Thra: Its Origins & Lore - The Dark Crystal Explained

[@antigrav6004]

Henson and Froud's effort in being incredibly original isn't lost on people who appreciate the strangeness they made. Very inspiring.

[@grimble4564]

There's so many wonderful things that exist on the margins of popularity precisely because they're just a little too weird to be marketable to major audiences

[@joshelderkin9592]

i cant believe theres a whole channel dedicated to the dark crystal lmao love you guys

[@bradenjorge3379]

I guess I'm pretty off topic but do anybody know of a good site to watch new tv shows online ?

[@iainbeasley9414]

1:48 Listen to this at full blast, an you will discover a new emotion

[@Maldoror2112]

I still have the soundtrack on vinyl. 😁

[@anthonyrose2496]

I love that you are bringing more videos and commentary. I know you said you would stop because of personal reasons, but I am asking you to please not stop. The background music of your videos is perfect and so comforting. You have the best take not only on the movie but the few videos of the Netflix series, YOU HAVE THE PULSE ON EVERYTHING DARK CRYSTAL (IMHO). I believe your are the best to deliver the interpretations that the fans of this franchise need to hear. Sorry if this comment contradicts you. You have the best view that everyone of your followers (including me) loves.

[@BRONZALiVE]

I had always thought the urskeks created the crystal itself for ages and didn't know they were essentially aliens and came to thra long after the crystal was formed before discovering this vid, thanks for clearing that up, love your channel

[@Maldoror2112]

Apparently, the UrSkeks' homeworld had its own Crystal. Perhaps there is a network of worlds with a central Crystalline object.

[@freezkeer]

there are so many correlations to our world. astrological, philosophical, religious and esoteric.

[@DarkCrystalConjunction]

Indeed,... you read "World of The Dark Crystal"? Can find lots more there.

[@AngelDust666]

Your channel is amazing! You go deep into the lore of the Dark Crystal and it makes it great learning material if anyone wants to know more about the movies back story

[@SNEStalgia]

Dude! Your channel is great! The Dark Crystal is one of my favorite movies ever, I'm so excited to see what other videos you do!

[@DonTeLeVay]

Love your videos. The production is top notch!!!

[@lotusdivine5817]

love it!! Even the smallest things I never paid attention to now it all comes together and makes so much sense now! Thanks for the vid!

[@SunScourge]

I love the way you work in all the DC terms :P 'Previous dreamfast' 'More vital essence' - it's great.

[@DarkCrystalConjunction]

Haha, glad you caught that. Why use boring Earthling terms when we are on Thra!

[@Saedris]

I remember watching it as a kid I got curious about the planet since they just made a series dedicated to it

[@leenaleewitch3731]

I giving this a try. I watched Dark Crystal when I was seven and I was traumatised...so now than I am 30 I should fight my fears heads on.

[@joalexsg9741]

If I had watched it at that age I would have loved, cause I was a fan of horror movies since I was little, though I was more into the supernatural/magical aspects than in the horror itself, actually, the horror should only be used as it is in the Dark Crystal, as a warning of what we should not allow ourselves to become or contaminated with, whereas in old horror movies they didn´t teach many values but just fear of the unknown, which is not a good thing. The Dark Crystal only teaches good values of respect for diversity, love for nature and life and respect for ancient pagan cultures.

[@joalexsg9741]

Thank you so much for all your precious videos, I so love this channel! Shared for sure!

[@ramirofranco9349]

Love Dark Crystal, love your channel just wish videos were longer

[@DarkCrystalConjunction]

Thanks. I have a couple longer ones and most those get ignored so it seems 5-10 minutes is a better sweet spot.

[@bigorange2082]

You have a new subscriber. Awesome work.

[@garrettbollig761]

Fabulously done

[@Slimelia_]

Great video! Looking forward to the next lore video!!

[@awalkthroughtorah6897]

Longer videos would be awesome.

