Thra - History

According to the website habidabad.com, Thra is the name of the planet created by Jim Henson for his film, The Dark Crystal. It is a planet with three suns, so it does not contain the dualities of day and night, nor the summer and winter of planet Earth. The most important element on the planet is a huge crystal, which was erected by the planet's ruling UrSkeks and which once bathed the planet Thra in a healthy light. It is housed in the magnificent Castle of ...

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It has been theorized that the planet Thra may be triangular in shape since the number three is so important to the cultures which inhabit it. This could also be just because of the planet's three suns, whose convergences are treated as great religious occurrences by the planet's occupants. Before the beginning of the film The Dark Crystal, the UrSkeks dared to expose themselves to a great conjunction of the three suns in an attempt to purify their perceived faults. Instead, the UrSkeks split their beings into two divergent races. The noble and kind urRu retained the gentle calm of the UrSkesks, while the vain and cruel Skeksis retained t ...

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