THE DARK CRYSTAL (1982) Ending Explained! 

"The entire plot of the Dark Crystal" -fixed the title for you.

“MmmmMMMMMMMMmmmm!!!! >:•)”-Lord Chamberlain

Hard watching the Netflix series when you know eventually all the gelflings are going to die

This wasn't meant to be a kid movie. The new show is quite good as well.

Also when urskek tried purging their evil, their good halves proved to be gentle and kind, but also passive and indecisive. The Skeksis were evil but also capable of decisive action. The deeper message I think is that if you want to achieve anything, you have to accept that this may require hard decisions.

7:23 Kira is stabbed by the Ritual Master, not the Emperor

The Mystics are no better than the Skeksis, they knew that their evil selves were reeking havoc on the world and did nothing for a thousand years. The Skekis basically did the Mystics' dirty work keeping them immortal for all these years

*_Somewhere in the SAME universe, Kermit the Frog committed suicide and Elmo is still dancing on the moon._*

I found the Netflix series amazing and wondrous.

As it turns out, the new series is the single greatest high fantasy film -- which happens to be 10 hours long! -- in cinema history. From the artistry of its craftsmanship to the conception of its setting and themes, to the virtuoso performances by a huge ensemble, TDC:AOR is an epic work of genius rivaled only by the likes of the original Star Wars Trilogy or The Lord of the Rings.

Ah, that sence of the poddling getting its life sucked out hunts me to this day

Jim Henson managed to combine high fantasy with sensible and down-to-Earth teachings. That's part of the charm of his inventions. You never knew precisely what would happen in a story he told because he would make the consequences of actions almost ruthlessly realistic... up to a point. But the point which Jim Henson would stop at was a lot further into the darkness than most people were willing to go when writing a story which children would experience. But Jim's seeming madness had method to it. Remember "Mr. Hooper Died" from Sesame Street? Jim Henson knew that children have to deal with death, just like everyone else. Pets die. Sometimes other family members die, and sometimes friends die. Mr. Hooper was the "grandfather" character in Sesame Street. When Will Lee who acted him died unexpectedly, they could have told the children who watched the show that Mr. Hooper had retired and moved away. Instead, they took the bull by the horns and told the children that Mr. Hooper had died, and that being sad and grieving over someone who has died is normal and appropriate. At the core of Jim Henson's stories were two principles.: 1. Honesty. Evil exists. Death exists. Learn to deal with them. 2. Morals. Oppose evil to the best of your ability. Don't let sadness and death get you down. Choose good over evil. Evil may win the day's battle, but the war is not done. Sesame Street died with Jim Henson. There's still a show with that name, but the truth and integrity which had characterised it previously, died with Jim Henson because his influence was gone. Now, the show is just another children's show, pandering to adults and patronising children. I think Jim Henson would be very annoyed if he could see what it's become. I hope the Netflix show does justice to the movie. I don't hold out a lot of hope, but perhaps someone with the same honesty and integrity as Jim Henson has control of it. One lives in hope.

Anything Jim Henson is a blessing to this world.

It’s not a kids film. Though I did watch it a lot as a kid. It’s pretty dark to be a kids movie

I loved Dark Crystal, still one of my favorite fantasy films. Looking forward to the new series prequel

I loved the Titanic flute play. Love you back 😘

I feel it my duty to tell everyone about the other lesser known Jim Henson company made absolutely awesome sci fi series called Farscape. Besides the amazing makeup and costumes they used for the alien character actors they of course made use of the Henson type puppets for two if the characters that look more real than most cgi. It ran for 4 seasons before getting canceled ending on a cliffhanger but a few years later they made a miniseries that finished the story. So if you like space opera with action movies and adventure, very likeable characters, evil yet complex villains, comedy and numerous pop culture references and a bit if romance than please watch what I consider my all time favorite show and this coming from someone who has watched many tv shows.

I recall an old art book of The Dark Crystal mentioning that Augra was actually just born of the earth....I regret not buying that art book.

Thank goodness for 'ending explained' videos to movies that already made sense. 6 year-old me got this

There is one main thing you got wrong; 9:42 The Skesis are the ones that split the crystal, this happened after the 2nd Conjunction (also known as the great Division), the urSkeks caused their division due to the corruption of one of them. The Skesis took control of the Crystal and soon after used a weapon to split the shard away.

