A dying race ruled by a dying emperor, imprisoned within themselves in a dying land.
10 seconds sound clip from the The Dark Crystal (1982) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:01:49 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
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- Here, in the castle of the Crystal, the Skeksis took control.
- Now the Skeksis gather in the sacred chamber where the Crystal hangs above a shaft of air and fire.
- The Skeksis, with their hard and twisted bodies, their harsh and twisted wills.
- For a thousand years they have ruled, yet now, there are only 10.
- A dying race ruled by a dying emperor, imprisoned within themselves in a dying land.
- Today, once more they gather at the Crystal as the first sun climbs to its peak.
- For this is the way of the Skeksis.
- As they ravage the land so, too, they learn to draw new life from the sun.
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