Age of Resistance’ Followers, It’s So Over

Hey there, fans of The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, we now have excellent news and dangerous information. The excellent news is you now have the prospect to personal precise, screen-used props and puppets from the making of that legendary, underrated show. The dangerous information is, the truth that this stuff are on the market in any respect doesn’t bode effectively for that present, or world, ever returning.

A few months back, information broke that The Jim Henson Company is holding a large public sale of memorabilia from its unforgettable previous. Objects from The Muppets, Labyrinth, Fraggle Rock, and a lot extra had been all going up on the market with the assistance of Julien’s Auctions on November 25. However, distressingly for followers like us, there are additionally nearly 200 objects out there from The Darkish Crystal: Age of Resistance, the unimaginable Netflix present that solely lasted one season. Promoting these objects looks like an admission that it’s over.

And but, we right here at io9 have by no means given up hope. A number of years after we broke the terrible news of the present’s cancellation, we requested its director, Louis Letterier, if he ever thought it might come again, and he was cautiously optimistic. Quick ahead to some weeks in the past, and we requested the present chairman of the Henson Firm, Brian Henson, about it. He advised that whereas it in all probability wouldn’t be again on Netflix, the world of The Dark Crystal may continue on.

Each of which sound nice till you take a look at the chilly, laborious information of the corporate promoting off all of these things. Now, to be truthful, if you happen to look at the entirety of what’s being auctioned, not one of the key, important characters are on there. No hero Gelfling or Skeksis puppets. They aren’t completely cleansing home. However, there are some spectacular Skeksis animatronics, each form of weapon and prop you’ll be able to think about, plus a lot of supporting Gelflings and Podlings out there. You’ll be able to even purchase the actual Dual Glaive, which was an enormous piece of the present’s mythology. The actual heartbreaker, although, the one that really looks like a stab within the again, is that the unique, screen-used, full-size Crystal of Truth prop is being bought. You’d in all probability want the ACTUAL DARK CRYSTAL if you happen to had been making extra Darkish Crystal, however, alas, somebody goes to have the ability to purchase it.

Which, on the one hand, is form of cool. A real fan goes to personal not simply the true Darkish Crystal, however many different items from this unimaginable present. And but, the truth that the corporate is promoting these components looks like a tragic approach to understand we could by no means see this world, on this method, once more.

For extra on the Henson Public sale, which can happen stay at 10 a.m. PST on November 25, head over to this link. And to see all The Darkish Crystal: Age of Resistance items, click this link here.

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