Jeez! Would be nice to have a reviewer who actually liked the movie instead of treating it with so much distain. Yeah, we get it, it's a weird movie but, no less cool, interesting and imaginative.

Grew up watching this movie, have just finished the Netflix series... great television viewing!!! By far best thing i’ve seen on tv this year

Was Obsessed with this movie at 11 years old. Still holds up minus a few plot holes & Kira pretty much saves Jen's ass multiple times. But if you've never seen it..please it's worth it.

@7:41 they are not becoming something 'new', they are returning to what they once were...

When Single Shines the Triple Sun, What Was Sundered and Undone, Shall be Whole. The Two Made One, By Gelfling Hand, or else by None.

4:03 Dance your cares away; worries for another day ; let the music play... down on Fraggle Rock!!

OMG.. The Dark Crystal was my FAVORITE when I was a kid.

Henson HAD to be on something good. I had no clue how imaginative this world was.

They'll probably do with The Dark Crystal what was done in Star Wars. IE: It will be revealed that there were actually a lot of Gelfling survivors, just as we also found out there were actually quite a few Jedi still alive after Order 66.

My childhood

People must be more dense than 35 years ago. I was in fourth grade when it first came out, and I had no trouble getting it.

I loved watching the Dark Crystal when I was a kid, gave me nightmares every time. Never really understood the story line.

Jen's flute playing to make the correct crystal shard glow was probably some Mystic magic that he learned.

WON'T SOMEBODY PLEASE THINK OF THE CHILDREN!?

Enough CGI. Puppets need a comeback. Just as Star Wars originally used models for spachships, I would like to see 'puppet models' replace CGI as much as possible.

2:45~ Conjunction~ ~Conjunction Junction, what's your function? Hooking up words and phrases and clauses. ~Conjunction Junction, how's that function? I got three favorite cars That get most of my job done. ~Conjunction Junction, what's their function? I got "and", "but", and "or", They'll get you pretty far. 😆.... I am so sorry, I couldn’t resist 🤗

Yes, but will there be Fizzgigs?

I'm so excited this new show is gonna be amazing

When you realize all the gelfings in the series die and their entire species is genocided

I was never scared of it as a kid. Most stories I liked had some death. As Potter mimicked Dickens, Roald Dahl & many Disney movies. Would they be great stories without the deaths? It's just you think of Muppets as harmless maybe because of Sesame Street, only characters like Gonzo did death defying stunts. It's why kids are bought pets like fish or hamsters it teaches them, to ask there parents the big questions. Actually this movie, when I watched, normally made me ask my Mom if I could have another of whatever was my favourite treat that week. Fizzgig forever!!!

Great synopsis and explanation! I hope the series does well on Netflix.

I love how the series tied perfectly into the film, down to the last episode! I won't lie, there were times I scratched my head, but then the next episode explaining everything. I implore everyone to watch the film first! I'm also hoping they make a series about rebuilding thrah.

It's been a long time since I've watched this movie. Upon watching the cliff notes version here I now realize just how faithful the show has been to the lore of the original source material.

ARGHHH ! YOU GOT ME ! @4:45-4:51 ... When the female news reporter appeared i reached for the mouse to fast forward ahead but half-way through reaching i saw the CGI of the shard hit the microphone ! WELL DONE. A lot of great soundbites: "WHAT IF I WANT WINGS ?" hilarious. A WELL WRITTEN, SMART ANALYSIS OF AN 80s CLASSIC. I remember this movie well and saw it on an HBO home box with a dial on it; i wasn't supposed to see it because it was "too adult" but we kids we, we ... we find a way ! Thanks for sharing. THUMBS UP !

Can you imagine that? Just casually walking and suddenly burst into flames and die like that? I would be pissed lol some kids film huh 😂

This unearthed some disturbing ,deep childhood memory that I can barely remember

YAY, can't WAIT for your recaps, as you well know how much I love them!!!!! BTW, GREAT job with this recap, and yeah, sooooooooooooo NOT a kids movie when you rewatch it as an adult, but I have to say, I loved it as a kid and I love it now, differently, (as I have a vastly different appreciation for it now), as an adult!!! Bisous, Bisous xx

Just watched Age of resistance, it's amazing. :3

I thought her name was "Okra" as a kid...