[@jombones3324]

Very detailed, nice work

[@davidrooker1200]

gelflings are beautiful

[@Thaumh]

Life on Thra seems backwards from Earth, at least on the macro scale, in that here we have the plant, animal, and fungus kingdoms, but then we have very few phylum with hundreds of species. Thra on the other flange looks like it has hundreds of phyla (or at least several dozen) and just a few species in each.

[@DarkCrystalConjunction]

Flora and fauna mixed on Thra.

[@Thaumh]

​@@DarkCrystalConjunction Fly a Starfleet science vessel to the Thra System, and give the computer a headache as it tries to categorize the life forms. 😂

[@DarkCrystalConjunction]

@@Thaumh haha, absolutely!

[@joefigueroa8809]

Your channel should be blowing up since new Netflix show congratulations

[@mr.vvilson1243]

I'm glad I found this channel.

[@ldon3000]

Thank you for explaining the measure of a trine. I have been trying to make sense of it and thought it had to equal several of our years. You do mention that there are 9 seasons however. They all fit into 12 of our months, or approximately?

[@DarkCrystalConjunction]

That I am not sure and the writers have said they are very fluid with time and will just stay vague and say things like, "it isn't exactly a year", but they explain it is more to not give spoilers as to when something exactly takes place so you can't deduce some plot points based on how far away it is from the film. So I assume those answers will eventually come, for now it is more vague.

[@derekroberts6654]

As a kid, I’ve always dreamed of a Star Wars/ Dark Crystal crossover? Do you think those 2 universes could coexist? I know I wouldn’t be exactly popular with most fans even suggesting this crossover but you have to admit...it’s tempting. I can’t be the only one who thought about this. Just think for a moment if the Mystics and the Skeksis are one in the same the good and the bad than Annikin Skywalker is the “Mystic” and his “Skeksis counterpart is Darth Vader. This could be one of the Jedi secrets. More importantly where do think the Crystal gets its power? I want to leave you with this video. This provokes a lot of thought. kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIa0YqCcnMyAack

[@DarkCrystalConjunction]

I love that Wit & Folly vid. Ya, there is so much that connects... especially now that we've seen a crystal in a sword (kyber in a saber) and so many other connections. Don't even get me started :D

[@ArinJager1]

Thra sounds like Terra... Terra is/means Earth (Gaia also is/means Earth, sometimes - which is like the duality of the UrSkeks dividing into the UrRu and Skeksis) (just a thought)

[@writerpatrick]

"Another world..." So it's not Earth.

[@ArinJager1]

@@writerpatrick I know it's not Earth -_- (I'm actually writing my own thing and the world is called Athrea, also sounds similar, but that's just coincidence... I didn't know/remember the dark crystal world was called Thra before I started writing it... It's scrambled letters in Earth... EA to AE, R is same, TH to HT... you get AERHT... then it's backwards: THREA... plus an extra A: Athrea)

[@Sawrattan]

It also sounds a little like 'Earth' backwards

[@ambermarie.]

Thra was chosen as the name as the reverse of Earth...and an anagram for hart or heart

[@DarkCrystalConjunction]

Originally it was names Mithra, but since that was also a name for a god they decided to change it.

[@alexpeters7598]

Hey dog love your channel and can you please do do explain how to Crystal cracked and become the dark Crystal please because I’m so confuse on that please 😇❤️

[@DarkCrystalConjunction]

Ah, good idea. I will,.... in time :) In the mean time, have you read Creation Myths Volume 1? That graphic novel covers it. It is also, mentioned briefly in a movie flashback.

[@alexpeters7598]

The Dark Crystal Conjunction thanks for the information 😇

[@alexpeters7598]

The Dark Crystal Conjunction yeah dog thanks for the information because I’m doing my own Version of kingdom hearts comic or book and the dark crystal is one of word i’m doing and I love this movie and I don’t want to fuck up the lore 😇

[@writerpatrick]

I believe the movie explains that the UrSkeks broke it deliberately which caused them to be split into the Ursu and the Skeksis. The parts were scattered to be reassembled save for a single chard.

