyEqualsGoodness: The native creatures of Thra have their own vitality and beauty even [[UglyCute despite the more bizarre appearance of some of them]]; none of them look diseased, corrupted or rotted in the way the Skeksis do. Despite this, the Skeksis are still trusted and revered as the lords of Thra because they protect the Crystal. If the Gelflings judged by outward appearance alone, they would instantly know how trustworthy and kind the Skeksis truly are BeneathTheMask.