Netflix Cancels The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance After Its Emmy Win—Can It Live on Elsewhere?
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What fans hoped wasn’t true (despite over a year of silence from Netflix) came to pass today. As confirmed by io9, Netflix is not renewing the Dark Crystal prequel series Age of Resistance, which just won an Emmy for Outstanding Children’s Program. (Even though let’s be real, it’s not really for kids).
The series, running just one short season, now ends with the bleakest possible timeline. As told by Netflix, all of the Gelfling we meet during this pivotal time in Thra are eradicated by the Skeksis per the lore of the original movie. Cool, great job Netflix. Or should I say … Skekflix?
We at Paste TV have praised The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance since its release, giving it one of the highest all-time review ratings, ranking its characters , listing it at #3 among the best shows of 2019, and ultimately questioning when Netflix would renew it for a second season. The show was expensive for the streaming service, and required so much craft work regarding its sets and the puppets themselves. But … they’re already built, that money has been spent. Could you not have given us at least a movie to bridge the story from the series to the original film?
No, they could not (or would not). It’s a damn shame, as Age of Resistance was not just a delight but genuinely the most unique TV show on television, made with such incredible care.