I'm so glad that will be explored further than the comics and movie,it's such an interesting meta

Not even joking, the score when Kira is brought back to life makes me cry every time. It's hautingly beautiful

I really hate to be nit picky (and I expect and accept any ni-picking if I get anything wrong here) The Urskeks didn't split because the Crystal was splintered. Aughra's son (whose name eludes me) is really to blame. He had never trusted the Urskeks and shortly before the second conjuction he had heard one of the Urskeks singing a song from their own world. He then went on the have a Gelfling play the song as the cunjuction was occuring, angering that Urskek. It was that Urskek's anger at hearing another play the song that caused them all to split. The splintering of the Crystal came within hours after that, as the Skesis and Mystics awoke, the Mystics just kind of wandered off. However the Skeksis were frightened and agressive. A good number of Skeksis died during this moment as they were simply killing eachother left and right, it was during this fighting that one of the Skeksis had hit the Crystal causing it to break. Of course the movie does set it up as if the splintering of the Crystal was the direct cause of the Urskeks splitting. So it is a 100% acceptable stance. Also everything I talked about come from one of the graphic novels released about two decades after, so again fair enough.

OMG!! I remember this from my childhood. Good recommendation RU-vid!!👍👏👏👏

Movie: Join the Skeksis and Mystics as ONE, to be whole once again! Me: Just kill both Skeksis/Mystics, put the crystal together and be done! They're aliens who were stupid, why should they be returned into whole? No One:

I can’t believe after watching the whole season then remembering in the 80's movie that there was a Gelfling Genocide and that means all of them are gonna die all of the clans, all of the Maudra's and literally any existents of Gelfling, I’m actually gonna cry if they show this in Season 2!!!!!

Thank you for posting this video. I'm A big fan of the movie and also I love the series.

'you must save our world gelfling', but the series clarifies they come from another world

It's amazing how good the puppets were made then and how they kept true to the original looks and not made big changes and spoiled the series

I loved this movie so much as a kid. I must be one the few that was more fascinated than scared of this story and it's dark world.

The emperor dying was the scariest part of the movie when I saw it as a kid... glad I did tho!!! And it may not have been meant for kids, but a lot of us were kids when we saw it anyway. Still a great movie, and AoR was AWESOME! I need a season two!

Just finished making Deet in timelapse, for anyone interested in seeing the work. Hope you like it!

Kira wasn't stabbed by the Emperor, just saying.

Just watched the show and I'm hooked! Had no idea there was a movie made eons ago, but I'm definitely about to watch it bc this is great! Thank you

Kira was stabbed by the Ritual Master, not the Emperor. Also, the "General" is the Garthim Master.

Just finished watching the new Netflix show. Absolutely brilliant!!

OMFG the editing on this has me crying! LMAO well done....

I saw this movie in 1982 when it came out I was 18 years old then and loved it ever since!! It is an amazing movie for a Sci Fi aspect of it!!! Almost hard to believe it was Jim Henson that produced it even when it came out, because it was NOT your typical "Muppet movie" even for that time frame!!!

Wow man, you need to do your research. The General, skekVar never became emperor. It was skekUng, the Garthim master that became emperor. That’s why he could control the garthim. He didn’t make an appearance in the series yet. This was a half-hearted attempt, smh

I was very sensitive to this ending and I loved this the best of my life! Imagine that this is from another world in another solar system and this is what life looks like and we just picked up that signal! :)

Ever since "The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance" came out, I don't understand why many people consider it a prequel. It seems more like a reboot to me. A good reboot.

05:28 Just realized that there's a boob in the sky when they line up. "Won't someone please think of the children?!"

Thank you so much! I understand so much more and love this movie so much more now!

It's a good job we've got this droning, slightly patronising and dull explanation of every second of the film.... you know, because I couldn't figure it out for myself when I was 7 years old back in 1982. How is the "Ending Explained" exactly? Beyond what was totally obvious, I mean? If this guy is relying on subscriptions to make a living out of this rubbish, I can't imagine who has time to watch it.

