Summary Four years after its cancelation, I'm still mad that Netflix didn't continue The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. Made by the Jim Henson Company, Age of Resistance was a prequel to Henson's 1982 Dark Crystal film.
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Was Even Better Than The 1982 Movie Age Of Resistance Is A Great Prequel And Standalone Story Close The greatest strengths of the 1982 Dark Crystal movie were the puppetry, visual splendor, and imagination that brought the world of Thra to life.
Age of Resistance's story about authority abusing its power and dividing the masses, who must see through the division and unite in rebellion, resonated with me in 2019 just as much as it still resonates in 2024. It's a timeless story that worked well on its own, but that also added to The Dark Crystal movie, given what Age of Resistance revealed about the long history of Skeksis tyranny and the many sacrifices made to rebel against them.
There were plenty of other questions for Age of Resistance to deal with as well, including how the Gelfling would counteract the new threat of the Skeksis' Garthim and what they would do with the shard from the Dark Crystal hidden in the Dual Glaive. This was the same shard Jen and Kira eventually used to heal the Dark Crystal. In the movie, Mother Aughra still had the shard, raising questions about what happened to her and to the shard after it was discovered in Age of Resistance.