Netflix - SDCC 2019 : We were at the Dark Crystal : Age of Resistance panel

By Mulder, San Diego, Convention Center, 19 july 2019

“This is the thing I am most proud of that we have done. Being in Hall H with this show is the greatest moment of my professional life.” - Lisa Henson

“To be able to do the things you loved as a kid...I'm the luckiest guy in the world. I'm so grateful." …. I never thought it would come back, when I saw the original. Funny that would never dream of going back to something that you were known for, so long before.” - Mark Hamill

“Every shot was the most complicated shot of my career. But the true heroes are the puppeteers.” - Louis Leterrier

"The amount of craft that goes into the making of the puppets, the artistry that goes into those creatures, and then the guys who operate them. We arrive and it's there. It's inspiring in itself, the work that everyone else has done kind of feeds your performance.” - Taron Egerton

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance is an upcoming Netflix television series. It is a prequel to the Jim Henson film The Dark Crystal (1982). The series will explore the world of Thra created for the original film.

Making it into Hall H is no easy feat, but if you were lucky enough you made it in and got to see the panel for the up and coming prequel The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance from Netflix. The show, which takes place before the war between Gelfling and Skeksis in the original film The Dark Crystal, by the late Jim Henson, is very quickly living up to the original films visuals and nostalgia. The show will follow three Gelflings who discover the sinister truth behind where the Skeksis get their power and do everything they can to save the those who will suffer beneath their rule.

The show has a stacked cast and regardless of who they brought you knew it was going to be a great panel. In attendance was Lisa Henson, producer and daughter of Jim Henson, Louis Leterrier the director, Taron Egerton who is one of the shows lead Gelflings, as well as a happy surprise to attendees, Mark Hamill who will play one of the Skeksis known as the scientist.

Hamill, who is not new to voice acting, spoke about the many differences between voice acting years ago versus today. Even giving us a taste of his role as the scientist.

So much is going into the making of this show from set design and the mastery of the puppeteering. It was made clear they stuck as close to the original making of the original film rather than going the route of CGI to discover this new yet old world. As her third trip to San Diego Comic Con to talk about Dark Crystal, Henson was very excited about this project and is ready for fans to experience this journey.

We’re very excited to see where this new story leads us.. The 10 episodes series hits Netflix on August 30.

Synopsis :
The story follows three Gelflings – Rian, Brea and Deet – who inspire a rebellion against the Skeksis when they discover a horrifying secret behind their power that threatens their world of Thra.

The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Directed by Louis Leterrier
Voices of Taron Egerton, Anya Taylor-Joy, Nathalie Emmanuel, Mark Hamill, Keegan-Michael Key, Simon Pegg, Donna Kimball, Alicia Vikander, Andy Samberg, Helena Bonham Carter
Composers : Daniel Pemberton, Samuel Sim
Executive producers : Louis Leterrier, Lisa Henson, Halle Stanford
Running time : 60 minutes
Production company(s) The Jim Henson Company
Distributor : Netflix
Original network : Netflix
Original release : August 30, 2019

The Lauren Sanchez ‘s Photos of this panel can be found in our Flickr page

Written by Lauren Sanchez
Photos and video : Lauren Sanchez

(Source : press release)