I loved the Uuruks / Mystics. Their gentle complentative way. No wonder I was so drawn to the Buddhistic Monastry nearby my home village! I had forgotten about this movie, but I spend so much time there with these Tibetian Exile Monks. Another puzzle part clicks to show me more of what made me who I am. Thanks for your Video! 🖤

The movie was amazing! Really good work of art, and great storytelling with the theme of fantasy. I loved watching The Dark Crystal when I was a kid back in 2007, and It's recently become a big inspiration for my more serious artworks as of 2019!

Favorite "kids" movie? Imagine, at 58... that I am still a kid. Epic!

It's my favourite childhood movie, even it it terrified at me. In fact I became an artist due to the movie. I've shared a few covers and tributes inspired by it (and now the series) I think I know by heart all the dialogues.

If I had watched this when I was a kid, I’d definitely have nightmares... recently saw it at age 23 and it was almost too much... but I still loved the movie and after watching the tv series on Netflix I’m a fan now!! Rewatched the movie and I appreciated it more!!

The "General" is the Garthim Master and Kira is stabbed by the Ritual Master, not the emperor.

The Ending......sorry the whole movie explained

Vid says splitting of the Crystal creates Skeksies and Mystics but Im pretty sure thats not the lore. Skeksies and Mystics already split long before- and if you look closely in the scene where the crystal is shown being cracked in silhoutte- its a skeksie doing it- not whayever those shiny aliens are called.

Garthim are just Mirelurks but magic, change my mind

Mystics: *mind there own business and traveling Mystic in center: *bursts into flames and then dies I laughed at this

3:20 I legit thought Jen was actually playing that song🤦 but no it’s ur awesome editing😂👍

Just finished the prequel, damn fine job...I've never seen a prequel or sequel done better!

Thanks so much, this type of helpful overview of the original movie and it's plot points was exactly what I was looking for!

This Movie was my favorite movie growing up! I watched this on VHS so much the tape was stretched out so much that it started to fade on certain parts!

The part of the flute 🤣 loved it

The cracking of the crystal DID NOT spawn two new races (skeksis and urru) . It was when the urseks were trying to use the crystal to cleanse themselves that the division occured and formed the two races. After that one of the skeksis violently struck the crystal, cracking it, and forming the shard! Please make sure you review your sources

I remember when I first saw this movie and man this movie change my life. As I got older I did more research and man I love the mythology in the Dark Crystal and man it's so much that I'm going to buy the books.

This is a story about 'you'. It is a story illustrating the process of Individuation based on the 'Heroes Tale' archetype. If you dont know what that is, look it up.

I don’t understand. You said you were going to explain the ending, and take a deep dive into the film. But then you just did a basic summary of what happened in the film, including describing the ending, which is not at all the same as explaining it.

"Uncataloged Skeksi DNA detected! DNA acquired" - Omnitrix. "Uncataloged Gelfling DNA detected. Gelfling DNA acquired!" - Omnitrix.

Ending explained? More like whole movie explained, padding. Also could they have gotten a person who cared less about the movie it sounds like he's discovering it as he's reading his script.

The two races split BEFORE the Crystal was cracked.

Some of your comments weren't accurate. You clearly haven't read the origin story published as graphic novels. The UrSkeks were NOT trying to purify themselves. They were trying to return home!!!! They were trying to get back to the dimension they had been exiled from. It is revealed to Aughra's son Raunip that one of the UrSkeks ruined their return because he was nurturing darknes, which caused them all to be rejected by the Crystal. They couldn't return to their home dimension, and were instead sundered in two. If you're going to make videos, please research properly!!

I walked into my mom's room to ask for some cereal and I see her watching this show

I remember being obsessed with this movie as a child, but definitely had nightmares about the Skeksis... specifically the Chamberlin... as an adult though, I look back and consider this movie one of the most legendary of it's time. Jim Henson was an amazing creator, and I hope that when I watch the Netflix prequel that it'll live up to the name Henson built for his legacy.

I watch Dark crystal often, it is one of the great movies from my childhood like Star Trek, I never stopped watching. I'm stoocked about the series but digesting it slowly

If the shard in the cristal is what makes the reflected light of the sun go everywhere in the room (places that the skeksis know because they know their spot), why cannot we see powerful raylights coming from the crystal when the conjunction happens?