[@joalexsg9741]

By the way, I think KZbin should add a button for sharing on MeWe and Diaspora as well, they are among the best social media, besides Reddit, to share such sort of wonderful stuff! I used the link on the address bar anyway.

[@solomonf4360]

Could you do one on podlings

[@sonicmagnus5312]

i grew up on Thra, miss my home deeply Astrological Quantum void bought me to this dirt bag planet

[@RWds24]

Just saw the series and now I want to know all

[@lorenzomaldonado2050]

Tbh is it crazy but the music and your reading of this story, kinda gives me nostalgia of when my mother would read to me the bible or my father would tell me the storys of my native american ancestors storys of creation 😌❤ tbh this is why I kinda love the artistic wrighting of the dark crystal - it's like listening to a poetic bedtime story or peace of beautiful scripture

[@DanielLopez-zt4ig]

Trevor Jones worked with Jim Henson since preproduction of the movie. Maybe, what if that Thra song is in the notes Trevor composed at the beginning of the soundtrack?

[@DarkCrystalConjunction]

Would be cool! Did you notice on the new soundtrack that there is one song titled "Song of Thra": kzbin.info/www/bejne/iIS8ommQh7tnb6s

[@sallysiren1363]

Any discord thra group?

[@SweetLilWren]

Thank you for this! You rock my socks!

[@writerpatrick]

Shouldn't the crystal be white at this point (1:20)? It only became dark after being broken.

[@DarkCrystalConjunction]

I agree and think it should have, since that is how you see it at the end of the movie once it is restored. I think they made it purple just so it was familiar to us since that is its iconic look.

[@ΚωνσταντίνοςΚατσίμπελης]

00:54 beautiful

[@JayDee2short]

What are Podling origin?

[@DarkCrystalConjunction]

They seem to be another creature that has always been around. There isn't anything specifically on their origin, but by the first Great Conjunction we see them interacting and working along side the Gelfling.

[@JayDee2short]

@@DarkCrystalConjunction I get that, I really want there to be more.... Like why is Hup so advance. And did the Podlings ask for a protector and Mother Aughra gifted them the Gelfing.

[@DarkCrystalConjunction]

@@JayDee2short I'd love some material on that too. Perhaps the upcoming prequel comics will give us some insight.

[@JayDee2short]

@@DarkCrystalConjunction Yeah, I love how Jim Henson said in an interview, there should be no sequel, b/c the 82' version was the end. But the before events could be endless

[@easygrin1127]

God i love this movie

[@osmosisjones4912]

A sun like star a Red Dwarf and brown dwef

[@ladyanime100]

what book did you get this from?

[@DarkCrystalConjunction]

0:34 you an see... Creation Myths vol. 1

[@thedankcrystal3438]

What is that graphic novel at teh start??

[@DarkCrystalConjunction]

Creation Myths volume 1

[@thedankcrystal3438]

Ta

[@dariusparris2698]

Reminds me of the book of Genesis in the Bible.

[@ArinJager1]

no -_-

[@writerpatrick]

It's designed to. Although this is a little more science based.

[@Sawrattan]

Even though it was inspired by New Age spiritualism and Hindu-Buddhist cosmology, I've always felt strong parallels with Abrahamic origin stories. UrSkeks being banished from the heavens, sent to earth, rule the creatures, impose a kind of 'state religion' on the Gelflings, then a single male and female Gelfling being told to repopulate the earth...

[@brokenlife1263]

Are you Kevin,from the Office?

[@oceanblueheart1472]

Err. Wasn't it supposed to be a pure White Crystal?

[@DarkCrystalConjunction]

Yes, I assume they did it purple hear since that is what we are use to seeing, but it should be white.

[@Dirtoldas]

Who down voted this video? That's just plain dumb

[@thraphx]

lol

[@trod146]

Ugh... stop repeating yourself so damn much...

[@DarkCrystalConjunction]

You may not like Thra much,... lots of repetitions... lots of repetitions... lots of repetitions... always in threes... 333 hehehe! :P