Given the state of the world, do you look back at The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance and see new relevance? Especially when you have certain people making statements like they think it’s OK if older, at-risk people are sacrificed so others can live. Now, Lisa Henson, CEO of the Jim Henson Company and guardian of all things Thra, chats with SYFY WIRE about getting back to work, and the challenges of creating this world - among them, working with puppets in confined spaces. Last month, Age of Resistance nabbed a 2020 Emmy nomination for Outstanding Children's Program. New Thra stories have continued to appear over the years in book and graphic novel form, but the fate of the Age of Resistance series remains uncertain. The Jim Henson Company, the producer of the series, received a federal Payroll Protection Program (PPP) bailout (approximately $2 million) in order to retain its 75-person staff after live-action productions and the Jim Henson Creature Shop were shut down. But now the future of this live-action return to the world of Thra has been put in jeopardy - after just one season - by the coronavirus pandemic. The journey from the cult classic film The Dark Crystal to its prequel series, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, has taken nearly 35 years.
Today we speak with Lisa Henson, the Emmy-nominated executive producer of Netflix’s The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. This month, SYFY WIRE is speaking to some of the actors and artisans whose work earned them Emmy nominations this year.