Back in 1982, Jim Henson and company brought us deep into the world of “The Dark Crystal”. It was so far away from the famous Muppets he was most famously known for but it became a bit of a cult hit and now at long last it has a continuation almost forty years later. The new series is called “The Dark Crystal: Age Of Resistance” and will stream exclusively on the Netflix service. Below the trailer you will find the light premise and the massive voice and puppeteer cast that it takes to bring this to life. Enjoy.

The Synopsis: As the Gelfling race on the planet Thra become aware of the fact that their customarily worshiped overlords, the Skeksis, are exploitative, taxing essence-suckers who are destroying their world, three Gelflings — Rian, Brea and Deet — inspire a rebellion after discovering a horrifying secret behind the Skeksis’ power that threatens their entire planet. (c/o Wiki)

The Voice Cast:
Taron Egerton as Rian
Anya Taylor-Joy as Brea
Nathalie Emmanuel as Deet
Donna Kimball as Aughra
Harris Dickinson as Gurjin
Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Seladon
Victor Yerrid as Hup
Shazad Latif as Kylan
Hannah John-Kamen as Naia
Jason Isaacs as The Emperor (skekSo)
Simon Pegg as The Chamberlain (skekSil)
Benedict Wong as The General (skekVar)
Mark Hamill as The Scientist (skekTek)
Keegan-Michael Key as The Ritual-Master (skekZok)
Awkwafina as The Collector (skekLach)
Harvey Fierstein as The Gourmand (skekAyuk)
Alice Dinnean as The Ornamentalist (skekEkt)
Neil Sterenberg as The Scroll Keeper (skekOk)
Eddie Izzard as Cadia
Helena Bonham Carter as Maudra Mayrin/The All-Maudra
Caitriona Balfe as Tavra
Toby Jones as The Librarian
Dustin Demri Burns as Daudran
Lena Headey as Maudra Fara/The Rock Singer
Alicia Vikander as Mira
Natalie Dormer as Onica
Mark Strong as Ordon
Theo James as Rek’yr
James Dreyfus as Lath’N
Charlie Condou as Mitjan
Louise Gold as Maudra Argot/The Shadow Bender
Kemi-Bo Jacobs as Maudra Seethi/The Skin Painter
Nina Sosanya as Maudra Mera
Nimmy March as Maudra Laesid
Beccy Henderson as Maudra Ethri, Bobb’N
Ralph Ineson as The Hunter (skekMal)
Andy Samberg as The Heretic (skekGra)
Ólafur Darri Ólafsson as urVa/The Archer
Bill Hader as urGoh/The Wanderer
Dave Goelz as Baffi
Theo Ogundipe as Vliste-Staba
Sigourney Weaver as The Myth Speaker
Kevin Clash and Neil Sterenberg as The Gruenaks

Additional voices by Warrick Brownlow-Pike, Dave Chapman, Stewart Clarke, Kevin Clash, Alice Dinnean, Barbara Drennan, Damian Farrell, Louise Gold, Beccy Henderson, Isabella Laughland, Omar Malik, Sarah Beck Mather, Jack Myers, Mark Restuccia, Irfan Samji, Helena Smee, Katherine Smee, Neil Sterenberg, Olly Taylor, and Victor Yerrid.

Puppeteers:
Warrick Brownlow-Pike as Skeksis skekSil/The Chamberlain, Lath’N, Maudra Laesid, Podling Servant #1, Red-Haired Paladin
Dave Chapman as Gelflings Gurjin, Ordon and Skeksis skekSo/The Emperor
Kevin Clash as Aughra, Skeksis skekVar/The General, skekMal/The Hunter, The Gelfling Librarian
Daniel Dewhirst as the Garthim
Alice Dinnean as Gelflings Brea, Maudra Fara, Bobb’N, Skeksis skekEkt/The Ornamentalist
Barnaby Dixon as skekGra & urGoh puppet show performer
Damian Farrell as Skeksis skekGra/The Conqueror/The Heretic, Lore
Louise Gold as Gelflings Onica, Maudra Argot, Maudra Ethri, Maudra Mayrin, Skeksis skekAyuk/The Gourmand, Podling Servant #2
Beccy Henderson as Gelflings Deet and Naia
Nick Kellington as Skeksis skekMal/The Hunter (in-suit performer)
Helena Smee as Gelflings Seladon, Mira and Skeksis skekLach/The Collector
Katherine Smee as Aughra, Gelfling Deet, Skeksis skekVar/The General, skekSil/The Chamberlain, Podling Hup
Neil Sterenberg as Gelflings Rian, Tavra and Skeksis skekOk/The Scroll Keeper
Olly Taylor as Gelflings Rek’yr, Cadia, Daudran, Skeksis skekTek/The Scientist, Mystics urGoh/The Wanderer, urVa/The Archer
Victor Yerrid as Podling Hup, Mitjan, Skeksis skekZok/The Ritual Master, Gelfling Kylan

PiercingMetal Thoughts: Before I get into my thoughts on the trailer, I feel I must apologize for the length of this narrative. Obviously the cast involved in the animation and the voices is massive in an undertaking like this one and while it’s a bit to read – At the end of the day it makes for better Google searching and we always want that. So about the trailer. I really liked what they showed here and admit that I will need to watch the original film before even diving into this one as its been so long for me. I’m surprised that I don’t own this one but oh well, I must have forgotten to get it and by now its on Blu-ray so that is fine by me. I know that a fuller, longer trailer will come and with that I take my leave of you. You can chime in down below if you like since I always welcome topical notions to the mix. See you soon.

Official Film Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Crystal:_Age_of_Resistance