With the Gelfling clans uniting at the end of the prequel series, they easily could have taken many others with them too. While smaller than the others, “ said to number less than three dozen,” the Grottan Gelflings not only lived farther from the Skeksis’ reach, “their life span is told to be unheard of, lasting three to four times as long as other Gelfling.” It’s not impossible that deep below the surface, hidden away along with their allies and fellow Grot cave born the Arathim, a band of ageless Gelflings were always hiding, waiting to return safely. The film made Thra seem far smaller than we now know it to be, especially since an entire clan lived underneath the ground too. Jen was able to traverse the lands in a matter of days, as were the slow-moving Mystics, who left their home to return to the Crystal Palace. The world of Thra and the spread of the Gelflings across its lands far exceeded anything even hinted at in the movie. Rather than offer the despair of the inevitable, the series might have shown us how more Gelflings will survive the Darkening in ways we’ve never known before. ![]() Age of Resistance has made the tragedy of the Gelfling story far more personal, and that makes their fate much harder to ignore even when they stand victorious at the end of both the show and film.īut even still, Age of Resistance might actually be the key to giving The Dark Crystal a happier ending for the Gelflings. It won’t be as easy celebrating Jen and Kira’s victory knowing Deet’s sacrifices are likely lost to time forever. Brea and Rian are no longer anonymous faces in the past. ![]() We knew this before Age of Resistance, but experiencing the lives of the seven Gelfling clans and the bravery of its great heroes makes the sadness of their story far more real. New Force users will always be born in the galaxy far, far away, but Jen and Kira are far more likely to be the last Gelflings ever than they are to repopulate Thra. The extermination of the Gelflings exceeds even the horror of what happened to the Jedi. You celebrate the defeat of the evil that remained.īut Age of Resistance makes us confront the past in a way not even the Star Wars prequel trilogy does. In that moment the countless deaths the Empire was responsible for previously doesn’t make Luke’s victory meaningless. It’s like seeing Luke Skywalker help Darth Vader defeat the Emperor. There was nothing they could have done to bring their clans and families back all they could do was save Thra, which they did. That was the reality on Thra, so Jen and Kira’s victory over the Skeksis wasn’t diminished by how things were long ago. In The Dark Crystal movie, we knew the Gelflings were all but gone. This inevitable tragedy doesn’t exactly fit with the hopeful spirit of The Dark Crystal franchise. Even though the TV series also ends in victory, at some point soon thereafter Rian, Brea, Deet, and all the rest will be killed, as their race is all but eradicated. This painful fact is further underlined by the new prequel series Age of Resistance, which features seven thriving Gelfling clans and many great heroes. Thanks to the cruelty of the Skeksis, only two Gelflings remain in the world. Jen and Kira return the lost shard during the Great Conjunction, reuniting the Mystics and the Skeksis the UrSkeks leave for their home world and Thra is left to reclaim its former glory. ![]() The Dark Crystal movie ends on a triumphant note. Brea knows in her heart that clearing the dust from the old songs and reconnecting the seven clans may be the only way to lead the Gelfling out from under the Skeksis’ shadow.Warning: This post contains major spoilers for The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. The Gelfling have settled into the system of clans and leadership of the Skeksis. What she found was a long-buried chain of secrets, the end of which may lead her to the truth about the Skeksis Lords.īrea knows that pursuing the truth will not be easy. When Brea’s curiosity and keen intelligence brought her to doubt the Skeksis’ rule over the Gelfling, she dove headlong into a search for answers-against her mother’s wishes. She grew up in snowy Ha’rar, a northern village that faces the expansive Silver Sea. Storyīrea is the youngest daughter of AllMaudra Mayrin, the leader of the Vapra clan. While her two sisters, Seladon and Tavra, spend most of their time in the Citadel throne room and Paladin barracks, respectively, Brea can usually be found in the Vapran library with her nose buried in a dusty tome. She has a particular love for and interest in the stories that explain how things came to be the way they are today. She loves the oldest and dustiest books, and has studied many old scripts just so she can read them. Brea is enamored of the songs of the past.
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